WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today announced that the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery (NDVC) in Mandan has been awarded a federal grant of $1,860,775. This funding will be used to provide 1,440 columbarium niches, landscaping and infrastructure...
March 14, 2023 9:00 am / no comments
PARIS (AP) — The City of Light is losing its luster with tons of garbage piling up on Paris sidewalks as sanitation workers strike for a ninth day Tuesday. The creeping squalor is the most visible sign of widespread anger over a bill...
March 14, 2023 8:49 am / no comments
HONG KONG (AP) — China will reopen its borders to tourists and resume issuing all visas Wednesday as it tries to revive tourism and its economy following a three-year halt during the COVID-19 pandemic.
China is one of the last major countries...
March 14, 2023 8:46 am / no comments
Montpelier, Vt. (AP) — Lynda Bluestein has terminal cancer and knows she’ll likely die soon, but until Tuesday, she didn’t know if she’d be able to choose how or when and whether her family, friends and dog would be with...
March 14, 2023 8:41 am / no comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder, a pioneer for women’s and family rights in Congress, has died. She was 82.
Schroeder’s former press secretary, Andrea Camp, said Schroeder suffered a stroke recently and died Monday...
March 14, 2023 8:34 am / no comments
Jamestown, ND – The Seedlings 4-H Club recently spent an evening in March with residents at Edgewood Senior Living. Residents and 4-Her’s alike joined together in a 4-H meeting and the making of clovers. Both shared of memories, experiences...
March 13, 2023 11:25 am / no comments
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis marks the 10th anniversary of his election as pope on Monday. During that decade, several historic occasions, as well as several unplanned events, helped define the contours and priorities of history’s...
March 13, 2023 9:03 am / no comments
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oil giant Saudi Aramco reported Sunday earning $161 billion last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by a publicly listed company and drawing immediate criticism from activists.
The...
March 13, 2023 8:42 am / no comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is approving the controversial major Willow oil project on Alaska’s petroleum-rich North Slope, according to two people familiar with the decision.
The decision being announced Monday is...
March 13, 2023 8:34 am / no comments
NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday told U.S. residents the nation’s financial systems are sound, following the swift and stunning collapse of two banks that prompted fears of a broader upheaval.
“American can have confidence...
March 13, 2023 8:30 am / no comments