Bismarck (NDDOH) The North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) Wednesday announced the new variant strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus first detected in the United Kingdom was identified by genomic sequencing in positive specimens from two individuals...
February 17, 2021 10:01 am / no comments
Bismarck (CSi) During a phone call Tuesday with the administrator of the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), Gov. Doug Burgum urged the agency to give North Dakota utilities and their customers as much advance warning as possible before...
February 16, 2021 6:21 pm / no comments
Fergus Falls, MN (OTPC) Ongoing cold temperatures in our region and throughout the nation are causing high demand for electricity. Some electric utility customers are experiencing rolling outages as a result. Otter Tail Power Company, serving...
February 16, 2021 6:10 pm / no comments
(Facebook) Northern Plains Electric Co-op experienced several substation outages throughout the service territory Feb 16 due to required load shedding from one of our power suppliers.
The regional transmission operator Southwest Power Pool...
February 16, 2021 3:19 pm / no comments
Bismarck (CSi) – Gov. Doug Burgum issued the following statement Monday after Southwest Power Pool, whose 14-state electrical transmission area includes parts of North Dakota, declared an Energy Emergency Alert Level 3 and directed its member...
February 16, 2021 3:11 pm / no comments
Bismarck (ND Dept., Public Instruction) North Dakota State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler said her new Superintendent’s Student Cabinet includes 21 students from across the state, from a third grader to two high school seniors.
The...
February 16, 2021 2:51 pm / no comments
(AP) Health insurance shoppers stuck in a bad plan or unable to find coverage have a new option for help. A sign-up window opened Monday for government insurance markets and runs through May 15 in most U.S. states. It’s available for people...
February 15, 2021 3:06 pm / no comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — Enough senators have cast “not guilty” votes to acquit Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The vote will give the former president an historic second acquittal in an impeachment trial.
House...
February 13, 2021 2:56 pm / no comments
BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota Army National Guard unit has received an alert for possible mobilization. If ordered to mobilize, the Grand Forks-based 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (1-188th ADA) would leave for duty...
February 13, 2021 12:06 am / no comments
Fargo (VA) Due to a recent large shipment of COVID-19 vaccine, the Fargo Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System (HCS) is expanding COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all Veterans enrolled in VA healthcare, regardless of age, on Feb. 12, 13,...
February 12, 2021 4:50 pm / no comments