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Farmers Union launches Vote Family Farm initiative

Farmers Union launches Vote Family Farm initiative

Jamestown  (NDFU)  – The state’s largest farm organization announced Monday that it has launched a Vote Family Farm initiative to educate voters on critical ag issues and the candidates who support family farm agriculture. “Family farming...

 

Sears files for bankruptcy protection

Sears files for bankruptcy protection

NEW YORK (AP) — Sears is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company, inundated by debt and falling sales, said Monday that it would begin liquidation sales and close another 142 stores before the end of the year. The company...

 

ND Gas prices dropped a bit last week

ND Gas prices dropped a bit last week

CSi  October 15, 2018 – Gasoline prices in North Dakota have fallen 0.9 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.90/g Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 493 stations in North Dakota. This compares with the national...

 

NASA: Tense moments, calm crew

NASA: Tense moments, calm crew

MOSCOW (AP) — NASA’s chief heard one reassuring sound over the radio link after the aborted launch of a Soyuz capsule with an American and a Russian aboard. It was U.S. astronaut Nick Hague calmly relaying information in Russian to...

 

Facebook information hacking, wide ranging

Facebook information hacking, wide ranging

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says hackers accessed a wide swath of information — ranging from emails and phone numbers to more personal details like sites visited and places checked into — from millions of accounts as part of a security breach...

 

Social Security benefits expected to increase in 2019

Social Security benefits expected to increase in 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of millions of Social Security beneficiaries and other retirees can expect an increase in benefits next year as inflation edges higher. The government announced a cost-of-living adjustment of 2.8 percent on Thursday....

 

Insurance Departing hosting Medicare Part D events

Insurance Departing hosting Medicare Part D events

BISMARCK, N.D.  (CSi) – The North Dakota Insurance Department will be hosting a series of nine, statewide Medicare Part D Annual Enrollment Events beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 16 in Grand Forks. The events will provide Medicare beneficiaries...

 

Farmers Union calls on Trump to address trade war

Farmers Union calls on Trump to address trade war

Jamestown  (NDFU)  – ND Farmers Union President Mark Watne Wednesday day called on the Trump administration to address the long range impact on rural America of a ongoing trade war. Watne says, “There is no ‘short-term pain’ in a trade...

 

U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley leaving administration

U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley leaving administration

WASHNGTON (AP) — U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is leaving the administration at the end of the year, she and President Donald Trump announced Tuesday. She gave no reason for her departure after two years, though there has been speculation she...

 

State Rep. Craig Headland charged with DUI

State Rep. Craig Headland charged with DUI

Bismarck, ND  (AP) — A Republican lawmaker from eastern North Dakota has been charged with driving under the influence.  Rep. Craig Headland, of Montpelier, was arrested late Saturday night on Interstate 94 in Stutsman County.  The North...

 
 
 
 

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