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Higher Ed Approves Budget, Tuition Freeze Possible

Higher Ed Approves Budget, Tuition Freeze Possible

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Board of Higher Education has approved its biennial budget request that asks for a nearly 14 percent increase in funding and freeze tuition at the state’s 11 colleges and universities from 2015 to 2017. The...

 

Att General Suspends DISH ONE Sales & Installs

Att General Suspends DISH ONE  Sales & Installs

Bismarck (CSi)  After numerous complaints about groups of door-to-door salespeople using aggressive and misleading tactics to gain entry into residences, the office of North Dakota Attorney General’s Consumer Protection and Antitrust Division...

 

Former Sen. Howard Baker Passes, 88

Former Sen. Howard Baker Passes, 88

WASHINGTON (AP) – Former Sen. Howard Baker is being remembered for his ability to reach across the aisle and to broker compromise. As former Senate colleague Bob Dole puts it, Baker “got things done by working with both parties when...

 

I-94 Exit 214, Tappen Will Close, Bridge Work

I-94 Exit 214, Tappen Will Close, Bridge Work

Bismarck (CSi)  The NDDOT is informing motorists thatbBeginning Monday, June 30, 2014  the I-94 exit 214 cross road near Tappen will be closed due to bridge deck repairs. Motorists will be detoured using nearby I-94 exits.  During construction: Northbound...

 

Use Caution With Fireworks

Use Caution With Fireworks

Jamestown (CSi) Friday June 27, 2014, is the first day in the nine-day period that fireworks can be sold and set off in North Dakota for the Fourth of July holiday. Each year, North Dakota law allows purchasing and detonating fireworks from...

 

State Unveils New N.D. License Plate

State Unveils New N.D. License Plate

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s general license plate is getting the first makeover in more than 20 years.        The Legislature’s Budget Section approved the new design unveiled by the state Transportation Department on Wednesday.       ...

 

Donations, Wessington SD Tornado Victims

Donations, Wessington SD Tornado Victims

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – Gov. Dennis Daugaard is encouraging donations to the Wessington Springs tornado relief fund.        Daugaard says every contribution, whether big or small, will make a difference in helping restore the town where...

 

ND Special Olympians Take Metals At Nationals

ND Special Olympians Take Metals At Nationals

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Special Olympics team is taking home 25 medals after a week of competition at the USA Games in New Jersey.        The  team won 10 gold, 4 silver and 11 bronze medals.         Some of...

 

Bakken Producing 1-Million Barrels Oil Daily

Bakken Producing 1-Million Barrels Oil Daily

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota is now producing 1 million barrels of oil per day, with a large part of the credit due to the rich Bakken shale formation in the western part of the state. The state’s Department of Mineral Resources...

 

Missouri Denies Cobb’s Supervised Probation

Missouri Denies Cobb’s Supervised Probation

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The state of Missouri has denied a request to supervise the probation of a white supremacist who unsuccessfully tried to take control of a small North Dakota town.        Sixty-two-year-old Craig Cobb was sentenced...

 
 
 
 

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