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...
June 27, 2014 7:40 am / no comments
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...
June 26, 2014 4:49 pm / no comments
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...
June 26, 2014 2:41 pm / no comments
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...
June 26, 2014 11:23 am / no comments
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...
June 26, 2014 10:09 am / no comments
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.
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June 25, 2014 2:27 pm / no comments
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...
June 25, 2014 9:54 am / no comments
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...
June 23, 2014 9:24 am / no comments
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...
June 17, 2014 2:33 pm / no comments
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...
June 16, 2014 3:04 pm / no comments