BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A judge has ordered a presentence investigation before accepting a plea agreement for a white supremacist accused of terrorizing fellow residents of his small North Dakota town by carrying out threatening armed patrols.        Sixty-two-year old Craig Cobb of Leith agreed to plead guilty to […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. (CSi)– Today, U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp, a breast cancer survivor, was presented with the Courage Award by Tracy’s Kids, a therapy program for children with cancer. Each year, the award is presented to a public person who exemplifies the strength, dignity and perseverance necessary to face the daily […]

 WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal regulators say they’ve issued an emergency order requiring tests of crude oil before shipment by rail in response to a string of train explosions and fires since last summer.        The Federal Railroad Administration said Tuesday it also is prohibiting shipping oil using the least-protective […]

 WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven Monday joined Senators Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) to introduce bipartisan legislation to protect rural Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) and their patients by eliminating new “condition of payment” rules from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that require a physician to […]