COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) —  President Barack Obama has ordered that U.S. flags on all public buildings and military posts be flown at half-staff as a “mark of respect for the memory” of retired astronaut John Glenn. Glenn was elevated to hero status in 1962 when he became the first American […]

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board says a pilot who died in an airplane crash south of Fargo last week reported an onboard fire shortly before the plane went down. The twin-engine Cessna 340 was owned by Weather Modification of Fargo, a cloud-seeding company. Fifty-five-year-old Hans Ahlness […]

WASHINGTON (AP) —Former astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn has died in Ohio. He was 95. Glenn became a national hero in 1962 when he became the first American to orbit the Earth. Hank Wilson with the John Glenn School of Public Affairs says Glenn died Thursday afternoon at the […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A petroleum trade group is monitoring gas supplies in North Dakota in light of the blizzard conditions that have slowed deliveries. The Cannon Ball Pit Stop ran out of gas Wednesday. Its owner, Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault II, says the adverse weather has so […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple has presented the Legislature with a $13.7 billion proposed budget for the next two years. The Republican governor offered his blueprint to a joint session of North Dakota’s House and Senate on Wednesday. Dalrymple’s spending plan is $2 billion less than […]