North Dakota News
Sunday, November 1, 2026
Update… CASSELTON, N.D. (AP) – BNSF Railway has opened a claims center for residents of Casselton after the derailment of a crude-oil carrying train about a mile from the southeastern North Dakota town. No one was hurt in the Monday derailment, but about two-thirds of the town’s 2,400 […]
Valley City (CSi) Jamestown and Valley City residents have received a phone call from Grenada with the Area Code 473. Jamestown residents got the call earlier this week, and in Valley City reports came in on the calls on Thursday. If the number left on messages is called back, you […]
Jamestown (CSi) — Those who have not yet expressed their preference in a Jamestown air carrier have until Friday, at 5-p.m., to contact Jamestown Regional Airport and the Airport Authority. Local officials will then send off the recommendation later Friday, which is due to the Department of Transportation by January […]
Valley City (CSi) – Faith Lutheran Church officials in Valley City report that a settlement with their insurance company has been reached, after a deliberately-set fire caused more than $1 million in damage to the church’s building. Faith Lutheran Church Council President Tory Hart said the settlement from Farmers Union […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Health officials in the Dakotas say they’re seeing cases of H1N1 flu – the same strain that caused a pandemic four years ago. State Epidemiologist Lon Kightlinger says the best protection is a flu shot. There have been 165 verified cases of the flu in […]
BISMARCK (CSi) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple, U.S. Sen. John Hoeven and Congressman Kevin Cramer met Tuesday with officials from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to discuss Monday’s train derailment and fire near Casselton. Dalrymple, Hoeven and Cramer met with NTSB officials at the Central Cass School in Casselton […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man has been sentenced to six months in jail in the starvation deaths of more than 100 horses in Burleigh and Morton counties. William Kiefer pleaded guilty Aug. 2 to nine counts of Class A misdemeanor overworking, mistreating or abandoning animals. […]
Bismarck (CSi) In the face of fiscal constraints imposed by defense budget cuts through sequestration and, later, a federal government shutdown, the North Dakota National Guard this year upheld its commitment to being “Always Ready, Always There.” Soldiers and Airmen in tandem with their support network of families and employers […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Public Service Commission has approved a 3.9 percent rate increase for natural gas used by customers of Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. The three-member commission unanimously approved an order Monday that allows MDU to bring in $4.2 million of additional revenue each year. […]
BISMARCK (AP) — North Dakota’s deputy tax commissioner will be taking a $9,202 annual pay cut when he takes over the agency’s top post next week, making him one of several department bosses in the state who earn less than some of their subordinates. Gov. Jack Dalrymple last month appointed […]
