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Another year, medical marijuana available, ND

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Health Department has unveiled proposed administrative rules for a medical marijuana system in the state. The agency is taking public comments through Dec. 26, and has scheduled public meetings in six cities next month. Voters approved medical marijuana in November 2016. State lawmakers earlier […]

State

North Dakota gas prices jump last week

North Dakota  (CSi)  November 6, 2017 – Average retail gasoline prices in North Dakota have risen 3.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.50/g Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 493 gas outlets in North Dakota. This compares with the national average that has increased 6.5 cents […]

State

Texas church massacre kills 27 at service

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) —  A law enforcement official says 27  people were killed Sunday in a shooting at a church in a small town outside San Antonio. The official, who was briefed on the investigation, says the gunman fled the church in a vehicle after the shooting and was also killed, either […]

State

Large turnout, Miss America Day Sat., in Bismarck

Update… BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Thousands have welcomed Miss America Cara Mund back to her North Dakota hometown. About 2,000 people turned out Saturday for Mund’s welcome-home party in Bismarck. Young girls and boys cheered when North Dakota’s first Miss America appeared at the Bismarck Event Center. Mund told the […]

State

Crash victims identified, one dead north of Dickinson

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — A Georgia man is dead after a crash on an icy highway in western North Dakota. The Highway Patrol says  81-year-old Joseph Watson from East Point, Georgia, was a passenger in a pickup truck that spun out of control on state Highway 22 north of Dickinson and collided […]

State

Man dies in crash near Arnegard

ARNEGARD, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say one person was killed and three others were injured in a collision near Arnegard, in northwestern North Dakota. The accident happened about 1:20 p.m. Friday on U.S. Highway 85. The Highway Patrol says 52 year old Allen Parkinson of  Sugar City, ID, driving a GMC Envoy […]

Jamestown

McManus sentenced, child porn

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Jamestown man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison on child pornography charges. Federal authorities say the investigation of 56-year-old Alexander McManus began after the defendant’s wife reported finding a cell phone that contained child pornography hidden behind the refrigerator. McManus pleaded guilty to […]

Valley City

Tisa Mason to leave VCSU in January

Valley CIty  (VCSU)  Tisa Mason, Ed.D., CAE, president of Valley City State University, has been selected to become the next president of Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kan., by the Kansas Board of Regents. President Mason will succeed Dr. Andy Tompkins, former president and CEO of the Kansas Board […]

State

No prison time for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — A military judge ruled Friday that Bowe Bergdahl should serve no prison time for endangering his comrades by walking off his Afghanistan post. The sentence caps a politically divisive episode that centered on one soldier’s decision that affected many other lives. President Barack Obama was […]

Jamestown

Humane Society sets dog adoption record

Jamestown (CSi)  The James River Humane Society has set a record for dog adoptions and more are coming to the shelter. On Friday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, board member, Jay Nitchke said, at that time five dogs were available at the shelter. Two dogs have recently come […]