WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is signaling that the Fed will likely resume raising interest rates later this month to reflect a strengthening job market and inflation edging toward the central bank’s 2 percent...
March 3, 2017 2:46 pm / no comments
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An advisory group of North Dakota lawmakers, state officials and business leaders is recommending lower projections for tax collections when crafting the next state spending plan.
State Budget Director Pam Sharp told...
March 3, 2017 2:33 pm / no comments
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Some North Dakota lawmakers say a proposal by the state’s top House Republican to allow state-owned casinos is retaliatory.
The say the proposal by Fargo Rep. Al Carlson risks angering American Indian tribes even more...
March 2, 2017 3:06 pm / no comments
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co is recalling more than 36,000 vehicles in the U.S. and Canada because their air bags may not inflate properly.
The recall affects the 2016-2017 Ford Edge, 2016-2017 Lincoln MKX and 2017 Lincoln Continental....
March 2, 2017 2:36 pm / no comments
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The latest spring flood outlook from the National Weather Service shows a greatly reduced chance of flooding in the area where Dakota Access pipeline opponents camped for months in North Dakota.
The flood risk had been...
March 2, 2017 11:51 am / no comments
CANNON BALL, N.D.—The original pipeline protest camp on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation closed Wednesday, as the Bureau of Indian Affairs encouraged people to go home rather than be found trespassing.
The Bismarck Tribune reports, final...
March 2, 2017 7:49 am / no comments
Drake (CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports, a head-on crash between a pickup and a semi- triple trailer about 8-a.m., Tuesday claimed the life of the 31-year old pickup driver.
The crash occurred on Highway 52, five miles north...
March 1, 2017 2:00 pm / no comments
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge says he’ll likely decide within a week whether to temporarily halt construction of the final section of the Dakota Access pipeline, which could be able to move oil within weeks.
U.S. District Judge...
February 28, 2017 3:09 pm / no comments
Bismarck (CSi) – North Dakota has been recognized as the overall fourth-best state in the country in U.S. News & World Report’s first-ever “Best States” rankings released Tuesday.
Gov. Doug Burgum welcomed the recognition,...
February 28, 2017 9:18 am / no comments
Courtenay (CSi) Concerns were expressed at a public meeting in Courtenay Mon evening about proposed state budget cuts that would close eight state highway department shops.
Among those speaking, Courtenay resident Robin Barnes said that...
February 27, 2017 10:00 pm / no comments