BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring is encouraging farmers and fertilizer dealers to get their anhydrous ammonia nurse tanks ready for planting season. Goehring says state Agriculture Department staff will visit businesses and farms on request to help get tanks into compliance, and guard […]
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Hillary to expected to announce intention to run
WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton is expected on Sunday to announce, via video and social media, her intention to seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016. Following the announcement, it’s likely Clinton will travel to the key early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire. . A representative for Clinton, who also served as a senator […]
Tschosik resigns BPS teaching position
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The former fiance of state Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler has resigned from his teaching position with Bismarck Public Schools. A district spokeswoman says Todd Tschosik submitted his resignation late Thursday, citing personal reasons. The school board will take up the matter Monday. […]
L.A. Law’s Dysart Dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The actor who played Leland McKenzie on “L.A. Law” has died. His publicist says Richard Dysart died after a long illness at his home in Santa Monica, California. He was 86. Dysart won an Emmy for his portrayal of McKenzie. He had also appeared in films […]
Update, concealed weapon legislation to governor
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Legislation is headed to Gov. Jack Dalrymple’s desk that expands the places where a concealed-carry permit holder can have a gun. The bill would allow concealed-carry permit holders to pack guns at public parks, political rallies, concerts and highway rest stops. The […]
Rusty brake pipes, older GM vehicles
DETROIT — If you live where salt is used to clear the roads of snow and ice, U.S. safety regulators have a message for you: Wash the underside of your car. The message came Wednesday from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which closed a five-year investigation into rusting pipes […]
Actor Geoffrey Lewis passes
LOS ANGELES – Variety reports that actor Geoffrey Lewis, who appeared in several Clint Eastwood movies and made guest appearances on dozens of TV shows in the ’60s through ’80s, died Tuesday in Woodland Hills, Calif., of natural causes, according to a family friend. He was 79. The character actor, […]
4th Qt taxable sales, purchases down
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Taxable sales and purchases in North Dakota during the fourth quarter of last year increased nearly 17 percent from the final three months of 2013. Tax Commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger says taxable sales and purchases in October, November and December 2014 totaled $7.9 billion. He says the […]
Boston Marathon bomber, guilty, 30 counts
BOSTON (AP) – A jury on Wednesday found Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty of all 30 federal counts against him. Here are the charges: – Conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction resulting in death. – Use of a weapon of mass destruction […]
Schneider resigns USDA state post
Bismarck (CSi) Jasper Schneider announced Wednesday that he will be stepping down from USDA on April 19, 2015, after serving five and a half years in office. Schneider was appointed by the President on September 30, 2009 as USDA Rural Development State Director in North Dakota and on October 1, […]
