North Dakota News
Monday, November 9, 2026
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The long take of “Birdman” has stretched all the way to the Academy Awards, where the jazzy, surreal comedy about an actor fleeing his superhero past, took Hollywood’s top honor in a ceremony punctuated by passionate pleas for equality. In a battle of B-movies for best […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Senate has voted to exempt dairy and swine operations from the state’s anti-corporate farming law. Senator’s voted 27-18 to allow corporations to operate dairy and hog farms. The measure now goes to the House. Supporters of the bill say it would […]
Jamestown (CSi) The American Red Cross has announced that over 50 hotels have donated rooms for 2015 in their ‘Rooms for Red Cross’ program. Eight hotels in the Jamestown/Valley City/Devils Lake area have donated over 50 rooms for 2015. Participating hotels in the area include: AmericInn Lodge & Suites (Valley […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Canadian company behind the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline will seek U.S. State Department approval for another pipeline – this one going north. TransCanada Corp.’s proposed $600 million Upland Pipeline would begin in northwestern North Dakota and go north into Canada. It would transport up to […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s House has defeated a bipartisan bill that would legalize medicinal marijuana in the state. The House voted 67 to 26 on Wednesday to kill the measure. Freshman Democratic Rep. Pam Anderson of Fargo sponsored the bill that would allow pot […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler has pleaded not guilty to simple assault in a domestic violence incident. Baesler’s attorney entered the plea Tuesday morning in Bismarck municipal court. Baesler did not appear in court. Baesler was arrested early Sunday. […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The average retail price of a gallon of gasoline in the Dakotas has continued to rise in the past week, after falling below the $2-per-gallon mark last month. GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan says rebounding crude prices are the reason. The […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The number of barrels of oil produced per day set a record in North Dakota in December, but the number of rigs in the oil patch has dropped precipitously since then. The state’s Mineral Resources Department estimates December production at slightly more than 38 […]
WASHINGTON – Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement on the enrollment of his Keystone XL pipeline approval bill, which has now passed both the Senate and the House. The bill uses Congress’s authority under the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution to approve the project: “The Keystone XL […]
Carrington (CSi) The Foster County Commission is seeking applicants for four county positions following three resignations and a firing. County Auditor Casey Cables says Dana Scherr, the county tax equalization director, submitted a letter of resignation dated January 29, 2015. She has been county tax equalization director since May 2013, […]
