1:20PM EST  Friday (CNN) — Sony’s PlayStation networks were still down Friday after an alleged hack on one of the busiest gaming days of the year. Xbox, meanwhile, is mostly up, but some functions are limited, according to their service websites. Sony’s official PlayStation support Twitter account posted at 2:30 a.m eastern time, “Our […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Historical Society has drafted an agreement to finalize the purchase of the boyhood home of famous band leader Lawrence Welk.        State Historical Society Director Claudia Berg says the group’s board is slated to vote on the agreement next month. The group voted […]

Bismarck (CSi)   North Dakota’s population has reached an all-time high of 739,482 residents, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. The state’s latest population estimate is an increase of 15,625 residents from last year’s count. “Our economic growth over the last decade continues to keep North Dakotans home, and we are […]

Bismarck (CSi)  The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) encourages motorists to put safety first when traveling this holiday season and to use one of the many tools NDDOT provides to stay up to date on travel conditions such as the Travel Information Map, 511 and the NDRoads app for […]

(CSi) The North Dakota Public Service Commission will hold a public hearing in Ashley on Thursday, January 22, 2015, concerning a proposal for revisions to the Merricourt Wind Power Project. The hearing was postponed on Monday, December 22, 2014 due to heavy fog and slippery roads. The public hearing will […]

LONDON (AP) – Singer Joe Cocker has died. His agent says Cocker died early today of lung cancer in Colorado, where he has lived for the past two decades. Cocker was 70 and was known to generations for his craggy voice – which brought power to hits like “You Are […]

(CSi) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports that two individuals were injured in a crash that occurred on  I-94  near Casselton on Sunday about 5:15 p.m. 43 year-old Scotty Borden of Big Rock, Tennessee was traveling westbound when he slowed to cross the median. A van driven by 48 year-old […]

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota woman has been sentenced to one year of home confinement for her role in a Medina bank robbery. The U.S. attorney’s office say 35-year-old Nicole Speed, of Bismarck, provided a handgun that was used in the October 20013 robbery of Northland Financial Bank. […]

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The abrupt decline in oil prices stands to be bad news in North Dakota, a state that has reaped billions in tax revenue as new drilling techniques made it the second-leading producer in the U.S. behind Texas. But a lot of factors will determine how great […]

FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man who has admitted to robbing a bank in 2013 has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison.        U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon says 28-year-old Antoine Williams was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release. The Minot man earlier […]