North Dakota News
Sunday, November 8, 2026
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Democrats wrapped up the opening day of their state convention in Fargo by endorsing Ryan Taylor for agriculture commissioner. The rancher from Towner was on the party stage two years ago when he was endorsed for governor. The Republicans swept all state […]
TORRANCE, Calif. (AP) – Toyota is recalling 119,000 Avalon sedans from the 2003 and 2004 model years because their air bags could deploy inadvertently. The company says circuits within the air bag control module can be damaged if they’re exposed to interference from other electrical components in the […]
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Board of Higher Education approved a plan for tuition increases after most college presidents committed to maximum rates that were equal to or lower than those recommended by a board committee. North Dakota State and Dickinson State were the only schools that requested the […]
KULM, N.D. (AP) – Voters in Kulm appear to have approved a $5.5 million addition to the elementary school in the southeastern North Dakota town. School Superintendent Tom Nitschke (NIHTCH’-kee) says that unofficial results show about 81 percent of the 434 people who voted Tuesday were in favor of […]
Bismarck (CSi) A former District 29 state legislator will announce her candidacy today in Bismarck for the Democratic-NPL Party’s endorsement for secretary of state. April Fairfield, who works in non-profit organization leadership, served in the North Dakota Senate from 2002 to 2006 and in the House of Representatives from 1996 […]
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Blue Jays Paige Peterson has been selected to the Class A high school all-state basketball team. She becomes only the fourth Blue Jay to make the Class A girls all-state first team, as selected by the North Dakota Associated Press Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. She joins Kyra […]
WASHINGTON (AP) – The fire chief of an eastern North Dakota town says “about everything went right” with his force’s response to a fiery train derailment because they had properly planned for disasters. Casselton Fire Chief Tim McLean says the Dec. 30 derailment could have been a deadly […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota has recorded the highest personal income growth among all states for the sixth time in the last seven years. Statistics released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis indicated that the state’s personal income grew 7.6 percent in 2013. Utah ranked […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota residents are getting back nearly $390,000 as part of a national settlement in an electronic book price-fixing lawsuit. Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem (STEHN’-juhm) says the refunds will be in the form of account credits or checks. They will go to consumers […]
(CSi) Casselton aviator, Jim Maroney has died in an aircraft accident south of Knoxville, Tennessee, in the Cherokee National Forest. The accident occurred on Sunday as he was flying to participate in a Florida airshow. Fargo AirSho Committee Co-chairman Dick Walstad says, Maroney was flying his “Super Chipmunk, aircraft when the crash […]
