North Dakota News
Sunday, November 8, 2026
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – Following a string of explosive accidents, federal officials say crude oil being shipped by rail from the Northern Plains across the U.S. and Canada may be more flammable than traditional forms of oil. The U.S. Department of Transportation issued a safety alert today. It warns the […]
Update… CASSELTON, N.D. (AP) – BNSF Railway has opened a claims center for residents of Casselton after the derailment of a crude-oil carrying train about a mile from the southeastern North Dakota town. No one was hurt in the Monday derailment, but about two-thirds of the town’s 2,400 […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Health officials in the Dakotas say they’re seeing cases of H1N1 flu – the same strain that caused a pandemic four years ago. State Epidemiologist Lon Kightlinger says the best protection is a flu shot. There have been 165 verified cases of the flu in […]
BISMARCK (CSi) – Gov. Jack Dalrymple, U.S. Sen. John Hoeven and Congressman Kevin Cramer met Tuesday with officials from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to discuss Monday’s train derailment and fire near Casselton. Dalrymple, Hoeven and Cramer met with NTSB officials at the Central Cass School in Casselton […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A North Dakota man has been sentenced to six months in jail in the starvation deaths of more than 100 horses in Burleigh and Morton counties. William Kiefer pleaded guilty Aug. 2 to nine counts of Class A misdemeanor overworking, mistreating or abandoning animals. […]
Bismarck (CSi) In the face of fiscal constraints imposed by defense budget cuts through sequestration and, later, a federal government shutdown, the North Dakota National Guard this year upheld its commitment to being “Always Ready, Always There.” Soldiers and Airmen in tandem with their support network of families and employers […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Public Service Commission has approved a 3.9 percent rate increase for natural gas used by customers of Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. The three-member commission unanimously approved an order Monday that allows MDU to bring in $4.2 million of additional revenue each year. […]
BISMARCK (AP) — North Dakota’s deputy tax commissioner will be taking a $9,202 annual pay cut when he takes over the agency’s top post next week, making him one of several department bosses in the state who earn less than some of their subordinates. Gov. Jack Dalrymple last month appointed […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The New Year rings in a handful of new laws in North Dakota, most of which deal with tax issues. Beginning Wednesday, large oil companies are required to withhold taxes on oil royalty payments paid to those who live outside North Dakota. Previously, a […]
Jamestown (CSi – AP) The North Dakota Legislature passed a law this year that allows fireworks to be sold from the day following Christmas through New Year’s Day. Fireworks may be used from 9 a.m. to midnight Dec. 26-30. For New Year’s Eve, fireworks may be used from 9 […]
