North Dakota News
Sunday, November 8, 2026
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota demographer Richard Rathge has seen the state’s population go from record lows to record highs. The 62-year-old professor of sociology at North Dakota State University in Fargo is retiring next month after 32 years of tracking population and economic trends in the […]
HOUSTON (AP Jul 24, 2013) – Former President George H.W. Bush has shaved his head to show solidarity for the sick child of a Secret Service agent. A statement issued by a Bush spokesman Wednesday says the 89-year-old former president acted earlier this week at his summer home in […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP Jul 24, 2013) – State health officials have confirmed the first human case of West Nile in North Dakota. The patient is a female in her 30s who resides in Grant County. She was not hospitalized for the illness. Alicia Lepp, an epidemiologist […]
LONDON (AP Jul 24, 2013) — His Royal Highness has a name. Britain’s new prince has been named George Alexander Louis, royal officials said Wednesday, ending speculation over what moniker Prince William and his wife, Kate, would pick for their first child. Kensington Palace said the royals are “delighted to […]
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A pro-gun control group of mayors started by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has scheduled an event in Fargo. Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker says he won’t attend even though he is a member of the group called Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which is […]
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP Jul 23, 2013) – Port of Vancouver commissioners have voted to approve a lease for a Columbia River terminal that would take in crude oil by train from North Dakota and ship it to West Coast refineries. The Columbian reports about 60 people were at […]
LISBON, N.D. (AP Jul 23, 2013) – An attorney for a Fort Ransom woman charged with killing her nearly 2-year-old son is asking the judge in the case to throw out an interview during which she told police the child hit his head as she was changing his diaper. […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota Tourism is offering a $750,000 matching grant to tourism attractions that can draw more visitors to the state. The 2014 Tourism Infrastructure Grant Program’s purpose is to provide funding for new tourism operations to attract visitors from outside North Dakota for […]
LONDON (AP) – Palace officials say Prince William’s wife Kate has given birth to a baby boy. Officials said Monday the baby was born at 4:24 p.m. and weighs 8 pounds 6 ounces. The infant will become third in line for the British throne after Prince […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP Jul 22, 2013) – A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new North Dakota law that bans abortion when a fatal heartbeat is detected – as early as six weeks into pregnancy. U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland in Bismarck granted a temporary injunction Monday that […]
