BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Two bills introduced this week by the North Dakota Legislature would allow people with concealed carry permits to have guns at schools or churches. The proposed legislation comes as President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in […]
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Diff’rent Strokes, Conrad Bain Passes
NEW YORK (AP) – Actor Conrad Bain — best known as the dad on TV’s “Diff’rent Strokes” — has died. His daughter says Bain died Monday in California at the age of 89. On the show that made him famous, he played the adoptive father of two young African-American brothers […]
Clinton Romesha To Receive Medal of Honor
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – A former active duty Army staff sergeant who lives in North Dakota and is set to receive the Medal of Honor for courageous actions in Afghanistan says he was a little star struck when President Barack Obama called about the award. Clinton Romesha, of […]
Wrecked Car Hoped To Serve As Learning Tool
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Relatives of a family killed in last summer’s crash caused by a drunken driver have donated the wrecked car for educational purposes. The Safe Communities Coalition will display the car at the west entrance of the North Dakota Capitol Wednesday for “Law Day.” It will also […]
ConocoPhillips Selling Some N.D. Properties
HOUSTON (AP) – ConocoPhillips is selling some properties in North Dakota and Montana to a subsidiary of Denbury Resources Inc. for $1.05 billion. The oil and natural gas company said Tuesday that the Cedar Creek Anticline properties span about 86,000 net acres in southwestern North Dakota and eastern […]
Trooper Recovering After Crash
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP Jan 14, 2013) – A North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper is recovering in a hospital after a crash last week near Devils Lake. Ramsey County Sheriff Steve Nelson says the crash happened on Jan. 8, 2013 on U.S. Highway 2. He says 31-year-old Trooper Brian […]
Inductees Announced, N.D. Ag. Hall Of Fame
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (AP) – The founder and CEO of the nonprofit Farm Rescue program is being inducted into the North Dakota Agriculture Hall of Fame. Bill Gross will be inducted on March 9 during the North Dakota Winter Show in Valley City, along with retired Mandan ranchers […]
Roads In Dakotas To Stay Icy
FARGO, N.D. (AP Jan 13, 2013) — Highway officials in North and South Dakota say roads could remain icy for several days following the latest blast of winter weather. Although snow totals were less than expected in some areas, the storm was preceded by freezing rain and drizzle that […]
Taft, Ca. School Shooting
TAFT, Calif. (AP Jan 10, 2013) – The sheriff of Kern County, Calif., says a 16-year-old student shot at a high school in rural Taft is in critical but stable condition. Sheriff Donny Youngblood says the shooter is a student who walked into a class at Taft Union […]
Dept. Of Human Services Reports Tobacco Compliance
BISMARCK, N.D. (KCSi-T.V. News Jan 10, 2013) – The N.D. Department of Human Services announced today that about 91 percent of licensed tobacco retailers involved in compliance checks in 2012 across the state did not sell tobacco products to minors. The results are part of a federally-mandated tobacco compliance survey […]
