The Bismarck Tribune reports<\/a> that Richard Riha will have worked at the Burleigh County State’s Attorney’s Office for 36 years when he leaves office at the end of his term in January 2019. The 61-year-old says he made the “final decision” to retire on Saturday.<\/p>\nHe says it’s time for someone else to take over.<\/p>\n
Riha has seen the office grow from four to 13 attorneys. He says caseloads have increased since North Dakota’s Bakken oil boom in recent years.<\/p>\n
The office is expected to expand soon into the former Burleigh County Detention Center’s space at the courthouse in downtown Bismarck.<\/p>\n
Riha says he plans to enjoy retirement as most retirees do.<\/p>\n
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WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) \u2014 A Minnesota woman has been cited after rear-ending a North Dakota Highway Patrol squad car.<\/p>\n
The patrol says the squad was parked with its emergency lights flashing on the median shoulder of westbound Interstate 94 in West Fargo at the scene of another incident Wednesday night. It says a westbound car in the left lane came upon the scene. The driver braked, lost control, and rear-ended the squad car.<\/p>\n
KFGO reports the patrol says the trooper saw the car approaching and put his vehicle in drive to try to avoid the collision, but couldn’t.<\/p>\n
The car’s driver was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. The trooper was unhurt.<\/p>\n
Twenty-year-old Tabetha Fenner, of Barnesville, Minnesota, was cited for careless driving.<\/p>\n
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 The U.S. Census Bureau says North Dakota’s population shrank slightly over the last year after several years of growth.<\/p>\n
According to a census estimate released Wednesday, North Dakota was among a handful of states that lost population. As of July 1, North Dakota’s population was estimated at 755,393, down 155 from a revised estimate of 755,548 the same time a year ago.<\/p>\n
North Dakota’s estimated population has grown since the 2010 Census pegged it at more at 672,000. The state’s population grew as the Bakken oil boom peaked.<\/p>\n
According to North Dakota Census Office manager Kevin Iverson, figures suggest some young adults who moved into the state have left.<\/p>\n
North Dakota’s population is still near an all-time high, and has grown by an estimated 83,000 residents since the 2010 census.<\/p>\n
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 The year in news in North Dakota began with the end of a yearlong protest against the Dakota Access oil pipeline that attracted thousands of demonstrators to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. The year ended with attempts to settle a protest against another massive project, the Red River diversion.<\/p>\n
In addition to protests, there were vigils after a pair of shocking killings in a state known for its low crime rate. Rolette County Sheriff’s Deputy Colt Allery was slain in a shootout after a stolen car chase. He is believed to be the 57th officer in the state to die while on duty.<\/p>\n
And residents were trying to come to grips with the death of a pregnant Fargo woman allegedly killed by neighbors who wanted to keep her baby.<\/p>\n
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 The North Dakota Department of Agriculture says its disbursed funds to eligible producers for a portion of hay transportation expenses incurred between June and mid-November.<\/p>\n
Producers applied for about $4 million in assistance. The state Department of Emergency Service approved $1.5 million for the emergency hay transportation assistance program.<\/p>\n
So producers are getting about 36 percent of their eligible application costs.<\/p>\n
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WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Technical issues with a correctional facility’s video visitation system have left some inmates in western North Dakota unable to receive visitors for about two months.<\/p>\n
KXMB-TV reports that the video visitation system in the older part of the Williams County Correctional Center is inoperable for more than two dozen inmates. County Sheriff Verlan Kvande says the technical issues come from system upgrades.<\/p>\n
Kvande says that jail standards prohibit inmates in the older part of the facility to transfer to the newer part for visitation purposes. He says it’s unfair to inmates and an unfortunate circumstance.<\/p>\n
There is no time frame for when the video visitation system will be fully operational again.<\/p>\n
Construction to expand the correctional facility has also led to other issues, including plumbing and door and camera electronics.<\/p>\n
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MINOT, N.D. (AP) \u2014 State corrections officials have ended special monitoring at the Ward County Jail which had been in place since 2015 following the death of an inmate.<\/p>\n
Sheriff Bob Barnard told commissioners he has received a letter from the North Dakota Department of Corrections that says the jail will now have only routine, annual inspections.<\/p>\n
Minot Daily News says the jail had been under full-time compliance monitoring following the October 2014 death of Dustin Irwin. He died in Bismarck after he was transferred from the Ward County Jail. An investigation revealed a pattern of jail compliance violations.<\/p>\n
The jail has since developed a training program for correctional officers. Previously cited for overcrowding, the jail has moved most inmates to a floor in the building’s new addition.<\/p>\n
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In world and national news…<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The House has narrowly passed a short-term spending bill, the first step as the Republican-led Congress tries to avert a government shutdown at midnight Friday.<\/p>\n
The vote was 231-188 on Thursday. The stopgap bill keeps money flowing to the Pentagon and domestic agencies through Jan. 19.<\/p>\n
The bill goes to the senate where changes await and a vote isn’t likely until next month.<\/p>\n
Lawmakers were rushing to complete the bill while they punted on more contentious issues, leaving fights over health care, immigration and national security until next year.<\/p>\n
The spending bill is combined with a $2.1 billion fix for an expiring program that pays for veterans to seek care outside the Department of Veterans Affairs system and a temporary fix to ensure states facing shortfalls from a children’s health program won’t have to purge children from the program.<\/p>\n
It also contains a short-term extension for an expiring overseas wiretapping program aimed at tracking terrorists.<\/p>\n
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) \u2014 Iran’s foreign minister is welcoming the U.N. General Assembly resolution rejecting the Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, calling it a “global no” to intimidation by President Donald Trump. Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted after the vote that the resolution soundly criticizes “Trump’s regime thuggish intimidation at UN.” Iran does not recognize Israel.<\/p>\n
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) \u2014 Three opera singers and one musician who have worked with renowned conductor Charles Dutoit say he sexually assaulted them on the sidelines of rehearsals and performances with some of America’s great orchestras. In separate interviews with The Associated Press, the four women gave detailed accounts of non-consensual sexual misconduct they say Dutoit inflicted on them in five cities dating back to 1985 and as recently as 2010.<\/p>\n
UKHIA, Bangladesh (AP) \u2014 The Rohingya had gathered at one family compound in Myanmar seeking a safe place to shelter from Myanmar’s military. Instead, they were blindfolded and bound, marched away in small groups, then butchered and shot as they begged for their lives. Through interviews with dozens of survivors in Bangladesh, The Associated Press has reconstructed the tragic violence that engulfed one Myanmar village for the first time.<\/p>\n
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) \u2014 A researcher says Mormons are posthumously baptizing Holocaust victims as well as grandparents of public figures like Donald Trump and Steven Spielberg despite church rules intended to restrict the ceremonies to a member’s ancestors. The discoveries made by Helen Radkey and shared with The Associated Press likely will bring new scrutiny to a deeply misunderstood practice. The church, in a statement, acknowledged the ceremonies violated its policy and said they would be invalidated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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