An annual project at North Dakota State University that helps farmers determine the potential profitability of various crops projects a negative return on many crops this year. NDSU Farm Management Specialist Andy Swenson tells The Bismarck Tribune that commodity prices …
A Pennsylvania teacher who drunkenly drove into five teenagers as they walked and biked near a school has been sentenced to two to five years in state prison. Victor Swaboski III apologized in court Monday for the March 2012 hit-and-run …
Preliminary reports show that Vermont traffic fatalities declined 38 percent in 2014 to the lowest number since World War II. The Vermont Highway Safety Alliance says 43 people died on the state’s roadways last year, down from 70 in 2013. …
Some Texas lawmakers say prescription drugs can be bettered monitored by moving the state’s database out of the Department of Public Safety. House and Senate committees that studied the issue recommend that the State Board of Pharmacy take over the …
A project to help reduce flooding in much of northern Terrebonne Parish in Louisiana is finished. Officials expected to pay more than $1 million to clean and widen a major drainage canal in Gray. The job came in about $98,000 …
North Dakota authorities say drunken driving arrests in the state were down nearly 10 percent in 2014. Highway Patrol Sgt. Tom Iverson told KXMB-TV about 1,700 driving under the influence arrests were made statewide last year, about 200 fewer than …
A serial insurance thief faked injuries from minor crashes she set up to steal more than $275,000 worth of insurance money until two Colorado state prosecutors derailed her nearly 20-year crime spree with a fraud conviction. Their hard-fought jury conviction, …
Crawford & Company named Tom Trezise vice president of casualty for its U.S. Property & Casualty unit. He brings more than 35 years of legal and claims experience to his position, and he reports to David Repinski, chief executive officer, …
In today’s technology-driven economy, organizations of all sizes are exposed to increasingly complex computer security risks. The evolving sophistication of the hacking community only increases the likelihood of a targeted cyber-attack and forces companies to recognize the importance of protecting …
A year after a brutally cold spell was blamed on something called the polar vortex – which was treated like a northern invasion by the media and as a conquering hero by children impressed by its power to close schools …