April 18, 2024
Unseasonably warm winter weather cost businesses and event planners in the northern Plains and upper Midwest billions of dollars in estimated losses, according to estimates from AccuWeather. Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa experienced the warmest winter on record, …
April 27, 2022
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A combination of ugly weather has left at least 19,000 people in western North Dakota facing days without power and thousands of residents along the Red River that separates that state from Minnesota dealing with flash …
July 23, 2021
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Nearly 41,000 gallons of oilfield wastewater has spilled from a broken pipeline in western North Dakota, impacting an unknown amount of land, state regulators said Wednesday. The North Dakota Department of Environmental quality said Kansas-based Tallgrass …
June 21, 2021
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A $2.75 billion project aimed at protecting Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota, from chronic flooding gained ground Friday with the acceptance of a massive federal loan and the pick of a international consortium to build a key …
April 7, 2021
MEDORA, N.D. (AP) — Firefighters worked Monday to further contain a wildfire in Theodore Roosevelt National Park that tripled in size on Easter, according to the North Dakota Forest Service. Crews worked through the night in the park’s North Unit, …
July 7, 2020
BOSTON/DENVER — Large investors in the Dakota Access Pipeline, including Phillips 66, could be on the hook for hundreds of millions in payments, after a U.S. court on Monday ordered the shutdown of the major artery. The U.S. District Court …
September 22, 2014
North Dakota’s congressional delegation says the state is getting about $210,000 to support pipeline safety programs. The delegation says the money comes from the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration. Official says the money will pay a portion of the …
August 4, 2014
A Mandan, N.D., woman is accused of submitting more than $7,100 in fraudulent insurance claims. The Bismarck Tribune reports that 28-year-old Jessi Marie Elmer is charged with felony theft of property and felony forgery. Elmer made her first appearance in …
July 30, 2014
North Dakota is getting more than $7 million in grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to bolster safety and emergency preparedness programs. The state’s congressional delegation says the FEMA grants are for local, state and tribal government and law …
July 15, 2014
For the first time in its history, the State Fire and Tornado Fund (F&T) will waive insurance premiums for its policyholders, according to an announcement by North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm. “The State Fire and Tornado Fund is financially …