Federal Emergency Management Agency officials say they’re disappointed by the number of people in the Red River Valley and elsewhere who don’t have flood insurance. FEMA officials say the number of insurance policies in flood-prone Fargo and Cass County dropped …
A meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Grand Forks says the area is expected to be in for a “significant flood” this spring. Greg Gust tells The Forum that flooding this year could match levels seen in 2010 and …
The owner of a Bottineau, N.D., bowling alley damaged by an arson fire is suing the company that insured the building. Thomas Kessler of Tommy Turtle Lanes accuses North Pointe Insurance Co. of violating terms of the policy and failing …
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm released a report today that shows more than $4.3 million was recovered or saved for North Dakota citizens in 2012. This number represents money recovered on behalf of North Dakotans through the Insurance Department’s …
Officials are pushing a safety campaign in western North Dakota’s oil patch, where 12 people died in oil and gas operations last year. The Bismarck Tribune reports it is a joint project of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration …
Two companies fined more than half a million dollars by the state for improperly dumping sewage in the western North Dakota oil patch have reached an agreement with federal prosecutors on more fines. Fairview, Mont.-based Hurley Enterprises and Stanley-based MonDak …
Burgeoning North Dakota cities are studying how to handle the congestion and safety challenges that come with busier street intersections. The issue is perhaps most pressing in the western oil patch cities of Williston and Dickinson, where the number of …
The Minot City Council has decided not to scale back a proposed $543 million flood protection plan for the city that was devastated by historic Souris River flooding in 2011. The Minot Daily News reports that the council on Monday …
North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency is offering safety training to companies in the state’s booming oil patch, an effort to decrease job-related deaths and injuries happening most often to employees with less than a year on the job, officials said. …
North Dakota’s largest city is planning to offer buyouts to residents of 56 homes next year as part of a plan to protect them from Red River flooding. Fargo officials say the buyouts will likely cost about $24 million, The …