Attorney Derrick Braaten asks a question June 11, 2024, in Bismarck during a hearing on the Summit Carbon Solutions project. Braaten also represents landowners in a lawsuit that challenges state laws related to carbon dioxide storage that is being appealed to the state Supreme Court. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (Amy Dalrymple – North Dakota Monitor) The North…
State Board of Higher Education member Kevin Black, left, says he has several edits he wants to make to a tenure review policy after the board approved a report on tenure from a committee led by board member Casey Ryan, right. (Photos provided by North Dakota University System)BISMARCK, N.D. (Jeff Beach – North Dakota Monitor) The State Board of Higher…
Amy ZundelWEST FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The West Fargo Park District has hired City Commissioner Amy Zundel as its new executive director. The park board vote was unanimous. Zundel, who was elected to the commission in June, will replace Barb Erbstoesser who retired after heading the park district for more than 35 years. Initially, there were 58 applicants for the position….
Russell Eagle Bear, with the Rosebud Sioux Reservation Tribal Council, talks to U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland during a meeting about Native American boarding schools at Sinte Gleska University in Mission, S.D., on Oct. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to formally apologize on Friday for the country’s role in the Indian…
Cases of whooping cough have more than tripled in North Dakota in 2024 compared to last year, the Department of Health and Human Services said. The contagious respiratory disease can be prevented through vaccination. (Photo credit: Adobe stock)BISMARCK, N.D. (Michael Achterling – North Dakota Monitor) Cases of whooping cough have more than tripled in North Dakota compared to last year,…
Sen. Scott Meyer, R-Grand Forks, talks to a colleague during a legislative committee meeting Oct. 23, 2023. To his right is Sen. Terry Wanzek, R-Jamestown. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)GRAND FORKS, N.D. (Jeff Beach – North Dakota Monitor) The challenger in a state Senate race in Grand Forks filed a complaint with the police after receiving what he said…
Members and staff of the North Dakota Ethics Commission meet during an Oct. 23, 2024, meeting at the North Dakota Capitol. Pictured clockwise from left are member Murray Sagsveen, Chair Dave Anderson, attorney Logan Carpenter and operations administrator Alisha Maier. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (Mary Steurer – North Dakota Monitor) The North Dakota Ethics Commission is considering proposing a…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A jury has found a West Fargo man guilty of murdering his wife. Spencer Moen has been found guilty of killing his wife, Sonja Moen, in their home last year. Family members walked out of the courtroom, crying and hugging one another. “All of the witnesses had a piece of the puzzle to present to the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fargo man is accused of raping a friend’s girlfriend at a Fargo hotel last Friday. 38-year-old Richard Natee is charged with gross sexual imposition. Fargo Police were dispatched to a hotel on 14th Aveue South early on the morning of October 18. Court documents reveal that the woman told police they had been drinking and…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KFGO NEWS DAKOTA) – An overnight fire at a Valley City apartment complex killed one person, and several others had to be rescued from their balconies Wednesday morning. Valley City Fire Chief Scott Magnuson said his department was alerted at 12:36 a.m. to several smoke and fire calls from an apartment complex at 215 6th…
