Author: KVRR Staff

East Grand Forks police ask for public’s help in identifying vehicle of interest in connection to theft investigation

Anyone with information on this vehicle is asked to call the East Grand Forks Police Department at (218) 773-1104.EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. — The East Grand Forks Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying what they call a “vehicle of interest” in connection to an incident of theft and damage to property on Thursday, Dec. 4. According…

With an uptick in home fires, use winter break to review fire safety

FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The American Red Cross Minnesota-Dakotas Region says its seeing an uptick in home fires during the winter months due to the colder weather, space heaters, electrical issues, and holiday decorations. “I think we’ve seen over 20% increase as a region just in the last couple weeks of home fires,” said Kimberly Vosseteig, Executive Director of the Red…

US Army Corps says oil should keep flowing through Dakota Access Pipeline in long-awaited study

Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline demonstrate Nov. 1, 2023, ahead of a public hearing in Bismarck on the draft environmental impact statement. (Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)WASHINGTON, D.C. (North Dakota Monitor) —  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday issued a long-awaited Dakota Access Pipeline environmental impact statement, recommending that the pipeline keep operating but…

Poll: Inflation dents North Dakota holiday spending spirit

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota News Cooperative) — Inflation is hitting North Dakotans on a daily basis and impacting holiday spending, data from the latest North Dakota Poll shows. A total of 53% of respondents said everyday necessities like groceries and gas have become less affordable over the past year. The impact is affecting some holiday spending, with 31% of respondents…

Pipeline developer goes to ND Supreme Court seeking to block Greenpeace Netherlands lawsuit

Betsy Elsberry, an attorney representing Greenpeace International, delivers oral arguments before the North Dakota Supreme Court on Dec. 18, 2025. (Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A court case involving Greenpeace and the Dakota Access Pipeline developer went before the North Dakota Supreme Court on Thursday, with justices asked to stop a counter-suit…

North Dakota law accidentally lists fake critical minerals based on coal lawyers’ names

David Straley, attorney for North American Coal, speaks in favor of a bill to develop critical minerals in North Dakota at a March 27, 2025, hearing. The law lists stralium and friezium among critical minerals, an apparent reference to Straley and another coal industry attorney. Straley says they were not responsible for adding the fake names. (Photo by Mary Steurer/North…

Police investigating link between Brown shooting and killing of MIT professor

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Authorities said Thursday that they’re looking into a connection between last weekend’s mass shooting at Brown University and one two days later near Boston that killed a professor at another elite school, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. That is according to three people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation…

US government admits role in causing helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 in Washington

WASHINGTON D.C. (AP/KVRR) – The U.S. government admitted Wednesday that the actions of an air traffic controller and Army helicopter pilot played a role in causing a collision last January between an airliner and a Black Hawk near the nation’s capital, killing 67 people. It was the deadliest plane crash on American soil in more than two decades. The official response to…