BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Worker Safety and Insurance celebrated its second annual Get Home Safe North Dakota Day. The program launched one year ago to help make jobs safer for workers. WSI offers monthly tools, resources, and partnerships to help workers stay safe out in the field. WSI director Art Thompson says they saw over 1,086 fewer claims filed…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Golfers gathered at Rose Creek Golf course on Monday to take part in the annual Children’s Miracle Network Golf Tournament. This is the ninth year of the tournament. This year the tournament is being hosted by RE/MAX Legacy Realty and Designer. Since 2016, the tournament has raised over $240,000 for Children’s Miracle Network at Sanford Children’s…
U.S. Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-N.D., talks to voters through a virtual town hall meeting on March 25, 2025. (Amy Dalrymple/North Dakota Monitor)WASHINGTON, D.C. (North Dakota Monitor) — U.S. Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-N.D., will host another online public forum, with topics including the “one, big beautiful” budget bill being considered by Congress. The forum will be at 7 p.m. CDT June…
Jamie Azure, chair of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, speaks during the Tribal Leaders Summit in Bismarck on Sept. 4, 2024. Turtle Mountain, Spirit Lake Nation and three tribal citizens are challenging a ruling in a voting rights case. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Spirit Lake Nation and three…
Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline gather Nov. 1, 2023, in Bismarck ahead of a public meeting on an environmental impact statement. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe opposes the pipeline, citing concerns for its water supply and sovereign rights. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)WASHINGTON, D.C. (North Dakota Monitor) — The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is asking the D.C. Circuit…
Gov. Tim Walz (D) MinnesotaCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sought to energize activists at a Democratic state convention in South Carolina, as the party’s 2024 vice presidential nominee works to keep up the high national profile he gained when Kamala Harris selected him as her running mate. Walz, a former schoolteacher who went on to serve in Congress and…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A widely anticipated list of “ sanctuary jurisdictions” no longer appears on the Department of Homeland Security’s website after receiving widespread criticism for including localities that have actively supported the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policies. The department last week published the list of the jurisdictions. It said each one would receive formal notification the government deemed them…
Carmen Simone of Dakota College at Bottineau was named interim president at Lake Region State College during a May 29, 2025, meeting at Bismarck State College. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The leader of Dakota College at Bottineau will serve as interim president at Lake Region State College. The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education…
Richland County/ NDHPRICHLAND CO., N.D. (KVRR/KFGO)– North Dakota Highway Patrol says it was just a minor injury two-vehicle crash, but it left quite a mess. A semi hauling grain and a pickup collided northwest of Wahpeton at the junction of Richland County Roads 81 and 8. Sheriff Gary Ruhl says it happened shortly before 9:30. Grain was spread for some…
BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Attorneys for Greenpeace argued this week that a jury’s decision ordering it to pay $667 million to the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline cannot stand. A Morton County jury delivered the verdict on March 19 after more than three weeks of trial. Jurors found the environmental group responsible for damages related to anti-pipeline protests in…
