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North Dakota Monitor - Kelly Armstrong
Community, Local News, North Dakota News

North Dakota rolls out low-interest loans to aid federal workers during shutdown

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Gov. Kelly Armstrong, left, speaks Oct. 8, 2025, during a press conference after launching a loan program for federal workers during the government shutdown with Attorney General Drew Wrigley, center, and Rick Clayburgh, president of the North Dakota Bankers Association. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota is offering an estimated 9,200 federal workers…
Business, Local News, North Dakota News, Politics / Elections

Chevron cutting more than 100 oil industry jobs in North Dakota with Hess merger

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FARGO (North Dakota Monitor) — Oil producer Chevron is laying off more than 100 workers in North Dakota after acquiring Hess Corp., a greater impact than initially expected. Chevron notified Job Service North Dakota that it would lay off 111 workers — 63 in Minot and 48 at Tioga — beginning Sept. 26. Chevron completed its merger with Hess July…

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Business, Local News, North Dakota News, Politics / Elections

Bank of North Dakota to launch state’s first stablecoin known as Roughrider coin

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Don Morgan, president of the Bank of North Dakota, speaks at Bismarck State College on Oct. 8, 2025. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The Bank of North Dakota announced Wednesday plans to launch the Roughrider coin, the state’s first stablecoin. Stablecoin is a type of cryptocurrency that can facilitate instant money transfers, streamline bank-to-bank…

Patrick Aune
Local News, North Dakota News

Walsh County Sheriff releases name of inmate who died after medical emergency

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GRAFTON, N.D. (KVRR) — Walsh County Sheriff say the inmate that died in custody is the man accused of setting fire inside a home and cutting gas lines. The inmate is identified as 39-year-old Patrick Aune, of Park River. He was jailed in Walsh County on Saturday for arson, contact by bodily fluids, criminal mischief, preventing arrest and reckless endangerment….
Education, Local News, North Dakota News, Politics / Elections

State Superintendent Kirsten Baesler confirmed for role in Dept. of Education

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Kirsten Baesler, North Dakota’s state superintendent of public instruction, has been confirmed to serve in the U.S. Department of Education. Baesler will serve as assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education. President Trump nominated Baesler in February. Her role as assistant secretary will have her overseeing federal offices that shape and support K-12 education policy across…

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Local News, North Dakota News, Politics / Elections

Moped-vehicle crash Tuesday morning in Fargo, moped driver injured

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FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – Fargo police responded to a crash at the Main Avenue-2nd Street roundabout shortly before 6 Tuesday morning that involved a passenger vehicle and a moped. The vehicle failed to yield to the moped, causing the moped driver to lay the moped down, injuring the driver. The driver of the vehicle fled the scene of the crash without…

Emerson
Crime, Minnesota News, North Dakota News

$6,000 reward offered for information in Barnesville area burglary

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Emerson’s mug shot from the Cass County jail.BRECKENRIDGE, Minn. (KFGO/KVRR) – The Wilkin County Sheriff’s Office says a $6,000 reward is now offered for information leading to the return of money and personal documents taken in a burglary at a farm south of Barnesville last December. A Fargo man, Benjamin Emerson, 37, was arrested. Investigators say they believe others took…

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Community, Local News, North Dakota News

Government shutdown could stall disaster aid for North Dakota

National Weather Service upgrades Enderlin tornado to EF5
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A tornado on June 20, 2025, bent signs and destroyed a shelter belt along N.D. Route 46, about 3 miles east of Enderlin, North Dakota. (Photo by Dan Koeck/For the North Dakota Monitor)FARGO, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota won’t get federal disaster relief for communities affected by the June 20-21 storms until after the government shutdown ends, according…

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Education, Local News, North Dakota News

Parents, teachers ask questions about replacing Horace Mann School

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Parents and teachers write questions down concerning replacement of Horace Mann Elementary. 10/6/25.FARGO (KVRR) – Parents and teachers gathered in the Horace Mann Elementary School gym Monday evening to ask questions about the upcoming replacement of the school. Fargo Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Cory Steiner and Associate Superintendent Missy Eidsness answered questions ranging from construction safety to concerns about keeping…

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