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Grand Opening Of Vorbeck Materials Facility In Grand Forks

Vorbeck Materials Holds Grand Opening of New Facility in Grand Forks

The manufacturing company believes positioning themselves in Grand Forks gives them the greatest opportunity to have maximum impact with their products.

May 6, 2026

Gabriel Ostler,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Elected officials, first responders, and many more gathered in Grand Forks on May 6 for the grand opening of a new manufacturing facility. Those leaders say that facility will have a massive, positive ripple effect on the entire local community. The facility belongs to Vorbeck Materials, which was founded in Maryland, but decided to relocate….

Free Comic Books And Mick Foley: The Biggest Weekend For Paradox Comics N Cards Yet

Free Comic Books, Mick Foley Mark Monumental Weekend for Paradox

The shop's owner says the last two weeks have been the most impactful in the shop's entire history.

May 3, 2026

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – “We had a thousand people for Free Comic Book Day yesterday, and now we’ve got the legend himself, Mick Foley, right here,” beamed Richard Early, owner of Paradox Comics-N-Cards. That’s right. It wasn’t enough for Paradox to get items out the door like gangbusters for National Free Comic Book Day, where the store remained packed for…

“Free Comic Book Day” is Saturday across the country

April 30, 2026

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A big weekend is ahead for comic book fans. Saturday is the nationwide “Free Comic Book Day”, celebrating one of the best days of the year for comic book lovers. The 2026 lineup is packed with titles from top publishers, spanning superhero adventures, indie favorites, and iconic franchises. Paradox Comics-N-Cards in downtown Fargo is taking part…

Power project for AI data center gets North Dakota agency approval

April 29, 2026

KVRR Staff,

Cranes work to position concrete panels at the site of the future Applied Digital data center near Harwood, North Dakota, on March 4, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)HARWOOD, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – The North Dakota Public Service Commission has approved a power project to serve a data center that is under construction north of Fargo. The $110…

Chuck E. Cheese to return this fall with a new concept in West Fargo

April 29, 2026

TJ Nelson,

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fans of Chuck E. Cheese will be glad to hear that the pizza and kids play area is coming back to the metro, just not in the former location. A company spokesperson says Chuck E. Cheese will be opening this fall in West Fargo at Westgate Commons. It will also be a new concept. Chuck…

Rape And Abuse Crisis Center Has New Name Sollera

Rape and Abuse Crisis Center reveals new name and location

April 28, 2026

Juliana Pelaez,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — For decades, the Rape and Abuse Crisis Center has been an integral part of serving the Cass, Clay, and Wilkin counties. Now the center is evolving into a new home with a new name, Sollera. “Sollera will take care of this community for the next fifty years. It will, with honor, take the torch from Rape…

Trump signs resolution to lift mining restrictions in the Boundary Waters watershed

April 28, 2026

KVRR Staff,

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has lifted a federal ban on mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, clearing the way for a South American company eyeing the region’s precious metals to begin applying for permits. Environmentalists fear the move will create a precedent for wiping out other protections for public lands across the country. Twin Metals Minnesota…

Local Barber Celebrates 65 Years Of Cutting Hair

Fargo Barber Celebrates 65 Years of Cutting Hair

Orlan Rokke enrolled in barber college days after graduating high school in 1961 and has been at it ever since.

April 26, 2026

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Orlan Rokke’s haircutting career began with the same type of motivation that starts many a great journey – why not? “I was 17 years old. I didn’t really know what I wanted to do,” he said with a laugh. “A neighbor friend came to Fargo, went to barber college, and said he kind of enjoyed it,…

Coalition Forms To Promote Sales Tax Extension

Coalition Forms to Promote Renewal of Sales Tax

The Fargo Forward Coalition says their main goal is to educate voters regarding how exactly their lives would change for the worse if they were to let this tax lapse.

April 23, 2026

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Fargo Forward Coalition may technically be a new organization, but the enthusiasm its co-chairs have for the penny infrastructure sales tax in the city is not. “In 2006, I was one of the almost 70% of Fargo voters who voted ‘yes’ on the infrastructure sales tax idea,” said co-chair Deborah Frederickson. The group, comprised of…

Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift

April 23, 2026

KVRR Staff,

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates who said cannabis should never have been treated like heroin by the federal government. The order signed by Todd Blanche does not legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use under federal law….