FARGO, N.D. – The medical marijuana dispensary in Fargo is expected to reopen on Tuesday. The dispensary previously known as Botanist will open under the new name of Pure Dakota Health. It will remain at the same location on 13th Avenue South near Target. The Fargo dispensary temporarily shut down in early April. Director of the Division of Medical Marijuana…
BISMARCK, N.D.–Gov. Doug Burgum is holding a press briefing to provide an update on the COVID-19 pandemic. Burgum will be joined by State Board of Higher Education Chair Nick Hacker. The North Dakota Department of Health reported a total of 1,761 positive cases, 35 current hospitalizations, 1,071 people recovered and 42 deaths. Categories: Coronavirus, Coronavirus-ND, Health, North Dakota News Tags:…
NORTH DAKOTA – Officials at a Fargo-based electronics manufacturing company confirms an outbreak of coronavirus among their employees. Fargo Assembly says employees across the wiring harness manufacturers’ four North Dakota facilities tested positive for Covid-19. The business did not specify which plants the cases were confirmed at. Fargo Assembly has about 450 employees in the state. The company says it’s…
WASHINGTON (AP)–President Donald Trump is set to name a former pharmaceutical executive to lead his administration’s all-out effort to produce and distribute a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year. A senior administration official says Moncef Slaoui, a former GlaxoSmithKline executive, will lead “Operation Warp Speed,” Trump’s push to accelerate the vaccine development process for COVID-19. Slaoui is to…
CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 52 new COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths on Friday. The counties reporting new cases include Burleigh, Cass, Grand Forks, Morton, Rolette and Stutsman Counties. Cass County reports the most cases with 43 and Grand Forks County the second most with 3. A man in his 40s from Grand Forks County…
FARGO, N.D. — All these vehicles are lined up and ready head out across the F-M area to hand out scholarships for the 2020 seniors. The staff normally honors the students at an annual banquet but because of COVID-19 they are showing their support in a safer way. “It’s difficult, I imagine it’s more difficult for them so we just…
FARGO, N.D. — Since the coronavirus pandemic began, Sanford Health has noticed a decrease in the number of patients coming in for their annual mammogram screenings. There have also been a decrease in the number of breast cancer diagnoses. This trend has begun to worry staff at the Edith Sanford Breast Center in Fargo. “If you don’t do it now,…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Following Cass County, Grand Forks County has the second highest number of COVID-19 cases in North Dakota. Through this third round of drive-up mass testing, Grand Forks is aiming to identify more people carrying the virus before they can spread it to others. The county is sitting at 304 cases, with many of them attributed to…
MINNESOTA – 20 Minnesota National Guard soldiers have been activated to help test people living in long-term care facilities for the coronavirus. The soldiers are trained combat medics and are EMT certified. They will be collecting swab samples as part of a mobile testing unit. State officials say many of them work in the medical field for their civilian jobs….
BISMARCK, N.D.–Gov. Doug Burgum is holding a press briefing to provide an update on the COVID-19 pandemic. The North Dakota Department of Health reported a total of 1,712 positive cases, 38 current hospitalizations, 1,007 people recovered and 40 deaths. Categories: Coronavirus, Coronavirus-ND, Health, North Dakota News
