Courtesy: CNNDENVER, C.O. (KVRR) — The Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded North Dakota with grant money to fund projects aimed at reducing PFAS in drinking water. PFAS, sometimes referred to as ‘forever chemicals’ describes a group of chemicals used in several products which have been found found in water, food, and even people around the globe. The money comes from…
MOORHEAD — In spite of her name, we don’t know much about little Fable’s origin story. She wasn’t an owner surrender, so the folks at 4 Luv of Dog don’t know much about her including what breeds she is or even exactly how old she might be. But this little dog is an open book when it comes to affection…
CASS COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) — Measles continues to travel around the state of North Dakota, with Cass County now reporting its first confirmed case of the season. North Dakota Health and Human Services says the individual likely acquired the infection within the state. They have not recently travelled out of state or internationally. North Dakota has had a total of…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (Minnesota Reformer) — Hospitals and drug companies are engaged in an expensive influence battle at the State Capitol this year over an obscure provision known as 340B, with each side lining up an army of dark-suited lobbyists, and Big Pharma even spending on billboards in rural Minnesota, as well as TV and Instagram ads. The high-priced battle…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues. The court’s order allows women seeking abortions to continue obtaining the drug, mifepristone, at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor. Access is likely to remain…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The proposed ban of flavored nicotine products in the city of Fargo continues to have supporters and detractors. Business owners and city officials met on May 13 in a roundtable to discuss that possible ordinance – with strong expressions of opinions all around. Zach Johnson of Sports Vape in Fargo has spoken out on this issue…
ST. PAUL (KVRR/AP) — There is now a Minnesota connection to that cruise ship that had a deadly hantavirus outbreak overseas. Minnesota Department of Health is monitoring a person who may have briefly been exposed overseas to someone who was on board. The person does not currently have symptoms. They say health risks to the public remain very low. A…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Work is underway in Congress and Bismarck to advance a second North Dakota Veterans Home. The only one currently is in the southeast in Lisbon. Sen. John Hoeven is working with the VA and Gov. Kelly Armstrong for an assessment and study for a second veterans’ home in the northwest part of the state. “We are…
FARGO — May is the month medical experts remind us you shouldn’t trust your neurological health to a stroke of luck. Learn stroke prevention and treatment tips instead. Experts say you have to act fast if you spot stroke signs. And it helps to remember the “BE FAST” acronym. It stands for sudden balance problems, eye and vision issues, facial…
FARGO — He may not have quite as famous a life story as his namesake, but Luke Skywhisker of Cat’s Cradle shelter in the metro has a similar mystery about who his original pet parent is. He fetched up by way of the West Fargo pound about a month ago, but little else besides his approximate age of about 8…
