Leaders and attorneys for several Greenpeace entities listen to a reporter’s question after a jury’s verdict at the Morton County Courthouse in Mandan, N.D., Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota judge has said he will order Greenpeace to pay damages expected to total $345 million in connection with protests against the Dakota Access…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Judge Wade Webb wants to remain on the bench. He has filed with North Dakota Secretary of State’s Office to run in the 2026 election for East Central Judicial District Judgeship. Webb was first appointed to the position which covers Cass, Traill and Steele Counties back in 2003 by then Gov. John Hoeven. He was first…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance announced Wednesday that the Trump administration would “temporarily halt” some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns, as part of what he described as an aggressive crackdown on misuse of public funds. Medicaid is the U.S. health care safety net for low-income Americans. As of late 2025, nearly 70 million…
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, speaking at a Future Farmers of America event Aug. 18, 2025 at the Tennessee State Fair. (Photo by John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)WASHINGTON (North Dakota Monitor) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will transfer a large office building to the General Services Administration in a step toward shrinking the department’s footprint in and around Washington, D.C., Secretary…
RICHLAND CO., N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A Fairmount, North Dakota man is accused of sexually assaulting a teenaged girl. 34-year-old Francisco Galera is charged with gross sexual imposition and possession of prohibited materials. Court records show a 14-year-old girl contacted Richland County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday to report alleged sexual interactions with Galera. Deputies found him at a bar in Fairmount…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO) – Two more cases of measles have been confirmed in North Dakota, bringing the year’s total to 19. Majority of the cases are in northeastern North Dakota, with 17 in Pembina County and one in neighboring Walsh County. One case is also confirmed in Williams County in the northwest corner of the state. Department of Health and…
Crash at University Dr. and 13th Ave. S. on Feb. 25, 2026FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – One person was taken to the hospital after a crash on South University Drive on Wednesday morning. Emergency responders were called to the scene around 6:45 a.m. Lt. Shane Aberle with the Fargo Police Department says officers responded to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of…
Farm workers load beans into a grain truck Sept. 28, 2025, in Wells County, N.D. (Photo by Lora Wobbema/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota Industrial Commission is expanding a low-interest loan program designed to support farmers and ranchers — an initiative on pace to exhaust the $300 million already set aside for it….
NDDOT Travel Map snowplow trackerBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The North Dakota Department of Transportation has rolled out new features on its travel map. Users can now see each snowplow’s location and view dashcam pictures with timestamps and location information, providing a view of current conditions all across North Dakota. Previously, only one-third of the 352 snowplows could share location data,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is using Tuesday’s State of the Union to argue that the country is “winning” under his leadership, even as his approval ratings slide. He focused on jobs, manufacturing and an economy he says is stronger than many Americans believe. He initially leaned into pageantry, dramatically bringing the Olympic gold-medal-winning U.S. men’s hockey team into…
