BISMARCK, N.D. (AP)–Top North Dakota Republican officials have disavowed an anti-LGBT resolution that was passed by hundreds of the party’s delegates and denounced by the state’s GOP governor. State Republican Chairman Rick Berg said the party’s executive committee voted Monday to disavow the resolution’s “harmful and divisive language.” In a statement, Berg said North Dakota Republican leaders “would like to…
FARGO, N.D.–The Blue Cross Blue Shield North Dakota Caring Foundation has donated $25,000 to the Great Plains Food Bank. Additionally, representatives from Blue Cross Blue Shield spent time volunteering inside the Great Plains Food Bank warehouse during the pandemic as a way to give back to the community. Great Plains Food Bank President Melissa Sobolik said, “When COVID-19 hit North…
FARGO, N.D. — Monday’s Fargo City Commission meeting turned hostile when some members of the public got to the microphone. Wess Philome of OneFargo was invited by the Human Relations Commission to discuss a “We Are One” Statement of Intent between his group and the city surrounding racial equity. The document was created to establish regular meetings between OneFargo, police,…
FARGO, N.D. — In a 4-1 vote, Fargo City Commission approves a directive encouraging people to wear face masks in public. Commissioner John Strand says he doesn’t want mask police; he says what he wants is “a community approach to a health crisis.” “We don’t have to be fighting after something so little as — I’m not going to say…
FARGO, ND – “Nobody expected the cases to do what they did around the country, and then locally and regionally the same thing happened,” said Mark Knutson, the Executive Director of the Fargo Marathon. An uptick in COVID-19 cases in the Red River Valley has forced organizers to cancel the Fargo Marathon. “We’ve seen the uptick in North Dakota, and…
BISMARCK, N.D. — A warning after people in North Dakota say they’ve gotten unsolicited packages from China with seeds in them. That’s from the North Dakota Department of Agriculture and the North Dakota State Seed Department. Officials in other states have also reported similar instances. The state’s agriculture commissioner says he’s not sure why these seeds are being sent or…
FARGO, ND — The 2020 Fargo Marathon has been cancelled. Race Director Mark Knutson said the decision to move from a postponed race in late August to cancelling for the year was a difficult decision. Knutson said rising cases of coronavirus are to blame in the region and parts of the country. Knutson, who sold the marathon to “Rugged Races,”…
CASS COUNTY, N.D.–The North Dakota Department of Health reports 112 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths on Monday. Twenty-five counties report new cases. Burleigh County reports the most new cases with 25 and Cass County the second most with 21. The NDDoH says previously reported cases from McKenzie County and Mountrail County were determined to be from out of…
Hard to believe, but only thirty years ago this Sunday, America’s biggest minority group had very little in the way of protection when it came to being discriminated against. We’re talking about people with disabilities. Not the minority you expected to hear about, right? Even today, people with disabilities are often seen as a sort of invisible minority. But a…
GRAND FORKS, N.D.–The University of North Dakota will hold its second virtual graduation ceremony on Friday, August 7. Upwards of 500 students are eligible to graduate. The University has made changes since the previous virtual ceremony. UND officials will be on video dressed in their full regalia. The President will give his address and each dean will offer advice to…
