FARGO, N.D. – Sanford Health and Good Samaritan Society Nursing hosting a hiring fair at Drekker Brewing. Attendees can hear live music, get free food and talk with Sanford managers. Sanford hosts a hiring fair in Fargo about 3 times and a year and is looking for nursing students and experienced nurses. “Students and managers at Sanford get yo talk…
NORTH DAKOTA – The Democratic-NPL Chair says North Dakotans shouldn’t worry about results being delayed like in Iowa. It’s a different process for voting in North Dakota’s caucus on March 10th. You can request a mail-in ballot by phone, email or online and send it in by March 5th. There are also 14 locations to vote in person in the…
BISMARCK, N.D.–The North Dakota Highway Patrol has updated their statewide phone number. You can now reach the NDHP at 701-328-4259. The Eastern and Western Division of the North Dakota Highway Patrol phone numbers separate numbers. The Eastern Division, including the Bismarck and Williston offices, can be reached at 701-328-2467. The Western Division, including the Fargo, Grand Forks and Devils Lake…
BISMARCK, N.D.–Coal production in North Dakota dropped 8% in 2019, compared to the prior year. A trade group says the state’s five coal mines produced 27.2 million tons of lignite. The Lignite Energy Council says the reduction was mainly due to major outages at various power plants and maintenance at the Great Plains Synfuels Plant. The lower tonnage also resulted…
FARGO, N.D. — The 20th annual World Cancer Day is on Tuesday. The American Cancer Society estimates this year alone, there will be over 4,000 new cancer patients in North Dakota. It predicts over 1,000 will have their lives taken. “A lot of people don’t really — I feel like they don’t quite understand that just how many people are…
Brad Wehe & Sara LusignanGRAND FORKS, N.D. — The CEO and CFO of Altru Health System in Grand Forks are let go. In a press release, the Board of Directors announced that CEO Brad Wehe and CFO Sara Lusignan are leaving the organization effective immediately. They did not cite a reason for the dismissals other than saying it is a…
FARGO, N.D. — Hornbacher’s has once again joined forces with the Great Plains Food Bank to try and end hunger in the metro. Through its Feed Hope campaign, Hornbacher’s raised over $80,000 in December for the food bank. That’s the biggest donation by the grocery store chain since the campaign’s launch 9 years ago. Customers were asked to make donations…
James Urlacher & Jen Mastrud, Fargo Education AssocationFARGO, N.D. — Fargo Education Association has reached a tentative teacher contract deal with the Fargo School Board. The deal includes a 1.5% pay increase for the current school year and a 1.25% increase in 2020-2021. The next step is to ratify the 2-year agreement with members. Three FEA only meetings are planned…
FARGO, N.D. The 2020 Northern Corn and Soybean Expo is back in town for it’s third year. The expo will have insightful panels that look into global market trends, and how to prepare and plan for the new trade deals. Personnel from the USDA will also be at the show to help guide farmers through crop insurance and programs like…
You’ve heard the old saying, “if a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound?” When it comes to the Oscars, it might very well be “if a shooting star appears, and no one watches for it, does it really matter?” The Academy Awards are one of the biggest shows in — and about — showbiz, but in…
