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Mental
Community, Health, Local News, North Dakota News

May is Mental Health Awareness Month in the U.S.

Healthcare providers say North Dakota faces a unique set of obstacles when it comes to providing adequate mental health resources.
Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Most people are aware that gloomy weather can put a damper on one’s mood. But, in North Dakota, the compounding effects stretch further than that. Some people have to drive hours upon hours for specialized treatment, which can become impossible depending on road conditions in the wintry months. “We do have patients that travel all over…

Skin
Community, Health, Local News, North Dakota News

Fargo Center For Dermatology Provides Free Skin Consultation For Skin Cancer Awareness Month

Juliana Pelaez,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and all hands are on deck at Fargo Center for Dermatology. For the past 16 years, the dermatology clinic has offered a free skin consultation service on May 1st. Students from NDSU and dermatologists from the clinic worked to provide consults for the dozens of people who signed up. The…

Protest
Community, Local News, Minnesota News, Moorhead, North Dakota News

Nationwide May Day Protest Brings Over A Hundred People Together in Fargo

Juliana Pelaez,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Over a hundred people came together in solidarity at the Veterans Memorial Bridge to protest on this May Day. Striking with the thousands of others nationwide to demand for a change. “This May Day, we’re standing together to send a message loud and clear across the country and the globe. We’re united in our resolve to…

32nd Ave
Construction & Traffic Updates, Local News, North Dakota News

32nd Avenue Project Approaches Phase Two

Engineers say they've made good progress thanks to a mild winter allowing them an early start.
Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. – The 32nd Avenue reconstruction project in Fargo is just about ready to move on to its next phase. City officials say that the project is progressing well thanks to a mild winter that allowed for an earlier start date. As such, phase 1 of the four-part total reconstruction is nearly complete. Phase 2 begins Monday, May 5….

Lavina
Health, KVRR Connections, Local News, Minnesota News, Moorhead, Morning - Pet Connection, North Dakota News, Pet Connection

LIVE: Pet Connection: Meet Lavina

Emily Welker,

FARGO — It’s our favorite day of the week again, and this week’s Pet Connection cutie is Lavina the domestic shorthair tabby, who came all the way with foster mom Samantha Becker to our studio from Polk County, Minnesota. Lavina came in to Smiley’s Rescue as a baby, along with all her littermates. She is the last of her brothers…
Community, Crime, Local News, North Dakota News

Fargo Man Arrested After Head-On Crash In South Fargo Injures Two

Juliana Pelaez,

FARGO (KFGO/KVRR) – A 20-year-old Fargo man was arrested after a head-on crash in Fargo Thursday morning. Lt. Shane Aberle says officers responded to a two-vehicle crash at 15 1/2 Avenue S. and University Drive around 3:45 a.m. Witnesses told officers a vehicle moving at a high rate of speed crossed the center line and crashed into an oncoming vehicle….

The Liberty Memorial Building on the Capitol grounds in Bismarck has housed the State Library in two separate periods of its existence. First, from 1924-1970, and then from 1982 onward after the building underwent renovations. (Photo provided via North Dakota Monitor)
North Dakota News

Federal funding cuts prolong anxiety for North Dakota institutions

KVRR Staff,

The Liberty Memorial Building on the Capitol grounds in Bismarck has housed the State Library in two separate periods of its existence. First, from 1924-1970, and then from 1982 onward after the building underwent renovations. (Photo provided via North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – Trump administration orders to slash funding across the country have put the future of…