North Dakota News

Big Turnout for Record Store Day at Orange Records

Management did not comment on sales figures, but the eye test says that the numbers must have been impressive.

FARGO, N.D. – Vinyl aficionados lined up literally around the block to celebrate Record Store Day at Orange Records in Fargo. The store adjacent to the recently opened Paradox Comics-N-Cards is the last one standing in the metro. Both Vinyl Giant and Mother’s have closed this year, so customers flocked to Orange to get their fix. Record Store Day began…

True North Church Celebrates Grand Opening of New Facility

This is the church's first permanent home, and one in which they plan to stay for generations to come.

FARGO, N.D. – Parishioners at True North Church cheered as a ceremonial ribbon cutting marked the grand opening of their permanent brick and mortar home. The church has been in operation since late 2021, but they’ve bounced around to nine different locations since then. They secured the lease to the old Pepsi call center building in south Fargo last June…

Totally Rad Vintage Festival Brings Retro Funk to West Fargo

The two-day event saw vendors selling collectibles from just about every possible decade.

A young gamer tries his hand at a system that came out long before his birth.WEST FARGO, N.D. – No matter what decade your favorite was, there was a bit of nostalgia available for everyone this weekend at the Veterans Memorial Arena. That’s because the Totally Rad Vintage Fest took over the space with all sorts of fabulous clothing and…

Committee recommends ‘do not pass’ on controversial North Dakota library content bill

The state flag of North Dakota waves in the wind outside of the Capitol in Bismarck on Feb. 27, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota House Appropriations Committee voted 22-1 Friday to issue a do-not-pass recommendation on a bill that would require school and public libraries to relocate books deemed “sexually explicit” to…

North Dakota Legacy Fund takes big hit amid stock market volatility

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota’s Legacy Fund lost about $1 billion in value last week as the stock market plunged, but the investments are managed to weather volatility, according to testimony from a legislative hearing this week. Jodi Smith, interim executive director of the Retirement and Investment Office, commented on the impact of the stock market fluctuations…

LIVE: Percussion Profusion at Concordia College

MOORHEAD –It’s a profusion of percussion at Concordia College, and you’re invited. Thousands of local third graders got a taste today of the annual Percussion Day celebration. It features performances and masterclasses, and then on Saturday, the daytime events are free and open to the public. It all wraps up with a performance from Twincussion, a pair of identical percussion-playing…

Bill Amendment Would Outlaw Wearing Facial Coverings While in a Group

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Masks have become a controversy since the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in 2017. The concern is that people may be trying to evade identification before committing acts of violence. “Making people criminals for wearing a mask is really, I think, offensive to the general public in whole. It’s not offensive if it’s done in circumstances where…