North Dakota News

Pet Connection: Meet the Preemies

FARGO — If you’re ever wondering just how much hard work and heartbreak goes into animal rescue, you’ve got the answer in these five tiny, fragile, one-week-old kittens. They were discovered abandoned, no mother or caretaker in sight, in a cardboard box at a gas station, having been born premature and undeveloped. Their odds of survival are far from assured…

Next round of federal rural health grants to promote fitness, community gardens

Interim Health and Human Services Director Pat Traynor, from left, Gov. Kelly Armstrong and first lady Kjersti Armstrong lead state employees on a walk at the Capitol on April 1, 2026. Federal rural health grant dollars are available to support walking programs and other wellness initiatives. (Photo courtesy of the Office of the Governor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North…

Space Force to expand at Grand Forks Air Force Base with new facility

GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget includes $250 million for a satellite operations center at Grand Forks Air Force Base, expanding the u-s space force’s role in next-generation missions. The expansion will bring a 180,000 square foot facility and over 100 personnel to the base. Sen. Kevin Cramer is chair of the Senate…

City of Finley residents once again able to use water

FINLEY, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Residents of Finley can finally use water from the tap again. Last Friday, the city’s water system lost pressure due to a main line leak. Residents were asked to not use water for anything, including flushing the toilet. While Finley was without water, the city distributed water, the Spirit Lake tribe donated thousands of bottles of…

West Fargo Hosts Town Hall for City Commission Candidates

Four individuals are vying to fill two spots.

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The run-up to local elections continues, as candidates seek to engage with the public in hopes of winning coveted city commission seats. The city of West Fargo held a town hall meeting on April 23 at the West Fargo Fire Department for candidates for their city commission vacancies. Four people are vying for two open…

New scam message targets people in the metro, Cass County Sheriff explains what to do

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — This letter, sent to a recipient, shows that they received a final notice with a court enforcement action for an outstanding traffic violation. But, while it may look like an official notice, Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner says otherwise. “The way that this thing presents is that it says that it comes from the state of…

Coalition Forms to Promote Renewal of Sales Tax

The Fargo Forward Coalition says their main goal is to educate voters regarding how exactly their lives would change for the worse if they were to let this tax lapse.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Fargo Forward Coalition may technically be a new organization, but the enthusiasm its co-chairs have for the penny infrastructure sales tax in the city is not. “In 2006, I was one of the almost 70% of Fargo voters who voted ‘yes’ on the infrastructure sales tax idea,” said co-chair Deborah Frederickson. The group, comprised of…

Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates who said cannabis should never have been treated like heroin by the federal government. The order signed by Todd Blanche does not legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use under federal law….

Fire department quickly extinguishes blaze, next to Sheldon, ND fire hall

photo credit – Enderlin Sheldon Fire Dept.SHELDON, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The response was quick to a fire Monday night in Sheldon in southeastern North Dakota. Within minutes of the call, 18 firefighters the Enderlin-Sheldon Fire Dept. and eight EMS personnel were enroute. They had just completed a scheduled training session. The fire started on the outside of a building next…

Drinking water restored in Finley, North Dakota

FINLEY, N.D. (KVRR) — Great news for people living in Finley, North Dakota:  people can now resume using water without restrictions. The city received the all-clear from Department of Environmental Quality in Bismarck. Testing found that bacteriological samples collected have all come back satisfactory and indicated the disinfection barrier is intact. They believe sediment got into the line while Dakota…