Natural gas and other energy infrastructure is pictured in Williams County, North Dakota, in September 2024. A state program aims to invest Legacy Fund dollars into North Dakota infrastructure. (Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The first investment of North Dakota Legacy Fund dollars into an in-state infrastructure project could be made in…
Sgt. Irvin Ellingson (Dept. of Veterans Affairs)WASHINGTON (KVRR-KFGO) – The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Irvin Ellingson, a Dahlen, North Dakota native who served during World War II, have been identified. Senator John Hoeven says The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that the remains of Ellingson, 25, were accounted for on June 17, 2025. In the…
HORACE, N.D. (KVRR 3:20 PM 12/11/25 UPDATE) — The woman who died in a house fire last night south of Horace has been identified as 64-year-old Rebecca Bass. Cass County Sheriff’s Office says the cause of the fire is still under investigation. Shortly before 7 p.m. last night, the homeowner returned home and found it was filled with smoke. Southern…
Seating upgrades for the Fargo Theatre are expected to be done by March.FARGO — Fargo Theatre makes a big announcement: the nearly 100-year-old theatre is upgrading its seating. The upgrades start in January and it is the first major restoration project for the theatre’s centennial year in 2026. The seats on the theatre’s first floor were installed in the 1960s,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — We are into our second day of clean-up efforts, working overtime on the piles and piles of snow. “The crews have been out there working diligently to get the streets plowed off and put product down there. We have been running around the clock, usually the teams work an eight-hour shift, but we have extended their…
North Dakota Supreme Court Justice Lisa Fair McEvers asks questions during a Dec. 18, 2023, hearing in Bismarck. (Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Lisa Fair McEvers has been elected the first female chief justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court. She earned about 83% of the vote by sitting justices and district…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – North Dakota is one of a dozen states limiting what can be purchased with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins approved North Dakota’s application for a SNAP food-choice waiver under the Make America Healthy Again initiative. The waivers will amend the statutory definition of “food for purchase” under SNAP beginning…
Mark WesternBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – The North Dakota Ethics Commission has appointed Mark Western as its newest commissioner. His term started on Nov. 19, 2025. Western‘s appointment is a one-year term, filling the unexpired term of Commissioner David Anderson who passed away in May 2025. A native of Stanley, North Dakota, Western received an undergraduate degree in Social Studies Education from…
A producer harvests soybeans Sept. 28, 2025, near Hamberg, North Dakota. (Photo by Lora Wobbema/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota farmer Justin Sherlock said he is grateful for the federal ag assistance program announced by the Trump administration, but said it doesn’t replace the need for exports to China and other countries. “It’s going…
Divisions of the state Attorney General’s Office are located in a leased building on Burlington Drive in Bismarck. The renovation of the building has been under scrutiny by state lawmakers. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The owner of a south Bismarck property leased to the Attorney General’s Office will pay the state over $14,000…
