North Dakota News

ND Secretary of State’s Office reminds voters to return absentee ballots before election day deadline

Cass County Secure Drop Box locate in front of the Cass County Courthouse.BISMARCK, N.D. — The North Dakota Secretary of State’s Office is reminding voters planning to use absentee ballots to vote in the June primary to send them in as soon as possible. The office says they sent out 35,710 absentee ballots to people requesting to vote absentee. Of…

Jade Presents accepted $4.4 million federal pandemic relief grant

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – A Fargo concert promoter that suddenly announced its closure on Thursday was the recipient of a $4.4 million federal grant during the Covid-19 pandemic. Jade Presents closed after more than three decades in business. The closure led to the cancellation of several events and left venues, artists and customers wondering how the closure will affect them….

North Dakota Highway Patrol reveals truck driver involved in accident stung by hundreds of bees

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR) – On Thursday, a semi hauling approximately 800 hives with an estimated two million bees crashed on Interstate 94 in Valley City. North Dakota Highway Patrol says the crash happened when a pickup driven by a 15-year-old Valley City boy merged onto the Interstate and abruptly moved into the left lane without seeing the semi. The…

How candidates for North Dakota’s top K-12 job would address teacher recruitment, retention

From the left: Superintendent of the Department of Public Instruction Levi Bachmeier (Photo courtesy of Office of the Governor), Tracy Layne Foss (Photo courtesy of Foss campaign) and Charles Tuttle (Photo by Jacob Orledge/North Dakota Monitor).BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Candidates for superintendent of public instruction have different takes on how to improve North Dakota teacher recruitment and retention….

Concrete Roads Buckling in Extreme Heat

Fargo Public Works says this is a common issue when temperatures reach past the 90-degree mark.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – While it might not be technically hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk, right now it is warm to the point of causing legitimate damage to local roads. “That concrete roadway absorbs all of that heat, and we start seeing the surface temps run at 116 degrees and warmer,” explained Corey Houim, services manager…