North Dakota News

Cause of Prairie Public Broadcast fire identified

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The fire which caused significant damage to the Prairie Public broadcast building in the early morning of August 18 has been deemed unintentional. The cause was determined to be from smoking materials. Fargo Fire Chief Dane Carley said on the day of the fire that it was clear some type of work had been done on…

CO2 pipeline project denied key permit in South Dakota; another seeks second chance in North Dakota

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota regulators on Wednesday denied a construction permit for a carbon dioxide pipeline project, one month after a North Dakota panel did the same to a similar project by another company. Navigator CO2 Ventures wants to build a 1,300-mile (2,092 kilometers) pipeline network across Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota, to carry planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions…

Sales Tax Vote For Fargodome Project Set for December 5

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Fargo City Commissioners unanimously approve a December 5th special election seeking a $140 million expansion and renovation of Fargodome. There will be one question on the ballot. City taxpayers will decide whether to approve a quarter-cent bump in the local sales tax and a 3% increase in the city lodging tax to pay for the proposed…

Lisbon, ND Man Sentenced on Federal Child Porn Charges

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Lisbon, North Dakota man is sentenced to 40 years in prison on federal child porn charges. 29-year-old Craig Gregor was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Fargo. An investigation found that Gregor repeatedly filmed himself sexually abusing a 6-year-old child. Prosecutors say he later shared the videos with others on the internet. A search of…

Residents Trapped In Apartment During Fire

Several residents on the third floor called in as fire units were responding to report they couldn't get out because of the heavy smoke and briefly sheltered on a third-floor balcony

FARGO, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – There were no injuries but some damage from a fire at an apartment building at 1502 East Gateway Circle in Fargo.  Firefighters responded to a report of smoke in the hallways around 1:40 this morning. Battalion Chief Lee Soeth says crews found heavy smoke coming from all three levels of the complex and discovered a small…

Jeremiah Program hosts open house for new mothers

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Jeremiah Program is a national organization with locations across the country with a mission to change the cycle of poverty for single mothers and their children, two generations at a time. The Jeremiah Program assists single mothers by giving them resources such as career track education, early childhood education, a supportive community, safe and affordable housing,…

Civil rights lawsuit in North Dakota accuses a white supremacist group of racial intimidation

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Two nonprofits have sued a white nationalist hate group in North Dakota, alleging that it committed racial intimidation by defacing businesses and public property around the city of Fargo with the group’s logo and other graffiti. The lawsuit filed against Patriot Front in federal court on Friday alleges that the group, two of the group’s leaders…