North Dakota News

Emerson Port of Entry blockade continues

EMERSON, Manitoba (KVRR) – Protesters continued to maintain a border blockade at the Emerson Port of Entry, just north of Pembina, N.D. Friday. Winnipeg Alternative Media reported that the number of participants appeared to be down because a winter storm was moving through the area.  The protesters were sheltering from the storm in RV’s and campers. The demonstrators are opposed to…

Police identify body found in Grand Forks

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Police in Grand Forks say a body found in an alley near a night club Thursday afternoon has been identified as 26-year-old Anthony Valdez. Valdez was last seen on Sunday in the downtown area by Level 10 Night Club at 10 3rd St. N. Police say there are no obvious signs of trauma, but say…

BIA officer dismissed from wrongful death lawsuit

BISMARCK, N.D. – One of two Bureau of Indian Affairs officers has been dismissed from a federal wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a man who was fatally shot on the Standing Rock Reservation in 2017. A federal judge has signed an order dismissing Gary Sandland Jr. from the lawsuit filed by the family of George “Ryan” Gipp…

Sale of largest coal plant in North Dakota reapproved

MAPLE GROVE, Minn. – Great River Energy’s cooperatives have once again approved the sale of the company’s Coal Creek power plant in North Dakota and an accompanying power line, despite opposition from its largest member. The sale of Coal Creek, near Underwood, North Dakota, was initially approved last June with 27 member co-ops voting in favor and Connexus Energy, of…

CIA has secret program that collects American data

WASHINGTON (AP) – The CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans, two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee said. While neither the agency nor lawmakers would disclose specifics about the data, the senators alleged the CIA had long hidden details about the program from the public and Congress. Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and…