BISMARCK, N.D. – A federal appeals court has largely upheld a North Dakota law regulating companies that are hired to hold down prescription costs for insurers and employers. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed its earlier decision on the state law that provides oversight of pharmacy benefit managers. The law bars such things as gag rules that limit…
FARGO (KVRR/KFGO) – Some North Dakota employers are jumping at the opportunity to partner with Afghan refugees to fill thousands of job openings in the state. Dan Hannaher, Field Director for Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service North Dakota, says North Dakota is expected to settle 49 Afghan refugees. He says the Afghan Placement and Assistance program has the attention of…
Fargo, N.D. (KVRR) — ‘Tis the season, and Fargo Parks is celebrating the start of the holiday season in a big way this week. Tuesday marks the lighting of the downtown Christmas tree in Broadway Square, along with the opening of the downtown ice rink. The event will run from 5-6 p.m. Skating rentals start Wednesday. On Saturday, Santa…
BISMARCK, N.D. – A judge has ordered Glasser Images to preserve its websites as the North Dakota Attorney General’s Office investigates the abrupt closure of the Bismarck photography studio last month. The business also is facing a possible eviction from its downtown location for owing $25,000 in rent and late fees. Glasser Images photographed weddings throughout the Dakotas, Minnesota and…
MEDORA, N.D. (KVRR) – A controversial statue of President Theodore Roosevelt in New York City is moving to the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora. The library foundation says the statue will be on “long-term loan.” It has stood on the steps of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City since 1940. The statue depicts Roosevelt on…
NEW YORK – Minneapolis-based Target will no longer open its stores on Thanksgiving Day, making permanent a shift to the unofficial start of the holiday season that was suspended during the pandemic. To limit crowds in stores, retailers last year were forced to turn what had become a weekend shopping blitz into an extended event with holiday sales beginning as…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Buffalo Wild Wings was filled with green and purple jerseys Several people gathered at the restaurant to cheer on their favorite football teams. The atmosphere was booming with cheers from hopeful Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers fans. The restaurant teamed up with the Vikings to offer free appetizers with a $20 or more purchase of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A new robot at Essentia Health completely changing traditional dynamics of lung cancer diagnosis “We go through the mouth so what you see is the breathing tube. That goes normally like any other procedure, patient’s asleep and we put the breathing tube that will go through the mouth and stay within the trachea, the wind pipe….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR)- The eighth annual Scheels ICE Fest kicks off after taking a hiatus last year due to covid The sporting goods retailer says 300 people braved the cold and lined in the parking lot Friday to buy anything they need for ice fishing season. That includes clothing, tents, heaters, rods, ice cleats and more from more than 30…
FARGO, N.D. (KFGO) – The Cass County State’s Attorney’s Office has decided not to file criminal charges against a man who shot and killed a man in Casselton late last month.Prosecutors decided they could not prove 54-year-old Edwin Kester, Jr. intended to kill 58-year-old Randell Burton in an apartment connected to Club 94, a bar and restaurant on October 18….
