FARGO (KVRR-KFGO) – The company that manages the Keystone Pipeline has estimated that 3,500 barrels of crude oil leaked from the pipeline near Fort Ransom in southeastern North Dakota. That’s about 147,000 gallons. The North Dakota Division of Environmental Quality says the pipeline was shut down almost immediately. The oil was contained to a farm field. A small stream near the…
Rebecca Binstock, executive director of the North Dakota Ethics Commission, speaks during a House committee hearing on March 18, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A House committee on Monday recommended several sweeping changes to the North Dakota Ethics Commission’s budget, including cutting a new full-time staff member and adding a new six-month deadline for processing…
WASHINGTON (North Dakota Monitor) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency canceled more than $20 million in grants that were headed to North Dakota for various infrastructure projects. The funding comes from the agency’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, designed to help state and local governments with projects that reduce risks to hazards. Some projects impacted in North Dakota…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) –A band formed in London in the early 1970s is celebrating 50 years of its biggest hit, “Slow Ride”. You can catch Foghat live in concert at Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen on Friday night. KVRR anchor and music fan TJ Nelson got a chance to catch up with the latest lead singer, Scott Holt. It all…
This combination image shows left to right; undated photo released by the Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office shows Harshkumar Patel in Elk River, Minn., and undated photo released by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows Steve Shand. (AP Photo)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected requests for new trials for two men convicted on human smuggling charges in the deaths…
President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order during an event in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Washington, as Environmental Protection Agency director Lee Zeldin and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum watch. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a series of executive orders aimed at boosting the struggling coal industry, a…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Chamber is addressing how DEI: diversity, equity and inclusion, is evolving in the workplace. Several panelists from the metro shared that diversity in the workplace is a must to have a good business. As many D-E-I programs have been forced to dismantle, panelists suggest that companies should do what they believe is right. Otherwise, employees…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A development timeline for a $450 million potato processing plant in Grand Forks is expected in June or July. Grand Forks City Administrator Todd Feland says that will happen once Agristo works out details with BNSF Railway and secures a land purchase. City leaders recently toured the Agristo headquarters in Belgium. Feland said construction on…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Some Fargo neighborhoods are facing the possibility of losing three elementary schools and a middle school under what’s being called a “Community Driven Redevelopment Plan.” The project was approved last year to address concerns for some of the district’s aging and inadequate school buildings. “The buildings themselves obviously need a great deal of work; they are…
POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — The man involved in a chase and officer involved shooting on Monday has been identified as 34-year-old Caleb Coffey of Oklahoma. Polk County Sheriff’s Office says the chase started at the Pembina Port of Entry when Coffey was confronted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The chase eventually went through downtown Crookston and ended on…
