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Next round of federal rural health grants to promote fitness, community gardens

April 24, 2026

KVRR Staff,

Interim Health and Human Services Director Pat Traynor, from left, Gov. Kelly Armstrong and first lady Kjersti Armstrong lead state employees on a walk at the Capitol on April 1, 2026. Federal rural health grant dollars are available to support walking programs and other wellness initiatives. (Photo courtesy of the Office of the Governor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North…

Space Force to expand at Grand Forks Air Force Base with new facility

April 24, 2026

KVRR Staff,

GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – President Donald Trump’s 2027 budget includes $250 million for a satellite operations center at Grand Forks Air Force Base, expanding the u-s space force’s role in next-generation missions. The expansion will bring a 180,000 square foot facility and over 100 personnel to the base. Sen. Kevin Cramer is chair of the Senate…

West Fargo Hosts Town Hall for City Commission Candidates

Four individuals are vying to fill two spots.

April 23, 2026

Gabriel Ostler,

WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The run-up to local elections continues, as candidates seek to engage with the public in hopes of winning coveted city commission seats. The city of West Fargo held a town hall meeting on April 23 at the West Fargo Fire Department for candidates for their city commission vacancies. Four people are vying for two open…

Coalition Forms To Promote Sales Tax Extension

Coalition Forms to Promote Renewal of Sales Tax

The Fargo Forward Coalition says their main goal is to educate voters regarding how exactly their lives would change for the worse if they were to let this tax lapse.

April 23, 2026

Gabriel Ostler,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The Fargo Forward Coalition may technically be a new organization, but the enthusiasm its co-chairs have for the penny infrastructure sales tax in the city is not. “In 2006, I was one of the almost 70% of Fargo voters who voted ‘yes’ on the infrastructure sales tax idea,” said co-chair Deborah Frederickson. The group, comprised of…

Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift

April 23, 2026

KVRR Staff,

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug, a major policy shift long sought by advocates who said cannabis should never have been treated like heroin by the federal government. The order signed by Todd Blanche does not legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use under federal law….

Top North Dakota environmental regulator plans to retire this summer

April 23, 2026

KVRR Staff,

Dave Glatt, director of the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality, speaks during an event at the Capitol on Nov. 5, 2025. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Dave Glatt, director of the Department of Environmental Quality, has announced his plan to retire effective July 31. Glatt has served in state government for 43 years,…

After a long process, Fargo’s Convention Center Committee is about to pick the site

April 23, 2026

TJ Nelson,

Fargo Convention Center Committee meeting. 10/24/25.FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo’s Convention Center Committee will meet Friday to narrow down its list of four possible sites to one. That site recommendation will be presented to the full City Commission during it’s Monday meeting. The four sites include an expansion to Fargodome, Scheels Arena, Fargo Civic Center, or land besides Brewhalla. In…

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Announced He's No Longer Running For Office

Gov. Tim Walz to release ‘Good Neighbors,’ inspired by ICE surge in Minnesota and the pushback

April 22, 2026

KVRR Staff,

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is working on a book inspired in part by the massive immigration enforcement surge in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area earlier this year and by the extensive pushback of local residents. “Good Neighbors” will be published next year, W.W. Norton & Company told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “Last winter, Minnesotans from all walks of life showed…

North Dakota State Legislature Prepares For Effects Of Term Limits

Survey Conducted to Help North Dakota State Legislature Prepare for Term Limit Impacts

The consultants pulled data and anecdotal evidence from a variety of sources, including other states in the U.S. with similar term limits.

April 22, 2026

Gabriel Ostler,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – The ballot measure that enacted term limits in North Dakota capped tenure in the North Dakota House and Senate at eight years each and limited the governor of the state to two terms in office. Those lawmakers then hired Garty Consulting, LLC, to study the impact of those limits as they prepare for the first legislators…

Local group to join calls for release of MN woman in ICE custody in Texas in need of urgent medical care

April 22, 2026

TJ Nelson,

(U.S. Rep. Angie Craig/Facebook)FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Local community and faith leaders are joining the call for the release of a Burnsville, Minnesota woman in ICE custody in Texas. Last week, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig called on the Trump administration to release Andrea Pedro-Francisco. She is suffering from a tennis ball-sized ovarian cyst at risk of rupture and needs urgent…