Greenpeace Senior Legal Adviser Deepa Padmanabha is pictured outside the Morton County Courthouse on March 3, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)MANDAN, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A former executive director of Greenpeace’s U.S. affiliate on Wednesday refuted accusations from the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline that the environmental group was a major force driving protests against the pipeline in…
Bradley King of Bismarck holds up a photo of his daughter and her wife during a committee hearing on a resolution opposing same-sex marriage on March 12, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A North Dakota Senate committee voted 6-1 Wednesday to not issue a recommendation on a House resolution urging the U.S. Supreme Court to…
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota lawmakers are also looking at the Pledge of Allegiance bill that was heavily amended before passing the house. The bill originally required schools to have students recite the pledge unless they received written permission from a parent or guardian. The bill now says schools are required to give students the opportunity to recite the pledge….
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — People accused of hurting or killing someone while driving on drugs could have the same enhanced penalties as people who drive drunk. The bill in the North Dakota Legislature says if you kill someone while driving drunk or high, prosecutors could charge you with criminal vehicular homicide. Serious injury cases would be charged with felony criminal…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – “I don’t know what it is about hockey, especially Moorhead hockey,” says Moorhead police officer Beth Jutting. “It’s just – you feel this huge sense of community, not just between your team, but everyone supporting you, all the parents and everyone else.” She has fond memories of her time on the ice as a Moorhead Spud….
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — As steel and aluminum tariffs take effect, Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is talking with business owners and producers to find how it’ll impact them. The tariffs come nearly a week after President Trump announced a second pause on tariffs for both Canada and Mexico. It puts a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It happens every spring. As the weather warms up and melts the snow, dog poop piles begin to create a mess. “It differentiates year by year but we usually get about 15 to 20 calls or complaints over the internet, you know at our FargoOne app, and what we usually check out each one of those….
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A plea deal is reached for the man charged with leaving the scene of a fatal pedestrian crash near Walmart on 52nd Avenue South in Fargo in December. 23-year-old Alex Cruz has pleaded guilty to failing to stop for an accident involving death and driving under suspension. Cruz hit and killed 36-year-old Robyn Krause of Fargo…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Bad news if you were getting ready for this weekend’s St. Patrick’s Day parade in Fargo-Moorhead. It is being delayed until next weekend due to the potential for dangerous weather. The parade will now take place on Saturday, March 22 at 11 a.m. And an update to the route. The parade will now end on 5th…
VALLEY CITY, N.D. (KVRR) — Former North Dakota Dem-NPL Chair George Gaukler died Tuesday at the age of 88. Gaulker was party chair from 1980 to 1994, a time that saw two to three seats in Congress being held by North Dakota Democrats. Now all three seats are held by Republicans. Former U.S. Representative Earl Pomeroy said Gaukler was like…
