Tim Mihalick, right, chairs a North Dakota State Board of Higher Education meeting in Bismarck on May 29, 2025. Next to Mihalick is interim chancellor Brent Sanford. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The chair of the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education said Thursday that he will propose giving interim Chancellor Brent Sanford…
Kelly Armstrong speaks during the Aug. 21, 2025, Industrial Commission meeting. (Photo by Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota Industrial Commission on Thursday awarded WBI Energy an up to $500 million financial guarantee to build a pipeline that will bring natural gas to the state’s eastern communities. WBI’s project, which it calls Bakken East,…
PARK RIVER, N.D. (KVRR 8:45 PM UPDATE) — A shelter in place near Park River, North Dakota has been lifted. Walsh County Sheriff’s Office was assisting North Dakota Highway Patrol and U.S. Border Patrol after a vehicle with five people was stopped, four Hispanic males fled on foot. The driver was taken into custody and the vehicle impounded. Deputies continue…
RICHLAND CO., N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – A tornado east of Dakota Magic Casino around 5:40 tonight prompted tornado warnings from National Weather Service Offices in Aberdeen and Grand Forks for Richland and Traverse counties. The twister was detected on radar and by weather spotters and this video was taken by John Holmes. The thunderstorm weakened below severe limits and the tornado…
MOORHEAD, MN (KVRR) – Back-to-school season is upon us, and that means the wave of students moving in to college dormitories has begun. The first domino to fall: Minnesota State University Moorhead. Move-in day began this morning and students and their families continued to arrive throughout the afternoon. MSUM staff were ready to assist, helping unload items, pointing people in…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Forty-one pages in total. That’s how long it took to summarize the findings of Christina Sambor, an independent third-party investigator from Sambor Law & Consulting, who was retained by the city of Fargo to investigate its communications department. Thirty pages were devoted to the main investigation which began after now-former CommsGA employee Zoe Bolonyi submitted a…
GRAND FORKS (KVRR) — UND President Andrew Armacost gives his state of the university address touting the university’s accomplishments as well as plans for the future. Armacost talked about the schools projected record enrollment at 15,019 students. He says UND research has received the highest rating given by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Armacost shared the university’s…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — “It is a way to kind of quiet the brain, to be really just excited about something. And that my business and the leather work was really part of that,” Calie Lindseth, Artist Veterans from across North Dakota displayed more than 50 pieces of art at the Fargo VA’s Creative Arts Competition. The competition features stories,…
WEST FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It’s the first day of classes in West Fargo Public Schools and the attendance has surpassed projections. There are 12,298 learners in grades 1-12, including students that elected to enroll in the virtual program. When kindergarten is added in next week and early childhood special education preschool on September 2, that number jumps to 13,471….
CASSELTON, N.D. — Storm might look at first glance like a mostly-husky, somewhat-Shepherd, a-little-Aussie mutt, but dig under the surface to his genetics, and you’ll find there’s a lot of different elements in his DNA that make up one very sweet little bundle of energy and affection. He’s about four years old and came to the Sheyenne Valley Friends of…
