WASHINGTON – Criminal justice reform, addiction and farming. What’s being done in Washington to address these issues? North Dakota Congressman Kelly Armstrong is working on a bipartisan bill to give $5 billion over five years to fight the opioid epidemic. At least $4 million would be given to each state to reduce overdose deaths through prevention, treatment, and recovery. “If…
FARGO, N.D. –Touchmark at Harwood Groves is raising awareness for Alzheimer’s disease on the longest day of the year. They say, “the day with the most light is the day we fight.” The retirement home has a NuStep machine, and someone is riding it from sunrise to sunset. They’re raising a dollar for every minute someone uses it. There’s also…
WEST FARGO, ND — Despite the weather people still showed up to see modern and classic cars displayed on Sheyenne Street. The event is family friendly and offers plenty of food options from food trucks and the West Fargo VFW. 2019 also marks the tenth year the cruise night has been hitting the streets of West Fargo. “Anybody can show…
FARGO, N.D.– With summer kicking off tomorrow, kids may need to learn the rules of the pool before jumping in. The World Health Organization lists drowning as the third leading cause of unintentional death worldwide, and for kids under four its number one. That’s why the Fargo Park District says knowing how to swim can be the difference between life…
FARGO, N.D. –Not everyone is able to go to bed in a safe place tonight. According to the F-M Coalition to End Homelessness, a thousand people experience homelessness in the metro on any given night. The overarching theme at the coalition’s Ending Homelessness Summit is the lack of funding and resources to help the homeless population in our community. “They…
FARGO, N.D. –The old Best Buy building near West Acres Mall has been empty for about a year now, but come fall, there will be new businesses inside. Foss Swim School will be opening up in a few months. Construction workers are busy making changes to the building. Foss has a general contractor working, and the footprint of a pool…
MOORHEAD, MN — This was the way things looked on Interstate 94 on Thursday afternoon. First responder crews responding to a multiple-vehicle crash around 4 o’clock. No major injuries were reported. It was on I-94 and near the 8th Street South exit ramp in Moorhead. Traffic in the eastbound lane was backed up for a couple of miles. Everyone was…
FARGO, ND — A West Fargo boy who was recently hit by an SUV while riding his bike near L.E. Berger Elementary School has a new bike. West Fargo police officers delivered the bike to 8-year-old Donte Bravecrow at Sanford Medical Center in Fargo. Donte turned in front of an SUV last Wednesday at the intersection of 4th Avenue and…
GRAND FORKS, ND — An early morning fire causes $20,000 in damage to an unattached garage in Grand Forks. Crews were called to 1309 Cottonwood Street around 12:45 Thursday morning. They arrived to find a single stall unattached garage with fire coming from the front of the structure. They were able to quickly put the fire out. The cause is…
GRAND FORKS, ND — A tentative contract agreement has been reached between teachers and the Grand Forks School Board. In addition to some language changes, the package calls for a 1.5% pay increase in each of the next two years. Adding step increases pushes the percentage to over 3% each year. The agreement leaves health insurance as is, with premiums…
