North Dakota News

Fireworks explosion injures one in Bismarck

BISMARCK, N.D. – One person was injured in an explosion during a fireworks display in southeast Bismarck.  It created a dense cloud of black smoke that could be seen throughout the city. Bismarck Rural Fire Chief Dustin Theurer says fireworks or an explosive ordnance was the “likely” cause of Saturday’s explosion. Authorities didn’t immediately offer other details on what happened or…

Local VFW’s Commemorate Victims of 9/11

"WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH AND ALWAYS REMEMBER AND NEVER FORGET."

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — VETERAN OF FOREIGN WARS THROUGHOUT THE METRO COMMEMORATED THE LIVES LOST 20 YEARS AGO DURING THE 11TH OF SEPTEMBER. SEVERAL PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY GATHERED TO REMEMBER THE LIVES LOST DURING 9/11. “WE WANT TO REMEMBER THOSE PEOPLE, WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH AND ALWAYS REMEMBER AND NEVER FORGET,” FARGO POST 7 PAST…

Below Zero Wrestling Hosts Former WWE World Champion

Fargo-based Below Zero Wrestling hosted a wrestling seminar with a special guest who is a former WWE Tag Team World Champion.

FARGO, ND (KVRR) — Below Zero Wrestling invited former WWE World Champion Eugene A.K.A Nick Dinsmore to teach a seminar about professional wrestling and showcase aspiring wrestlers. “I like to be able to give back to the professional wrestling business by training the new and upcoming stars that i think everybody wants to see some day on TV,” said Nick…

Fargo Hosts Out of The Darkness Community Walk

“Our very first walk was exactly a year after my sister died."

FARGO, N.D. — The Fargo-Moorhead area Out of The Darkness community walk is helping raise awareness for those struggling with mental health.   Over 2,000 people were in attendance at the event at Scheels Arena in Fargo. Brenda Weiler, one of the founders of the community walk, started the event over 15 years ago after her sister committed suicide. She says her…

One Fatality Among Several Drug Overdoses Saturday in Grand Forks

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Police in Grand Forks respond to a number of drug overdoses Saturday including one fatality. They say several people ingested what they believed to be heroin and began overdosing. Police believe the substances they ingested were a more powerful opiate causing the overdoses. The identity of the person who died is being withheld pending family notification….

WATCH: North Dakota National Guard to Observe 20th Anniversary of Sept. 11 Attacks

Dedicated on Sept. 11, 2009, the Memorial to the Fallen in the Global War on Terrorism honors North Dakota military members who lost their lives in the GWOT.

Bismarck, ND (KVRR) — The North Dakota National Guard will conduct an observance ceremony on Saturday, September 11, at the Memorial to the Fallen in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. and is a solemn observance of the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. Governor Doug Burgum,…

How 9/11 changed air travel: more security, less privacy

DALLAS (AP) – Ask anyone old enough to remember travel before Sept. 11, 2001, and you’re likely to get a gauzy recollection of what flying was like. There was security screening, but it wasn’t anywhere near as intrusive. There were no long checkpoint lines. Passengers and their families could walk right to the gate together, postponing goodbye hugs until the…

University of North Dakota honors 9/11 victims

"Today is a way for our campus to come together to honor their memories and to better appreciate their service and what they gave."

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — The University of North Dakota is commemorating the lives lost 20 years ago during the September 11th attacks. “Today is a way for our campus to come together to honor their memories and to better appreciate their service and what they gave,” UND President Andy Armacost said. 20 years since tragedy struck, the memory of…