Politics & Elections

Local Peace March Planned for Saturday in Downtown Fargo

Many people are planning a local march through downtown Fargo on Saturday in order to represent the Women's March on Washington. In light of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, people all around the U.S. are peacefully marching this Saturday. "One of the…

DAPL Protesters Continue to Trespass, Vandalize Backwater Bridge

For a third consecutive night, pipeline protesters trespassed and tried to force authorities from the Backwater Bridge. The Morton County Sheriff says around 150 people gathered on the bridge Wednesday night. Three tire fires were started on the bridge along…

President Obama Denies Clemency Request by Peltier

President Obama has denied a clemency request by Leonard Peltier. He has spent most of his life in prison for the killing of two FBI agents in South Dakota in 1975. Peltier's attorney says they got a letter from the…

16 Protesters Arrested Near DAPL Main Camp in Morton County

  The number of arrests related to protests over construction of the pipeline has surpassed 600. The Morton County Sheriff's Office says 16 people were arrested Monday and Tuesday in confrontations with police near the protesters' main encampment near the…

Sen. Hoeven Accuses Obama Administration of DAPL Delays

  Senator Hoeven claims the Obama administration is again trying to delay the Dakota Access Pipeline project by changing the rules. He says a new environmental impact study will impose months and perhaps years of additional delay and difficulty on…

Fargo Man One Step Closer to Saving His Home

  Fargo's Historic Preservation Commission has given its endorsement to saving the house owned by John and Sherri Stern. The board determined the home near the Red River is historically significant because it was designed by the grand-daughter of world…

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