BISMARCK N.D. — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum calls it “preposterous”. The Biden administration is extending non-essential travel restrictions at the northern and southern borders until August 21. The administration is under fire for continuing to keep them in place more than a year into the pandemic, and after Canada announced it was reopening to vaccinated Americans on August 9….
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The Lamoureux twins are finally getting their North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Awards this week. Gov. Doug Burgum will present the award to Monique and Jocelyne Lamoureux on Wednesday in Grand Forks. That is the where the twins grew up, played for the University of North Dakota women’s hockey team and live now. They went…
BISMARCK, N.D. – A frequent North Dakota political candidate is leading an effort to recall Republican Gov. Doug Burgum and Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford. Michael Coachman, who last year received just 10% of the vote in the GOP primary for governor, is alleging “contempt of the voters” and negligence by Burgum. Coachman is a retired U.S. Air Force veteran who…
MANDAN, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Veterans Cemetery conducted its 10,000th interment Friday. Interments include both burials and cremation. The cemetery was built in 1992. It serves as the site of the North Dakota National Guard’s annual Memorial Day ceremony and each December, the North Dakota Civil Air Patrol sponsors the Wreaths Across America event. “As North Dakotans, we…
BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that Gov. Doug Burgum had the authority to close businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. Somerset Court LLC and salon operator Kari Riggin in April sued Burgum and then-State Health Officer Mylynn Tufte in an effort to allow the assisted living facility’s in-house hair salon to continue providing services to residents….
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – Gov. Doug Burgum issued a challenge during the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference on Wednesday to make North Dakota a carbon-neutral state by the end of the decade. “North Dakota is among the best positioned to help our country and our world transition in an economically feasible way to a carbon-constrained future while providing reliable, resilient and…
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota is ending its participation in the federal government’s pandemic unemployment assistance programs. It is effective June 19. Gov. Doug Burgum says it is to help address the ongoing workforce shortage across the state. North Dakota has the highest number of online job openings since July 2015 at more than 16,000. More than 8,300 individuals are…
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota becomes the first state in the nation to allow electronic posting of private land. Gov. Doug Burgum signing the legislation saying it’s a “shining example of what we can accomplish when we work together and harness the power of technology to find new, innovative solutions to complex problems”. Under current North Dakota law, private land…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – Gov. Doug Burgum says North Dakota’s population hit a record high of 779,094 residents on April 1, 2020, and the state had the fourth-highest growth rate in the nation, growing by 15.8% from 2010 to 2020. “The record high 2020 Census count is great news for North Dakota and reaffirms what those of us who live…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – The North Dakota Legislature has voted to overturn Governor Burgum’s veto of a mask mandate bill. The bill would prohibit a governor, state health officer or another state official from imposing such a mandate. Burgum had imposed a mandate to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus. He says the bill removes a tool from the…
