BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Kelly Armstrong tells state agencies that there is a balance problem in the state budget. He says twenty years of growth in the state has come with twenty years of growth in the state budget and it is unsustainable. He has presented his executive budget guidelines for next biennium. Agencies with general fund budgets of…
MINOT, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – Tensions between factions of the North Dakota Republican Party reached a new high Saturday as state convention delegates narrowly approved a motion removing the party brand from candidates not in attendance.The debate came as all statewide elected officials, including those not on the ballot, skipped the convention, a move political observers have called unprecedented. A…
Rapid City Fire Department (Facebook)BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota is stepping up to help battle wildfires in Nebraska and South Dakota. Two North Dakota National Guard 600-gallon “Bambi Buckets” for aerial firefighting have been sent to Nebraska. That state’s two largest fires at 67% and 78% contained. North Dakota Forest Service has sent an engine and three firefighters to…
Secretary of State Michael Howe, chair of the North Dakota Boards and Commissions Task Force, speaks during a task force meeting on March 9, 2026. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — Of the more than 170 state boards and commissions overseen by the North Dakota Governor’s Office, dozens could be dissolved or merged together in…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota’s Superintendent of Public Instruction is running to keep the job. It will be Levi Bachmeier’s first campaign for the office since he was appointed by Gov. Kelly Armstrong last October. “Our public schools are good today, but they can be great,” Bachmeier said. “That starts with putting kids first, supporting great teachers, and making…
Terry Steiner (left) and Troy Steiner celebrate with Adeline Maria Gray after she won the final match of women’s wrestling 76 kg in the 2019 Senior Wrestling World Championships on Sept. 19, 2019, in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. By finishing in the top six, Gray secured a spot for Team USA in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. (Photos courtesy of USA Wrestling)BISMARCK,…
The Bank of North Dakota is awarding employee performance bonuses as a way to improve retention. (Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — State officials have approved new staff performance bonuses to improve retention at the Bank of North Dakota, with the first installment totaling about $772,000. The North Dakota Industrial Commission, which oversees…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota continues to be a state on the grow. For the fourth consecutive year, the state has seen population growth. It’s a record at 799,358 people according to Gov. Kelly Armstrong. Those numbers are from July 2025 U.S. Census estimates. State Demographer Nigel Haarstad says the state has likely since surpassed the 800,000 mark for…
North Dakota Supreme Court Justices, from left, Douglas Bahr, Daniel Crothers, Jon Jensen, Lisa Fair McEvers and Jerod Tufte hear arguments Dec. 18, 2023, in a case involving Summit Carbon Solutions and landowners. (Photo by Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A committee has forwarded six candidates to Gov. Kelly Armstrong to be the next…
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong announced his pick to fill a vacancy on the State Board of Higher Education. The vacancy was created after Levi Bachmeier resigned from the Board of Higher Education in November to serve as superintendent of public instruction. In a release on Thursday, Armstrong named Michelle Kommer of Fargo to the position, effective…
