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Sky Range Complex To Cost $500 Million, Bring 600 Jobs

August 30, 2023

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Grand Sky at Grand Forks Air Force Base is getting a new $500 million complex called Sky Range. The announcement made by Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and Test Resource Management Center Director George Rumford. Sky Range will include 300,000 square feet of office space, 300,000 square feet of hangar space and support…

Committee Proposes Expanded Foreign Transaction Oversight After Failed Fufeng Project

May 4, 2023

TJ Nelson,

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — The failed Fufeng wet corn milling project near Grand Forks has prompted a proposed change to jurisdiction over foreign transactions. The project was killed earlier this year when Air Force officials cited national security concerns. The plant was planned on land about 12 miles from Grand Forks Air Force Base. The Committee on Foreign Investment in…

Terminated Fufeng Project in Grand Forks Sparks Hearing on Chinese Investments in U.S.

March 28, 2023

TJ Nelson,

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (center) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley (right)WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in agreement with North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer about the importance of considering foreign agricultural investments from a national security position. A hearing was held by the Senate Armed Services Committee to address Chinese…

U.S. Air Force: Fufeng Grand Forks Project Presents Threat to National Security

Grand Forks Mayor Requests Project Be Stopped, Pending City Council Approval

January 31, 2023

TJ Nelson,

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — A U.S. Air Force assistant secretary says the force’s position on Fufeng’s project in Grand Forks is unambiguous: it presents a significant threat to national security. That was in a letter to Sen. John Hoeven by Andrew P. Hunter, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics. He wrote the project presents both…

Gov. Burgum Asks Feds To Fast Track Fufeng Land Purchase Review

July 26, 2022

TJ Nelson,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — Gov. Doug Burgum wants a federal review of a Chinese company’s purchase of land in North Dakota put on the fast track. The review, requested by Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer, would ensure the sale for a wet corn milling plant is not detrimental to national security. Fufeng Group’s planned $700 million project in Grand…

Sen. Kevin Cramer Opposed to Fufeng Land Purchase in Grand Forks

July 19, 2022

TJ Nelson,

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Months after the process began and even city council approval in Grand Forks, Sen. Kevin Cramer has gone from skeptical earlier this year to opposed to the Fufeng group’s purchase of land for a corn milling plant. Appearing on Fox & Friends, Cramer highlighted what he calls national security concerns about the land purchase by the…

UPDATE: 18-year-old who left campground on Grand Forks Air Force Base, found

Hailey Sullivan has an intellectual disability and responds to the nickname Hei-Hei

July 13, 2022

Alison Voorhees,

UPDATE: Hailey Sullivan was found this afternoon near Gilby, northwest of the base. GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — Authorities are searching for an 18-year-old who left her family campground on the Grand Forks Air Force Base earlier this week. Hailey Sullivan is 5-foot-2 with brown hair and glasses and was wearing blue jeans. She has an intellectual disability and…

Stunt Performer Seen in Fargo & Grand Forks Dies at Michigan Air Show

July 3, 2022

TJ Nelson,

BATTLE CREEK, MI (KVRR) — Fargo AirSho is extending its deepest sympathies to the family of Chris Darnell and the entire Shockwave Jet Truck & Flash Fire Jet Trucks team. Darnell died Saturday at the Field of Flight Air Show in Battle Creek, Michigan. His Shockwave Jet Truck was racing two airplanes at 300 mph when it suddenly burst into…

Space Development Agency Ground Operations Ribbon Cutting at GFAFB

Sen. Kevin Cramer Attends After Emergency Surgery on His Hand A Week Ago

June 29, 2022

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota’s congressional delegation makes a stop in Grand Forks for a ribbon cutting at Grand Forks Air Force Base. It is where the Space Development Agency’s first Ground Operations and Integration Center will be located. The center will operate and control multiple-layer satellite operations for missile warning, tracking, and defense. It was also one…

Global Hawks Divested and Delivered to Grand Sky For New Mission

June 23, 2022

TJ Nelson,

Grand Forks Air Force Base/FacebookGRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE (KVRR) — Five Global Hawks at Grand Forks Air Force Base are divested and delivered to Grand Sky. The 319th Reconnaissance Wing moved the hawks across the flight line to its civilian partners. They will be outfitted with different sensor technology. Sen. John Hoeven says the Air Force is retiring the…