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Fordville Man Arrested and Charged After Rear-Ending Stopped Vehicle Near the Airport in Grand Forks

June 4, 2024

TJ Nelson,

GRAND FORKS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A Fordville, North Dakota man faces charges after rear-ending a vehicle stopped at a red light near Grand Forks International Airport. North Dakota Highway Patrol says 43-year-old Travis Bell crashed into a vehicle driven by 26-year-old Nicole Louthain of Grand Forks Air Force Base at the intersection of Highway 2 and Airport Road around…

UPDATE: Lockdown Lifted at Grand Forks Air Force Base After Report of Gunshot Fired

April 17, 2024

KVRR Staff,

GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE (4:40 PM UPDATE) – Grand Forks Air Force Base lockdown has been lifted as of 4:35 p.m. local time and normal operations have resumed. Just after 1:00 p.m., security forces personnel received a report of a single gunshot near the medical clinic and base exchange. Out of an abundance of caution, they issued lockdown procedures…

Troops in cold weather climates like ND to get incentive pay

The Air Force and Space Force are offering incentive pay for service members stationed in extremely cold areas, which includes North Dakota

April 5, 2024

Site Staff,

NORTH DAKOTA, (KVRR/CNN) – The Air Force and Space Force are offering incentive pay for service members stationed in extremely cold areas, which includes North Dakota. The cold weather assignment incentive pay program is available to airmen and guardians at three locations in Alaska, three in North Dakota, and one in Montana. The North Dakota sites include the Minot and Grand Forks…

Air Force To Begin Cold Weather Special Duty Pay For North Dakota Bases

April 1, 2024

TJ Nelson,

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — U.S. Air Force is going to start providing cold weather special duty pay. It’s for those who are assigned to work at bases where temperatures drop to twenty below or colder. It will be available at Minot Air Force Base, Grand Forks Air Force Base and Cavalier Space Station. Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer say…

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…