MCKENZIE CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Doug Burgum is giving thanks to the many fire departments that jumped into action after at least six wildfires broke out in western North Dakota over the weekend. He toured some of the damage and says there are at least twenty different agencies that are helping out. As of this morning, large fires near…
WATFORD CITY, N.D. (KVRR-KFGO) – Authorities say more than eighteen agencies have been fighting large wildfires that began Friday across western North Dakota. Some of the fires have been contained, others continue to burn across wide areas. The Bear Den fire near Mandaree has covered 25,000 acres. The Alamo and Tioga fires in Williams County began as two but merged…
Courtesy: Gov. Burgum/FacebookBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR: 8:50PM UPDATE) — FEMA has authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Bear Den Fire and the Elk Horn Fire, burning in McKenzie County and on the Fort Berthold Reservation. FEMA Region 8 Deputy Administrator Katherine Fox approved the state’s request for a federal Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG)…
UPDATE (08/25/22 8:05pm) An AMBER Alert has been canceled for 3-year-old Amirae Driver. It was issued early this afternoon after Three Affiliated Tribes Law Enforcement believed she was abducted from Mandaree, North Dakota. They also believed she was with Myron Johnson. North Dakota Highway Patrol and B-C-I only say that Driver was safely located by law enforcement officials. They didn’t…
MANDAREE, N.D. – A 61-year-old truck driver has died in a crash near Mandaree in McKenzie County of western North Dakota. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says it happened just after 3 p.m. Thursday. The truck was hauling water when the driver lost control on a curve on Bear Den Road and overturned in the ditch, coming to rest on…
