JAMESTOWN, N.D. (KVRR) — Around 125 members of North Dakota National Guards 817th Engineer Company are headed south. A send-off ceremony was held in Jamestown as the soldiers deploy for a year-long mission to help U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the border with Mexico. Texas Governor Greg Abbot asked states to send available resources to help combat illegal activity…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota lawmaker who had recently received his commercial pilot’s license was flying his own small plane home from a family celebration in Arizona when it crashed in Utah, killing him, his wife and their two young sons, family members said Tuesday. It was the first time state Sen. Doug Larsen of Mandan, and his…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum welcomes 100 members of the Wahpeton-based 188th Engineer Company back to the state. They served a 30-day mission in support of Operation Lone Star to secure the border between Texas and Mexico. Read his statement below: Grateful for our North Dakota National Guard soldiers who returned home from a monthlong deployment…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven announces that Sky Range is bringing its hypersonic missile testing program to Hector International Airport in Fargo. It is creating a data processing center to catch up with adversaries that have an arsenal of hypersonic missiles. “This approach will speed up innovation and development of these systems, keeping North Dakota…
NEAR THE RIO GRANDE, TEXAS (KVRR) — Gov. Doug Burgum is spending a second day checking in on our troops helping secure the border in Texas. He is joined by North Dakota National Guard’s adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Al Dohrmann. Burgum says he is there to thank them for supporting efforts by state and federal officials to secure the border,…
NEAR THE RIO GRANDE, TEXAS (KVRR/CNN) — Gov. Doug Burgum, a Republican presidential candidate, is back in Texas to visit North Dakota National Guard soldiers helping secure the U.S.-Mexico border. The governor appearing on CNN from Texas. “I’m down here sharing my gratitude with the two North Dakota National Guard troops that are down here, one aviation and one engineering…
Gov. Doug Burgum visits the southern border. BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Doug Burgum signs an executive order declaring an emergency and sending North Dakota National Guard troops to help Texas secure the southern border. It was first announced June 1. Around 100 members from the Wahpeton-based 188th Engineer Company are deploying for about 30 days. They are expected to…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – Gov. Doug Burgum says he plans to deploy approximately 100 North Dakota National Guard members to Texas to help secure the border. It’s in support of Operation Lone Star. Earlier in May, Texas Governor Greg Abbott asked states to send available resources to the border. Burgum says, “If the White House won’t address this crisis, governors will,…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Senator John Hoeven is praising the work of the National Guard in serving our state and nation. He addressed the North Dakota National Guard’s annual Roughrider Conference Saturday in Bismarck. Hoeven talked about upgrades to MQ-9 Reapers in Fargo, efforts to bring the MQ-1C Gray Eagle to the Army National Guard and work to make the…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer welcoming home North Dakota National Guard members in Bismarck. They served in a yearlong mission along the southern border in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Last year, Hoeven visited the members in Del Rio and Eagle Pass, Texas to highlight their mission and call attention to the ongoing…
