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…
WILLISTON, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A man is in custody in Williston after the discovery of more than 1,000 pounds of explosive materials in an apartment. Charges are pending for 28 year-old Ross Petrie in Williams County. Minot and Bismarck Bomb Squads and Williston Police and Fire have been working to secure the scene since the explosive items were discovered during…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) — A big welcome home ceremony in Grand Forks for the North Dakota Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery Regiment. They were greeted by family, friends and North Dakota leaders including Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and Gov. Doug Burgum along with Major General Alan Dohrman, Adjutant General of the North Dakota…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) — Sen. John Hoeven commending the service of the North Dakota National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 112th Aviation Regiment at a send-off ceremony Sunday in Bismarck. The regiment is deploying to provide aviation support along the nation’s borders. This will be the battalion’s third deployment, following missions in Bosnia from 2005 to 2006 and Kosovo from 2011 to…
PEMBINA COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) – The Minnesota National Guard has been called in to assist the North Dakota National Guard in fight against floodwaters at the Bourbanis Dam in Pembina County. A Minnesota National Guard Chinook helicopter was used to place water two pumps near the dam. The pumps weigh more than 5 tons each. A CH-47 Chinook from the…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – A North Dakota Army National Guard unit has received an alert for possible mobilization. The 191st Military Police Company would be deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of operations in the late summer. The unit is headquartered in Fargo with a detachment in Grand Forks. If mobilized, the National Guard says about 155 Soldiers are expected…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/AP) — Members of a Bismarck-based North Dakota National Guard unit who were called to active duty in Washington, D.C. late last year are back home. Gov. Doug Burgum and Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer attended a homecoming ceremony for the Guard members in Bismarck. Seventy soldiers with Company C, 2nd Battalion of the 285th Aviation Regiment…
