FARGO (KVRR) – For the first time in more than six years the average price for a gallon of regular gas in North Dakota has hit $3.00. AAA North Dakota says the $3.00 average is up 14 cents from a month ago and 90 cents from this time last year. The price remains 14 cents below the national average of…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – A therapy dog is one of the most important members of Sanford Health’s behavioral health services team. Nine-year-old Tucker is usually pretty quiet but when he lets it out, he’s got a big bark. His job, however, is even bigger. “When we have our meetings in the morning, it’s a little bit of, ‘Hmm, will Tucker…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Testimony continues in day six of the Salamah Pendleton trial. The jury heard from two North Dakota BCI agents who investigated the scene of last year’s shooting that left Grand Forks officer Cody Holte and Pendleton’s mother dead. Photos shown during Wednesday’s testimonies show how Pendleton’s apartment was marked by investigators who returned to the…
BISMARCK, N.D. – Abnormally dry weather may have helped boost the number of American white pelicans nesting in north-central North Dakota, considered North America’s largest refuge for the big-billed birds. Results of an aerial survey show 16,600 pelicans nesting at the Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge, an increase of about 2,400 birds from a year ago when high water gobbled…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Opening statements are given and witness testimony begins in the trial of the man accused of killing his mother and Grand Forks Police Officer Cody Holte. In the prosecution’s opening arguments, prosecutor Carmell Mattison emphasized the state’s reliance on photos and videos as evidence in the trial of 42-year-old Salamah Pendleton. That was made clear…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – A group has submitted to the Secretary of State a proposed state Constitutional amendment for term limits. The measure would limit the Governor to two four year terms, and legislators could serve up to eight years in each House. It would not affect current office-holders. Another provision would prohibit the Legislature from putting a Constitutional amendment…
WASHINGTON (KVRR) – North Dakota Congressman Kelly Armstrong is speaking out against the Clean Future Act. It aims to address the climate change crisis by delivering clean energy to consumers and building up a more reliable power transmission system throughout the country. The House Subcommittee on Energy, which Armstrong is on, held a hearing Tuesday to discuss the Clean Future…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Those at Sanford Health and The Chamber come together to celebrate Sanford’s new orthopedics and sports medicine facility with a ribbon cutting Tuesday. The vision for the roughly $30 million project has been in the works for more than a decade. The facility at 1720 University Drive South in Fargo is the region’s first stand-alone orthopedics…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Jury selection is underway in the trial of the man accused of killing Grand Forks Police officer Cody Holte last year. Forty-two-year-old Salamah Pendleton is accused of shooting and killing Holte at an apartment in Grand Forks last May while authorities were serving an eviction notice. Pendleton is also accused of shooting and killing his…
BISMARCK, N.D. – Wildlife officials say North Dakota’s spring pheasant population estimate is up 3% from last year but worry that an extended drought could cut into hunting prospects in the fall. The number of roosters detected this spring was up in the northwest, southeast and northeast regions. The southwest area, which is generally considered the state’s main pheasant hunting…
