GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer voices a big opposition to the Fufeng corn milling plant on the edge of Grand Forks saying the company’s leadership is intertwined with the Chinese Communist Party. Cramer also doesn’t want to give the Chinese government access to critical American supply chains like agriculture. “If you look at the CEO,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Conservative speaker Candace Owens took her Live Free Tour to North Dakota State University. Owens often spoke about ideologues during her speech which was sponsored by Turning Point NDSU. The term means an often blindly partisan advocate. Owens believes the left often labels people too much. “If you don’t agree with me, then that’s sexism, that’s…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner swears in new K9 Deputy Griggs with the help of his handler, Deputy Jake Murray. An estimated cost of $18,000 to buy Griggs and train him and Deputy Murray was provided by MLGC, a family owned rural broadband company serving Cass County since 1906. They learned how to track for drugs,…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The North Dakota Association For The Blind hosts its 24th Walk For Vision fundraiser. The Horace Lions Club donated $6,300 to the association. Officials say most of the money will go towards its summer camps which teach those with sight loss or low vision to adapt to life with a disability. People could practice with Americans…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — COVID-19 booster vaccines for kids from 5 to 11 will be available next week in North Dakota. Health and Human Services has ordered an initial allocation of 5,600 pediatric bivalent booster doses from the federal government. They are for those kids who completed the primary series at least two months ago. The latest vaccine protects against…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Bras Off Broadway continues the tradition of raising money for cancer patients as Bras On Broadway did when the event was at The HoDo. The event is sponsored by the nonprofit Pink Plaid and is partnered with 701 Eateries at 7th Avenue and University Drive. The restaurant hosted a sold out three course meal and style…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A campaign over whether to impose term limits on North Dakota lawmakers and the governor is a mismatch so far – at least financially. Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Term Limits, has contributed more than $810,000 in the past two years to get the ballot proposal before voters. Lawmakers and opponents complain they can’t keep up with out-of-state…
WASHINGTON (KVRR) — The Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration is investing in 12 formula programs related to safety improvements using President Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure law. White House officials are calling this a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rebuild roads, bridges and take action for a clean energy economy with more electric vehicle charging ports. They say nearly $270 million will be…
NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) – North Dakota’s Attorney General shares the election thoughts he gave Senator Kevin Cramer who passed them to President Trump’s Chief of Staff Mark Meadows during a debate with Democrat Tim Lamb. Former Republican Congressman Denver Riggleman of Virginia put ideas of what he calls a last ditch effort to demand statewide recounts of absentee and mail-in…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — With Election Day less than a month away, Independent Cara Mund and Republican Congressman Kelly Armstrong are fighting for your vote in North Dakota’s only Congressional seat. Former Miss America Cara Mund seeks to become the first woman to represent North Dakota in the House while Representative Kelly Armstrong looks to extend his stay in the…
