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NDHP: Stolen vehicle chase near Rugby ends with arrest

October 30, 2021

Site Staff,

BENSON/RAMSEY COUNTY, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota Highway Patrol arrested a driver they say was in a stolen vehicle Saturday afternoon. A trooper tried to stop Arsenio James on U.S. Highway 2, roughly 11 miles east of Rugby at 12:19 p.m. Authorities say James fled eastbound for roughly 47 miles. His vehicle was spiked with a tire deflation device two…

ND sues Biden administration over vaccine mandate for federal contractors

October 29, 2021

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Wayne StenehjemBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR) – North Dakota joins nine other states suing the Biden administration’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate on federal contractors. All states taking part in the suit have Republican governors. North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says he’s pro vaccine, but is opposed to federal overreach. The lawsuit says the mandate violates the tenth amendment that says powers not…

Biden orders emissions analysis from federal oil and gas leases

Order affects federal oil & gas leases in North Dakota, South Dakota, and 8 other states

October 29, 2021

KVRR Staff,

BILLINGS, Mont. – The Biden administration said Friday that industry regulators for the first time will begin analyzing greenhouse gas emissions from federal oil and gas leases on a national scale, as they prepare to hold lease sales in numerous Western states next year. The announcement from the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management came as officials released a report…

Burgum calls special session to address redistricting, tax relief, infrastructure

October 29, 2021

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR/KCND) – Gov. Doug Burgum says he will call a special session Nov. 8 for the Legislature to handle redistricting and to consider how to spend the latest COVID-19 federal relief money. Burgum says he’s happy with the priorities laid out for spending COVID-19 relief money. But he wants lawmakers to use some of the state’s general fund…

Horace High School finally opens construction ends

Typically when you graduate middle school, high school comes next, but for the students of Horace high it didn't quite work that way.

October 28, 2021

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HORACE, N.D. (KVRR) – Typically when you graduate middle school, going to a high school comes next. For students waiting to go to the new Horace High School, they had to go back to the middle school as construction on the building was completed. “You don’t get many chances in education to start at a brand new school with brand…

Minot lawmaker barred from flight after run-in with TSA

October 28, 2021

Jim Monk,

Jeff HoversonMINOT, N.D. – A North Dakota lawmaker was barred from boarding a flight at Minot International Airport this week following a run-in with airport security. Rep. Jeff Hoverson and his wife were planning to travel Monday for their anniversary. Hoverson says a Transportation Security Administration agent said he was going to give him a pat down but did not…

North Dakota college presidents to decide on Biden vaccine mandate

October 28, 2021

Jim Monk,

FARGO, N.D. – The North Dakota Board of Higher Education says university presidents and system leaders should have the flexibility to decide what to do about President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The board voted Thursday to support the idea after a 90-minute discussion that included pleas from presidents of the University of North Dakota and North Dakota State University….

Higher education enrollment declines not as sharp in ND

October 27, 2021

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. – Enrollment declines at North Dakota colleges and universities haven’t been as steep as elsewhere since the COVID-19 pandemic began. According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, enrollment across the country at colleges and universities is down 6.5% compared to two years ago, which is the largest two-year enrollment drop in the last 50 years. Overall North…

Looking for a crispy career? Frito-Lay hiring for new Fargo distribution center

October 26, 2021

Ashley Walker,

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Frito-Lay is looking for employees to help staff its new Fargo distribution center. It will be the first of its kind for the company that will be able to supply most of North Dakota and Minnesota. Frito Lay is offering a wage of $21.58 per hour with a $5,000 on bonus to new warehouse handlers. The…

Active COVID-19 cases continue downward trend in North Dakota

October 26, 2021

Jim Monk,

BISMARCK, N.D. – Four additional COVID-19-related deaths occurred over the weekend in North Dakota, but state health officials say the number of active coronavirus cases continues a downward trend. Health officials reported fewer than 200 news cases sending the number of active cases to 3,030, the lowest level in more than a month. Cases statewide have been trending downward after…