BELCOURT, N.D. (KVRR) — After almost 50 years in prison, Native American activist Leonard Peltier addresses supporters in Belcourt, North Dakota. Over one thousand people came to Sky Dancer Casino and Resort to welcome Peltier home to the Turtle Mountain Reservation. He received gifts from supporters honoring his fight and return home including a star quilt and Eagle Staff. Peltier…
BELCOURT, N.D. (KVRR) — Native American activist Leonard Peltier is out of prison after nearly 50 years and has just returned to North Dakota. Peltier arrived in Belcourt around 6 p.m. Tuesday to begin serving his home confinement after being given clemency under President Joe Biden. KVRR’s Alex Bertsch is there and filed this report. See his continuing coverage on…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — U.S. Attorney for North Dakota Mac Schneider has announced his resignation. In a social media post, Schneider wrote: “I submitted my resignation as U.S. Att’y this morning. Grateful to the point of near disbelief to do such meaningful work with such incredible people. I’ll be cheering on my successors and former colleagues in the months and…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar played a key role in the inauguration. The Democrat, and one time candidate for president, is the Chair of the bipartisan and bicameral Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies for the 60th Presidential Inauguration. In that role, she was right beside President Trump during several events. She voted to convict him of…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — An update on the effort to rename the Roseau Post Office in honor of former longtime postmaster Floyd B. Olson. Rep. Michelle Fischbach introduced legislation last year to honor Olson and it passed in December. She now says the name change is official as President Joe Biden has signed the bill. Olson served as Roseau postmaster…
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A federal judge is criticizing President Joe Biden’s decision to set free more than a dozen North Dakota defendants, including two men sentenced to prison for high-profile fraud cases. Biden last week commuted the sentences of 1,499 criminals including Hunter Hanson and David McMaster, convicted in separate North Dakota fraud cases, and 12 drug…
Hunter Biden (AP)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, on Sunday night, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family members. The Democratic president had previously said he would not…
Russell Eagle Bear, with the Rosebud Sioux Reservation Tribal Council, talks to U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland during a meeting about Native American boarding schools at Sinte Gleska University in Mission, S.D., on Oct. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to formally apologize on Friday for the country’s role in the Indian…
Gov. Doug Burgum speaks during the Republican National Convention Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) In a statement posted on X, Gov. Doug Burgum says “President Trump’s strength, dominant debate performance, and the party’s unity at last week’s convention has led to Biden admitting an early defeat.” Burgum goes on to say, “Our nation is ready for…
President Joe Biden and Maritza Rodriguez, Biden for President Latina adviser, greets patrons at Linda Michoacan Mexican Restaurant, during a stop in Las Vegas, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)LAS VEGAS (AP/CNN) — President Joe Biden tested positive for the coronavirus Wednesday while trying to shore up support among disenchanted voters key to his reelection chances, prompting him to cancel…
