The remaining structures of the Holte farmstead sit on 109th Avenue, between Ray and Tioga, N.D., on Oct. 9, 2024. (Jacob Orledge/North Dakota Monitor)(Jeff Beach and Amy Dalrymple – North Dakota Monitor) At least three government agencies will investigate the causes of wildfires that have burned more than 110,000 acres in North Dakota in the last week. State-led investigations into four wildfires…
North Dakota National Guard soldiers and airmen worked with the Department of Emergency Services to build a handline and conducted a controlled burn to prevent the further spread of a wildfire near Mandaree, North Dakota, on Oct. 6, 2024. Gov. Doug Burgum declared a statewide fire emergency and activated the North Dakota National Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by…
MCKENZIE CO., N.D. (KVRR) — Gov. Doug Burgum is giving thanks to the many fire departments that jumped into action after at least six wildfires broke out in western North Dakota over the weekend. He toured some of the damage and says there are at least twenty different agencies that are helping out. As of this morning, large fires near…
Courtesy: Gov. Burgum/FacebookBISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR: 8:50PM UPDATE) — FEMA has authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Bear Den Fire and the Elk Horn Fire, burning in McKenzie County and on the Fort Berthold Reservation. FEMA Region 8 Deputy Administrator Katherine Fox approved the state’s request for a federal Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG)…
WILLIAMS CO., N.D. (KVRR) — A man in western North Dakota is dead after parking his SUV on the tracks facing west and being hit by an eastbound Amtrak train. It happened just before midnight about 5 miles west of Tioga, northeast of Williston North Dakota. Highway Patrol says the 26-year-old man from Tioga was thrown from the SUV on…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Six Dollar General stores in North Dakota that were hit with $2.5 million in fines for 32 violations are contesting those findings. A Department of Labor rep says the cases will be reviewed by the Independent Occupational Review Commission. The inspections in late 2022 in Casselton, Garrison, Hillsboro, Killdeer, Minot and Tioga found aisles, emergency exits…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Dollar General is hit with $3.4 million in new fines after U.S. Department of Labor inspections at nine locations in North Dakota, Maine, Ohio and Wisconsin. Six stores in North Dakota account for $2.5 million in fines alone for 32 violations. The inspections in late 2022 in Casselton, Garrison, Hillsboro, Killdeer, Minot and Tioga found aisles,…
