North Dakota’s taxable sales and purchases climbed over 21% during the first three months of 2023.
North Dakota Tax Commissioner Brian Kroshus says S & P’s totaled $5.7 billion dollars in January…February…and March. Kroshus says it was the eighth consecutive quarter of growth – a sign of a strong state economy.
Fourteen of the 15 major sectors experienced gains compared to one year ago.
Among the state’s largest cities Minot recorded a 15.5% jump in S & P’s…Grand Forks 7.3%…Bismarck climbed 5.7%…and Fargo had a 5.5% increase.


Grand Forks County Commissioner Dies
(File image) (KNOX) - A longtime member of the Grand Forks County Commission has died. Cynthia Pic in her fourth term died Friday. The death was confirmed Saturday morning by the Grand Forks County Administrator. The commission will appointing a new ...
Feb 16, 2026

Grand Forks Police Respond to a Stabbing
(Grand Forks Police Department image) (KNOX) - Over the weekend Grand Forks Police were dispatched to a reported stabbing that had just occurred in the apartment complex on 4th Avenue South. Arriving officers located a female victim with stab wounds....
Feb 16, 2026

Two People Hurt in Crash Near Crookston
(Minnesota State Patrol image) (KNOX) - According to the Minnesota State Patrol two people sustained non-life-threatening injuries in a two-vehicle crash Sunday morning near the University of Minnesota Crookston campus. The crash happened when a 1996...
Feb 16, 2026

Mother And Son Charged in Polk County With Drug Crimes
(File image) (KNOX) - A mother and son from Polk County are facing multiple felony drug charges after a cocaine overdose investigation led authorities to uncover a large-scale drug operation. Darla Donaldson, 62 and her son Chase Donaldson, 28, both ...
Feb 15, 2026





