(KNOX) – Governor Doug Burgum has signed an executive order declaring a statewide fire emergency and activating the State Emergency Operations Plan to pre-position resources for a rapid wildfire response.
Nearly 3,500 acres have burned in North Dakota in the last week alone across 67 reported fires.
All state agencies, including the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services, the North Dakota Forest Service and the North Dakota National Guard, are on orders to maintain high levels of readiness to combat fires.
The declaration allows the state’s adjutant general to activate North Dakota National Guard members, including helicopter pilots and those trained in fighting wildfires, to be prepositioned to fly as needed.
Stockpile sugar beet harvest rolls at midnight October 3
(KNOX) - Come midnight October 3, rural roads in North Dakota and Minnesota will be busy, as the American Crystal Sugar stockpile harvest rolls into high gear. Crystal Sugar harvested a record 12.7 million tons of sugar beets in 2023, just under 32-t...
Sep 30, 2024
Grand Forks Public Schools responds to reports of fraud, secondhand substance
(KNOX) - Grand Forks Public Schools has recently been a victim of wire fraud by an external actor. Grand Forks Police confirmed the crime was financial in nature. The Grand Forks Police Department and the United States Secret Service are actively inv...
Oct 02, 2024
Office space for Sheriff Andy
(KNOX) - Three contractors will be invited to make one-hour presentations to the Grand Forks County Sheriff's Office Committee. The committee met Friday morning to review seven bids from six contractors. Two failed to comply with bid specifics and a ...
Sep 27, 2024
Grand Forks Firefighters Respond to Cooking Fire
(KNOX) -At approximately 5:09 on Saturday afternoon, September 28th, the Grand Forks Fire Department responded to 1105 South Landeco Lane for a report of a cooking fire. Fire crews arrived on scene to find smoke in the second-floor apartment. The fir...
Sep 29, 2024
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