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North Dakota Attorneys Withdraw From Federal Public Defender Work
Federal Building in Bismarck. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor) (North Dakota Monitor) - North Dakota attorneys and judicial officials say a lack of funding for a key federal program co...
Bill Dubensky Jul 16, 2025

Grand Forks Man Arrested for Assault After Fleeing Police
(Grand Forks Police Department image) (KNOX) - On Tuesday evening the Grand Forks Police Department responded to a disturbance call. Officers met with the reporting party at University Avenue r...
Bill Dubensky Jul 16, 2025

North Dakota Tribes ask Supreme Court to Keep Legislative Districts Intact Amid Lawsuit
(Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor) (North Dakota Monitor) - Two North Dakota tribes and a group of tribal citizens have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to keep North Dakota's distri...
Bill Dubensky Jul 16, 2025

Grand Forks Has an Interim Fire Chief
(File image) (KNOX) - The Grand Forks Deputy Fire Chief Brian Geatz is city's interim fire chief. Geatz has been with the Grand Forks Fire Department since, 2005. He has held various positions ...
Bill Dubensky Jul 16, 2025

How Minnesota's Red Flag Law Measures up Against Similar Statute
(Adobe Stock via Minnesota News Connection) ( Mike Moen-Minnesota News Connection) - Nearly two dozen states have "red flag" laws, allowing a court to temporarily prohibit someone who poses a t...
Bill Dubensky Jul 16, 2025

North Dakota's Indian Education Summit a Festival of Ideas
(North Dakota Department of Public Instruction image) (KNOX) - State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler said this week's North Dakota Indian Education Summit will feature remarks by a former...
Bill Dubensky Jul 16, 2025

North Dakota PSC Combines Lawsuits Against Summit Carbon Solutions
Clint Feland sits next to a sign opposing the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor) (North Dakota Monitor) - Two lawsuits involving pipeline compan...
Bill Dubensky Jul 15, 2025

Grand Forks School Board Tables Tax Decision, But is Open to Talks
(Grand Forks Public Schools image) (KNOX) - The Grand Forks School Board turned down a tax incentive for major apartment development, but is open to talks. The Reserve, a proposed $38 million, ...
Bill Dubensky Jul 15, 2025

Agency Awards Funds to Support Homelessness Initiatives in North Dakota
(North Dakota Housing Finance Agency image) (KNOX) - North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) announces the selection of 2025 funding recipients for the federal Emergency Solutions Grant (ES...
Bill Dubensky Jul 15, 2025

Grand Forks Senior Center Merges Home Delivered Meals into Meals on Wheels Program
(Grand Forks Meals on Wheels image) (KNOX) - The Grand Forks Senior Center Home Delivered Meals program has been merged with their Meals on Wheels program. The consolidation aims to streamline ...
Bill Dubensky Jul 15, 2025