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Lawmakers Debate 3-Cent Gas Tax Increase
(Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor) (By: Michael Achterling. North Dakota Monitor) - North Dakota lawmakers are weighing the first increase to the gas tax in 20 years and an increased ele...
Bill Dubensky Mar 25, 2025

North Dakota Attorney General Calls for More Prison Time
North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor) (By: Jeff Beach. North Dakota Monitor) - North Dakota's attorney general is backing a bill that will incre...
Bill Dubensky Mar 25, 2025

University of North Dakota Police say That a Hit and Run Involving a Child Happened in Grand Forks
(File image) (KNOX) - According to the University of North Dakota Police a hit-and-run pedestrian accident involving a child happened in Grand Forks Monday morning. The elementary school child ...
Bill Dubensky Mar 25, 2025

East Grand Forks Man Waives His Right to a Preliminary Hearing
(File image) (KNOX) - Court records indicate that a East Grand Forks man waived his preliminary hearing. He instead plead not guilty to the murder of his dad. Vincent Villarreal, 32, fac...
Bill Dubensky Mar 24, 2025

Grand Forks Police Department is Taking Applications for Summer Programs
(File image) (KNOX) - Applications are being accepted for the Grand Forks Police Department's annual youth and adult programs. Students entering the seventh or eighth grade can take part in in ...
Bill Dubensky Mar 24, 2025

Oil Company, Landowner Attorney Collaborate on Bill to Avoid Court Battles in North Dakota
(Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor) (By: Jeff Beach .North Dakota Monitor) - Bismarck attorney Derrick Braaten says clients have paid him millions of dollars for court battles against oi...
Bill Dubensky Mar 24, 2025

Second Half of State Legislative Session
(File image) (KNOX) - In the North Dakota Legislature, the ides of March is the beginning of conference committees. One of the bills, HB1109, which changes some Department of Health and Human S...
Bill Dubensky Mar 24, 2025

Berry Out as Head Hockey Coach at UND
(File image) (KNOX) - North Dakota Hockey Head Coach Brad Berry is out. That is according to the University of North Dakota. Berry had a 227-119-35 record at North Dakota, the fourth-most wins ...
Bill Dubensky Mar 24, 2025

Agriculture Research Loses Momentum
Rebecca Phillips of Ecological Insights. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor) (By: Jeff Beach. North Dakota Monitor) -A North Dakota ag and conservation researcher is unsure if she will be ...
Bill Dubensky Mar 24, 2025

Gov. Armstrong Issues First Veto
(Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor) (By: Mary Steurer. North Dakota Monitor) - Gov. Kelly Armstrong rejected a proposed tax credit for prison industries in his first veto of the 2025 leg...
Bill Dubensky Mar 23, 2025