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Man in Custody After Standoff in Grand Forks
(File image) (KNOX) - A man is in the Grand Forks County Correctional Facility after police were called to an apartment complex on Monday. Grand Forks Police were called to Contin...
Bill Dubensky Mar 18, 2025

North Dakota Senate Vote Allows Funding for Public Broadcasting, But no Guarantee
Prairie Public Broadcasting. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor) (By: Jeff Beach. North Dakota Monitor) - The North Dakota Senate defeated a bill that bans state or federal funding for pub...
Bill Dubensky Mar 18, 2025

State Senate Committee Advances Property Tax Package Supported by Gov. Armstrong
Gov. Kelly Armstrong. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor) (By: Michael Achterling. North Dakota Monitor) - A property tax bill backed by Gov. Kelly Armstrong received a unanimous do pass ...
Bill Dubensky Mar 18, 2025

Bill to Mandate State Investment in Gold, Silver Fails in North Dakota Senate
Sen. Jerry Klein, R-Fessenden. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor) (By: Michael Achterling. North Dakota Monitor) - The North Dakota Senate voted down a bill that would have required the ...
Bill Dubensky Mar 18, 2025

Grand Forks Schools Official up For a Job Outside of Duluth
(File image) (KNOX) - An official in Grand Forks Public Schools, is among the finalists for a superintendent's position outside Duluth, Minnesota. Catherine Gillach is the associate supe...
Bill Dubensky Mar 17, 2025

Grafton to Update Lift Station
(File image) (KNOX) - The State Revolving Fund (SRF) programs, jointly administered by the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality and the North Dakota Public Finance Authority, awarde...
Bill Dubensky Mar 17, 2025

Murder in Hallock
(File image) (KNOX) - The victim has been identified in a murder that took place in Hallock last week. 43-year-old Justin Esparza was allegedly murdered by 23 year-old Jordan Hanson. Han...
Bill Dubensky Mar 17, 2025

North Dakota GOP Executive director Resigns to Lobby for School Choice
Andrew Nyhus. (Amy Dalrymple/North Dakota Monitor) (By: Jeff Beach. North Dakota Monitor) - The executive director of the North Dakota Republican Party is resigning to become a lobbyist ...
Bill Dubensky Mar 17, 2025

Study Finds That Child Care Prices Have Exceeded Rent in North Dakota
Child care worker. (Elaine S. Povich/Stateline via the North Dakota Monitor) (By: Kevin Hardy. North Dakota Monitor) - The cost of child care now exceeds the price of college tuition in 38 stat...
Bill Dubensky Mar 17, 2025

North Dakota Dairy Farm Plans to Add Processing
(File image) (By: Jeff Beach . North Dakota Monitor) - North Dakota's struggling dairy industry could get a boost from a new milk processing plant and state incentives for more processing. As N...
Bill Dubensky Mar 17, 2025