Category Archives: Latest News
White House announces tariffs on products from Canada, Mexico, China
(Jennifer Shutt - North Dakota Monitor) - President Donald Trump plans to implement tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China on Saturday, potentially starting off a trade war that would likely lead to pric...
Jan 31, 2025
Epitome Energy to build a Soybean Crush Plant in Grand Forks
(Epitome Energy image) (KNOX) - Epitome Energy is scheduled to build a full-service soybean crush plant in Grand Forks to serve farmers and agribusiness throughout eastern North Dakota and nort...
Jan 31, 2025
Grand Forks New Police Chief Sworn In
(KNOX) - Officially Grand Forks has a new police chief. Jason Freedman was sworn in at Grand Forks City Hall Friday morning. "To the best of my ability," Freedman said as Grand Forks Mayor Bran...
Jan 31, 2025
Doctor Testifies North Dakota's Ban on Transgender Care for Minors
Luis Casas, a pediatric endocrinologist. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor) (Mary Steurer - North Dakota Monitor) - A pediatric endocrinologist said one of his patients attempted suicide after...
Jan 31, 2025
Landowners, Energy Industry at Odds Over Bills Limiting CO2 Pipelines in North Dakota
David Moch of Hazelton. (Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor) (Jeff Beach - North Dakota Monitor) - David Moch signed an easement agreement with Summit Carbon Solution allowing the carbon capture p...
Jan 31, 2025
Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum Confirmed as Interior Secretary
Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is sworn in during a confirmation hearing. (Alex Wong/Getty Images via the North Dakota Monitor) (Amy Dalrymple - North Dakota Monitor) - The U.S. Senate vo...
Jan 31, 2025
Bill seeks to add protection for North Dakota renters
(Michael Achterling - North Dakota Monitor) - Lobbyists for the ACLU and North Dakota Apartment Association clashed over three bills that would provide North Dakota renters with more protections. Thre...
Jan 30, 2025
SB 2254 Public Transportation Bill is heard in committee
(KNOX) -Senate Bill 2254 for fixed route city transportation grants had its hearing Thursday before the North Dakota Senate Transportation Committee. The bill calls for up to $15 million to finance fi...
Jan 30, 2025
No survivors found from jet/helicopter collision over the Potomac
(Ariana Figueroa and Ashley Murray - North Dakota Monitor) - An American Airlines regional jet carrying 64 people collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter late Wednesday near Reagan National Ai...
Jan 30, 2025 ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - JANUARY 30: Emergency response units search the crash site of the American Airlines plane on the Potomac River after the plane crashed on approach to Reagan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. The American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided with a military helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport. Dozens of people are feared to have died in the midair collision. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Tax season is underway; here's how to get your refund
(Cora Lewis - Associated Press) - Tax season is underway, and the IRS expects 140 million people will file returns by April 15. The agency has also debuted a new online tool to help taxpayers check th...
Jan 30, 2025