Category Archives: Latest News

Standing Rock Chair Stresses Building Unity and Infrastructure
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chair Janet Alkire delivers the Tribal-State Relationship address during a joint session of the Legislature on Jan. 7, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor) ...
Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor Jan 08, 2025

On to Saint Paul for Gander
(KNOX) - Steve Gander jokes that he is out of government work- for a week. He'll be sworn into the Minnesota House of Representatives on Tuesday. Tuesday night, the East Grand Forks City Council recog...
Jim Johnson Jan 07, 2025

Governor Armstrong unveils bold property tax plan
(Michael Achterling - Amy Dalrymple - Jeff Beach -North Dakota Monitor) - North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong unveiled a plan Tuesday that aims to eliminate property taxes for most homeowners within a d...
Michael Achterling/Amy Dalrymple/Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor Jan 07, 2025

Department of Environmental Quality invites public comment
(KNOX) - The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Waste Management, is proposing approval of a permit renewal to continue "corrective action" at Grand Forks Air Force Base. "C...
Jim Johnson Jan 07, 2025

Grand Forks State Rep. to Introduce Legislation
(KNOX) - North Dakota State Representative Eric Murphy (R-42) of Grand Forks has introduced legislation that deals with abortion. "What that bill really does is enhance obstruct care in North D...
Bill Dubensky Jan 07, 2025

North Dakota Lawmakers to Consider Bill Capping Price of Insulin
Advocates celebrate 2023 legislation capping insulin prices for people on the state employee health insurance plan in a signing ceremony at the North Dakota Capitol with Gov. Doug Burgum in May 2024. ...
Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor Jan 07, 2025

Grand Forks City Council Approves Deal With Parking Contractor
(KNOX) - Grand Forks City Council approved a contract with Dakota Parking to take over the permitting and enforcement for parking in downtown ramps, surface lots and on street parking. The agre...
Bill Dubensky Jan 07, 2025

Grand Forks Police say That All Involved in an Incident are Juveniles
(KNOX) - According to Grand Forks Police the male and female victims as well as the male suspect from an incident that took place near the Ramada on North 43rd Street last week have been identi...
Bill Dubensky Jan 07, 2025

Poll: North Dakotans Support Free School Lunches, Sour on Public Dollars for Private Tuition
(Stock photo by SDI Productions/Getty Images via the North Dakota Monitor) (Michael Achterling - Jeff Beach - North Dakota Monitor) - North Dakotans told a pollster in December they favor prope...
Michael Achterling/Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor Jan 07, 2025

North Dakota PSC Staff Member to Fill Open Seat on Commission
Jill Kringstad, manager of business operations for the Public Service Commission, was appointed by Gov. Kelly Armstrong to join the three-person board on Jan. 6, 2024. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monit...
Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor Jan 07, 2025