Category Archives: Latest News

North Dakota to Receive More Than $32 Million Toward Projects for 4 Tribal Communities
Colorado's drought-stricken Blue Mesa Reservoir near Gunnison is pictured on May 30, 2021. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline via the North Dakota Monitor) (North Dakota Monitor) - The U.S. Depa...
Bill Dubensky Dec 08, 2024

Growth of Sports Betting May be Linked to Financial Woes, New Studies Find
(Bruce Bennett/Getty Images via the North Dakota Monitor) (Kevin Hardy - North Dakota Monitor) - While states have cheered the new tax revenue from sports gambling, some new studies have linked...
Kevin Hardy/North Dakota Monitor Dec 08, 2024

Grand Forks Planning and Zoning Commission Approves Changes to an Ordinance
(KNOX) - The Grand Forks Planning and Zoning approved a change to a setback ordinance. Grand Forks Planner Sierra Johnson says the modification removes the "20% rule" for side-yard setbacks in ...
Bill Dubensky Dec 08, 2024

USDA launches national testing of milk from dairy farms to track bird flu
(Jennifer Shutt - North Dakota Monitor) - WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday it will require dairy farms to share samples of unpasteurized milk when requested, in an effo...
Jennifer Shutt/North Dakota Monitor Dec 08, 2024

North Dakota legislators receive 2025 committee assignments
(Michael Achterling - North Dakota Monitor) - Members of the North Dakota Legislature received their committee assignments as part of the organizational session this week. During a pre-session meeting...
Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor Dec 06, 2024

Armstrong Appoints new Securities Department Head
Tim Karsky, profile photo. (Contributed/Armstrong transition team via the North Dakota Monitor) (Michael Achterling - North Dakota Monitor) - Gov.-elect Kelly Armstrong appointed Tim Karsky to ...
Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor Dec 06, 2024

North Dakota Senate Remembers Longtime Jamestown Lawmaker
Former state Sen. Dave Nething, R-Jamestown, pictured in 2011, died Dec. 2, 2024, at age 91. (Photo provided by the North Dakota Legislative Assembly via the North Dakota Monitor) (Micha...
Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor Dec 06, 2024

Judge OKs North Dakota Request to Intervene in Dakota Access Pipeline Lawsuit
Opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline gather Nov. 1, 2023, in Bismarck ahead of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers public meeting on an environmental impact statement. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe oppo...
Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor Dec 06, 2024

Lake Region State College President Doug Darling to retire in 2025
(Jeff Beach - North Dakota Monitor) - The longest serving president in the North Dakota University System will retire next year. The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education on Thursday accepted D...
Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor Dec 05, 2024

Large deficits looming for Minnesota budgets
(KNOX) - Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says the 2025 Legislature is in a good position to do a measured, responsible, bipartisan budget. However, Minnesota's economic forecast warns that future state bu...
Jim Johnson Dec 05, 2024