Category Archives: Latest News

Smoke returns to the Red River Valley
Wildfire smoke from Canada will likely continue to impact air quality across the region. The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality advises residents, especially those with respiratory condi...
Doug Barrett Jun 14, 2023

EGF hires interim school administrator & Juneteenth
The East Grand Forks School Board has named an interim superintendent. The board has agreed to hire former Greenway School Superintendent Bryan Hackbarth. Current Superintendent Mike Kolness is leavin...
Doug Barrett Jun 13, 2023

GF English Coulee cleanup & NPN extension
Improving water flow and the aesthetics of the English coulee will come at a cost. The Grand Forks City Council received an update on an ongoing study last night (Monday) that looks at ways to elimina...
Doug Barrett Jun 13, 2023

GF schools secure CIA land & contracts
The Grand Forks School District has accepted the ownership of land necessary to pave the way for the new Career Impact Academy. The school board approved a resolution last night (Monday) accepting two...
Doug Barrett Jun 13, 2023

Business News: Digital billboards...job openings & new Twining School
The job market continues to defy the odds. Despite rising interest rates and high inflation, employers added 339-thousand jobs last month. Several sectors added jobs from construction to restaurants t...
Doug Barrett Jun 11, 2023

Victim injured during fight in GF
A scuffle among several juveniles near the Grand Forks Library on Thurs-day will result in charges after one of the participants brandished a gun. According to police the suspect used the weapon to st...
Doug Barrett Jun 09, 2023

EGF announces administrator finalists
East Grand Forks has released the names of the four finalists vying to be-come the city's next administrator. Two of Those seeking the job are in-ternal candidates. The hiring firm David Drown Associa...
Doug Barrett Jun 08, 2023

GF considers murals in residential neighborhoods
The placement of a large mural on the side of Valley Middle School was approved by the Grand Forks Planning and Zoning Commission last night - but barely. Current city code does not allow murals in re...
Doug Barrett Jun 08, 2023

ND Museum of Art reunited with missing sculpture
A piece of art that disappeared from the Grand Forks landscape last October has been found. The North Dakota Museum of Art says the so-called Garden Wheel disappeared Halloween weekend of 2022. The sc...
Doug Barrett Jun 08, 2023

GF district judge job draws a crowd
North Dakota's Judicial Nominating Committee has received applications from eight candidates for the new Northeast Central Judicial District judgeship to be chambered in Grand Forks. An additional 13 ...
Doug Barrett Jun 08, 2023