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Grand Forks to make push for rail project funding
Grand Forks is looking to spend $278 thousand dollars for an Environmental Assessment of the proposed 42nd Street rail separation project. The underpass is designed to eliminate traffic jams caused by...
Jan 19, 2021
Senate Appropriations Committee reviews UND budget request
Click to Enlarge Leaders of the University of North Dakota traveled to Bismarck on Monday to make their case for a so-called "needs-based" budget for the upcoming biennium. President Andrew Armacost t...
Jan 19, 2021
As vaccine trickles in ND shots go out
North Dakota is transitioning its COVID vaccine program from the 1A priority group to 1B. That group includes persons 75 and over and those 65-plus with two or more high-risk medical conditions. The 1...
Jan 18, 2021
ND & MN National Guard in D.C.
Click to Enlarge North Dakota is sending additional soldiers to the presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C. About 130 soldiers from the 816th Military Police Company will join 20 North Dakota gu...
Jan 18, 2021
GF order replaces statewide requirement in ND
North Dakota's statewide mask mandate has been replaced by a Grand Forks Health Officer's mask order that requires face coverings to be worn in indoor businesses and public settings where physical dis...
Jan 18, 2021
Despite strides in distance learning ND students fall behind
Investments in technology...longer school days...and extended school years could all be on the table as education officials search for solutions to learning loss. North Dakota Superintendent Kirsten B...
Jan 15, 2021
ND Smoking Law Headed to 21
North Dakota could become the 34th state to enact laws that make it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under age 21. A bill before the Senate Judiciary Committee today (Wednesday) would align ...
Jan 14, 2021
ND Supreme Court Issues Appeal Rulings
The North Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the ten-year sentence of an Adams (ND) man charged in the death of his daughter in May 2019. Steven Aune appealed his "guilty" verdict for manslaughter to the...
Jan 14, 2021
MN Executive Powers - Walz
Gov. Tim Walz has extended Minnesota's peacetime state of emergency by another 30 days so he can continue to use executive orders to direct the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic. With the L...
Jan 14, 2021
Hotline established for GF residents needing a shot
Health officials report strong interest in the COVID vaccine among residents in Grand Forks County. Public Health Director Deb Swanson says not only is the department receiving plenty of calls from th...
Jan 13, 2021