Category Archives: Latest News

GF needle program to stick around
Following a lengthy discussion the Grand Forks council agreed to keep the Syringe Service Program - but with changes. Those stipulations include limiting the number of needles handed out to no more th...
Doug Barrett Feb 06, 2024

COF & GF ink service contract
Circle of Friends will continue to operate as the city pound under terms of a revised contract approved by the Grand Forks council last night. COF has been working to fix a budget gap that included th...
Doug Barrett Feb 06, 2024

Postal audit to include post offices in Grand Forks, Fargo
(KNOX) - North Dakota's congressional delegation has asked the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Postal Service to expand its audit of mail delivery operations across the Minnesota-...
Jim Johnson Feb 05, 2024

Business News: Unemployment...recall & GF restaurant
The nation's employers delivered a burst of hiring to begin 2024, adding 353,000 jobs in January in the latest sign of the economy's continuing ability to shrug off the highest interest rates in two d...
Doug Barrett Feb 04, 2024

Judge's ruling means mail-in ballots will be accepted after Election Day
(AP) - A federal judge in North Dakota has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to stop acceptance of mail-in ballots after election day. The lawsuit was brought by a county election official and backed by...
Jim Johnson Feb 02, 2024
Valley School bid deadline nears
Next week marks a critical step in determining how much the new Valley Middle School will cost. Bids of the various project components are due February 7th. The School board will award the various pac...
Doug Barrett Feb 02, 2024

ND sees fewer fires and deaths in 2023
The number of fire related fatalities declined last year according to preliminary data released by the North Dakota Insurance Department. The report suggests there were eight deaths last year compared...
Doug Barrett Feb 02, 2024

GF District targets future needs
The Grand Forks School district has updated its five year facilities plan for buildings through the 2027-28 school year. The $16.8 million dollar roadmap looks at everything from HVAC systems and roof...
Doug Barrett Feb 01, 2024

ND LIHEAP Program still open
With plenty of winter to go the North Dakota Health and Human Services Division is reminding residents struggling to pay heating bills to sign up for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. App...
Doug Barrett Feb 01, 2024

Report of an abduction in Polk County is unfounded
(KNOX) - The Polk County Sheriff's Office has thoroughly investigated the report of the abduction of a 17 year old female in rural East Grand Forks. With new information gathered, the report is determ...
Jim Johnson Jan 31, 2024