Category Archives: Latest News

Flu bug bites hard this winter season
There's good news and bad on the flu front in North Dakota. On the plus side positive case counts have been slowing in recent weeks. The bad news is activity this season now ranks as the second highes...
Doug Barrett Mar 06, 2023

Business News: GF home sales...Epitome Energy & street lights
The number of people applying for unemployment benefits in the U.S. fell for third straight week. The Labor Department reported that applications for jobless claims in the U.S. for the week ending Feb...
Doug Barrett Mar 05, 2023

GF school referendum could target $79m
Grand Forks voters would get a chance to decide a $79 million dollar bond school referendum under a committee recommendation this week. The single ballot question would seek support for a new $55 mill...
Doug Barrett Mar 03, 2023

Swatting calls impact ND schools, including Red River (Update)
Update 2:30 PM: Grand Forks Red River High School briefly went into lockdown this (Thu) morning because of a "swatting" call - a phony report of an active shooter. Associate superintendent Catherine G...
Doug Barrett Mar 02, 2023

P & Z greenlights Riverside Christian School move
Plans to move the Riverside Christian School to the Columbia Mall received final approval from the Grand Forks Planning and Zoning Commission last night (Wednesday). The school was seeking an amendmen...
Doug Barrett Mar 02, 2023

GFFD responds to junk appliance fire
A pile of crushed and bailed appliances caught fire in north Grand Forks last night (Wednesday). The Grand Forks Fire Department responded to the call at 2550 27th Avenue North around 7:30 p.m. The fi...
Doug Barrett Mar 02, 2023

GF schools watching child nutrition bills
The Grand Forks School District's Child Nutrition program is keeping an eye on a couple of bills this legislative session that have generated a lot of discussion. One would increase the income limits ...
Doug Barrett Mar 02, 2023

EGF to look at all administrator options
East Grand Forks officials say the pending departure of Administrator David Murphy is an opportunity to review the inner workings at city hall. Council member Clarence Vetter floated the idea at last ...
Doug Barrett Mar 01, 2023

GF school referendum could climb
The size of the special May referendum in Grand Forks could expand beyond a new Valley Middle School and central kitchen project. The Grand Forks School Board meeting as the Facilities Committee of th...
Doug Barrett Feb 28, 2023

DU hockey boards could find home in EGF
After going without an outdoor ice rink this winter the East Grand Forks Park and Recreation Department is unveiling an ambitious plan for an outdoor facility for the 2023-24 skating season. Park offi...
Doug Barrett Feb 28, 2023