Category Archives: Latest News

ND lawmakers mull farmland restrictions - Fufeng
A North Dakota Senate panel is considering a bill that would place new restrictions on foreign investment in the state. Bill author Senator Bob Paulson says the intent is to prevent land ownership by ...
Doug Barrett Feb 09, 2023

GF jail administrator says jail expansion overdue
Grand Forks County Correctional Center Administrator Bret Burkholder is trying to lock down support for expanding the local jail. Burkholder told county commissioners this week that the planned $38 mi...
Doug Barrett Feb 08, 2023

EGF council talks Fufeng and chickens
The recent debate over the Fufeng project in Grand Forks spilled over into last night's East Grand Forks council meeting. Mayor Steve Gander says he's been asked by many about his thoughts on the fail...
Doug Barrett Feb 08, 2023

UND eyes new development projects
Another development project is eyeing the eastern edge of the University of North Dakota campus. The goal is to transform the aging parking lot off University Avenue into two five-story apartment buil...
Doug Barrett Feb 07, 2023

GF council rejects Fufeng project
As expected the city council last night (Monday) voted to scrap plans to bring the controversial Fufeng project to Grand Forks. The move ends a lengthy debate over the China-based corn milling plant. ...
Doug Barrett Feb 07, 2023

CTE funding secured...more possible
The first bill Gov, Doug Burgum signed from the 2023 Legislative Session creates a line of credit at the Bank of North Dakota for career academies. The $68 million will help finance the construction o...
Doug Barrett Feb 06, 2023

Business News: GF jobs...local sales tax & Holiday
For nearly a year, the Federal Reserve has been on a mission to cool down the job market to help curb the nation's worst inflation bout in four decades. The job market hasn't been cooperating. Conside...
Doug Barrett Feb 05, 2023

Cramer says right person authored Air Force letter
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer says the right person authored the Air Force letter that was critical of the Fufeng project in Grand Forks says a lot. Cramer says the reason Andrew Hunter - the assistant se...
Doug Barrett Feb 03, 2023

Riverside Christian School still eyeing Macy's property.
Plans to convert the former Macy's building into a school received a preliminary nod of support last night (Wednesday) from the Grand Forks Planning and Zoning Commission. Concept plans for the new Ri...
Doug Barrett Feb 02, 2023

Fufeng annexation called into question
A member of the Grand Forks Planning and Zoning Commission says efforts are already underway to address annexed land owned by Fufeng. The China-based company purchased 370 acres of land north of the c...
Doug Barrett Feb 02, 2023