Category Archives: Latest News
GF & EGF monitoring bridge closures
There's a slight chance the Point Bridge could reopen to traffic by the end of the week. Grand Forks and East Grand Forks officials will compare notes in the coming days to see when the southernmost r...
May 04, 2022
EGF council sets conditions for asphalt plant
The East Grand Forks council approved a special use permit last night (Tuesday) for an asphalt plant project on the edge of town. R.J. Zavoral & Sons is eyeing a site near County Road 17 and west ...
May 04, 2022
Flooding impacting dam in Cavalier County
The Pembina County Water Resource District is actively working with the National Guard and Pembina County Emergency Management to stabilize a (Bourbanis) Dam in Eastern Cavalier County. Helicopters ar...
May 03, 2022
Planning continues on major construction upgrades
The Grand Forks council received an update (Monday) on three major transportation projects coming down the road - all carry a hefty price-tag. Planning continues on the 42nd Street underpass at DeMers...
May 03, 2022
GFFD sees record call volume in 2021
The Grand Forks Fire Department responded to a record number of calls in 2021. Fire teams were dispatched to 5,631 different events last year. That's 465 more than 2020 and eight more than the previou...
May 02, 2022
Several cars burn after BNSF train derails
Several rail cars caught fire after at least 11 cars of a BNSF train derailed near Burlington early Sunday, but no injuries were reported. The railroad said in a statement that the train derailed betw...
May 02, 2022
Business News: GF Park District...REA & local sales tax
An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.6% in March compared with a year ago, the highest reading in four decades, further evidence that surging prices are pressuring househ...
May 01, 2022
Rains add to flood threat in RRV
A Flood Watch or Warning remains in effect for the entire northern end of the Red River Valley. Rainfall the past two days continues to keep rivers and streams high and overland flooding a threat. Aft...
Apr 30, 2022
Walz extends support for flood operations in northwest MN
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and the state Executive Council today (Fri) extended the peacetime emergency and Minnesota National Guard assistance for emergency flood operations in northwest Minnesota. ...
Apr 29, 2022
North Dakota Supreme Court: DAPL documents are public
The North Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that thousands of documents related to security during the construction of the heavily protested Dakota Access Pipeline are public and subject to the state's o...
Apr 29, 2022