Category Archives: Latest News

Riverside Pool may be treading water on time
Riverside Pool in north Grand Forks may be getting to the end of its life span. Public Works Director Melanie Parvey says they ran some concrete testing of the basin and walls after pipes were found l...
Doug Barrett Mar 01, 2022

GF schools target priority facility needs
The Grand Forks School Board will likely go the route of bonding to finance immediate facility needs in the district. The board reached consensus on the idea to tap $1 million dollars out of the new $...
Doug Barrett Mar 01, 2022

GF council eyes beekeeping ordinance
Grand Forks is looking at an ordinance regulating beekeeping in town. A proposed draft by the health department was given preliminary approval by the city council last night (Monday). The department s...
Doug Barrett Mar 01, 2022

Suspect, officers identified in GF County shooting
The Grand Forks Sheriff's Department has released additional details into the Sunday shooting by two deputies that left a 37-year old man hospitalized. Among the new information is that after the susp...
Pat Sweeney Feb 28, 2022

Business News: New GF retail...GFK & GF sales tax
An inflation gauge that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.1% in January compared with a year ago, the latest evidence that Americans are enduring sharp price increases that will lik...
Doug Barrett Feb 28, 2022

GFSO: Officer involved shooting
A 37 year old man is hospitalized after being shot by deputies of the Grand Forks Sheriff's Department this morning. Authorities responded to a vehicle that crashed into the ditch on the 800 block of ...
Doug Barrett Feb 27, 2022

CDC: Most Americans can take a break from masks
U.S. officials say most Americans live in places where healthy people can safely take a break from wearing masks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on has outlined a new set of measures f...
Doug Barrett Feb 26, 2022

GF board to appoint high school athletic directors
The Grand Forks School Board will be asked next week to approve athletic director appointments for Central and Red River. An interview team is recommending Tony Bina fill the slot at Central and Tyler...
Doug Barrett Feb 25, 2022

ND drug bust yields 121 kilos
A huge drug bust in Carrington (ND). Police have announced the arrest of a suspect after discovering 290 pounds of cocaine. The arrest was made February 18th and just released this week. The estimated...
Doug Barrett Feb 25, 2022

Threat of spring flooding climbs for RRV
The latest outlook released today (Thursday) by the National Weather Service says the risk of flooding in the Red River Valley has increased in recent weeks. There is a high risk of major flooding at ...
Doug Barrett Feb 24, 2022