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The issue of a fourth neighborhood bridge could come before the Grand Forks council as soon as next month. An ad hock bridge committee recently completed an analysis of potential river crossings at El...
Doug Barrett Feb 18, 2022
Five consulting firms have responded to the Park District's RFP to study a proposed indoor sports and indoor aquatics facility in Grand Forks. A selection committee of the Park District started going ...
Doug Barrett Feb 17, 2022
Full access to the Emerson, Manitoba, border crossing north of Pembina (ND) has been restored after a nearly week-long blockade to protest Canada's COVID-19 restrictions. That's according to the RCMP,...
Pat Sweeney Feb 16, 2022
Another step forward in landing the proposed Fufeng corn milling project in north Grand Forks. The county commission on Tuesday approved a "PILOT" or tax incentives needed to secure the deal. As has b...
Doug Barrett Feb 16, 2022
The distribution of more than 1.5 million free at-home COVID-19 test kits is underway across North Dakota. Grand Forks County health officials estimate that they will receive around 100-thousand kits....
Doug Barrett Feb 16, 2022
The Bakken's oil boom appears to be in the rear view mirror. North Dakota Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms say a word he heard many times when he met in Texas with executives from 10 oil companie...
Doug Barrett Feb 16, 2022
After weeks of debate and negotiations the Grand Forks School Board endorsed a series of revised tax incentives for the downtown Olive Ann boutique hotel project. Under the original funding formula im...
Doug Barrett Feb 15, 2022
The Grand Forks council got its first look at a proposed hate crimes ordinance last night (Monday). The draft is designed to address issues related to harassment...terrorizing...simple assault...and c...
Doug Barrett Feb 15, 2022
The North Dakota Department of Health will make more than 1.5 million at-home COVID-19 test kits available statewide. The test kits will be available for pickup, at no cost, starting Tuesday, Feb. 15....
Doug Barrett Feb 14, 2022
The average U.S. price of a gallon of regular-grade gasoline spiked 15 cents over the past three weeks to $3.55 per gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg says the price jump comes after a rise in c...
Doug Barrett Feb 14, 2022