Category Archives: Latest News

FDA health panel endorses Merck COVID-19 pill
U.S. health advisers have endorsed an antiviral drug from Merck to treat COVID-19. It sets the stage for an expected authorization of the first pill that Americans could take at home for the coronavir...
Doug Barrett Dec 01, 2021

ND Mill posts profitable first quarter
The North Dakota Mill and Elevator reports its first quarter profits at $3,335,889. Mill manager Vance Taylor says that's up 2.2 percent from the previous year where profits were $3,282,775. Taylor sa...
Doug Barrett Nov 30, 2021

ND natural gas grant program drawing interest
The North Dakota Industrial Commission has approved the timelines and guidelines for a proposed natural gas pipeline to bring Bakken gas to the Red River Valley. The Legislature has approved using $15...
Doug Barrett Nov 30, 2021

ND leaders support court ruling on vaccine mandate
A federal judge has blocked President Joe Biden's administration from enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate on health care workers in 10 states - including North Dakota. The rule requires workers to...
Doug Barrett Nov 30, 2021

NDHP: crash west of GF leaves 3 injured
A two vehicle crash near the U.S. Border Patrol Station west of Grand Forks on Sunday left three people injured - two with serious injuries. According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol 76-year old De...
Doug Barrett Nov 29, 2021

GF apartment fire leaves one tenant injured
A Sunday morning fire sent one person to Altru Hospital with burn injuries. The Grand Forks Fire Department was called to 3400 24th Avenue South around 9:30 a.m. When crews arrived they found smoke in...
Doug Barrett Nov 29, 2021

Business News: GF unemployment...border credits & sales tax
U.S. consumer spending rebound in October, rising by a solid 1.3%, but inflation was up as well, rising over the past year at the fastest pace in more than three decades. The jump in consumer spending...
Doug Barrett Nov 28, 2021

Murtha named North Dakota Investment Board director
An agency key to implementing new in-state investment components of North Dakota's $8.3 billion oil tax savings has a new leader. The State Investment Board named Retirement and Investment Office inte...
Doug Barrett Nov 26, 2021

GF school mask policy changes impact GFAFB
The decision by the Grand Forks School Board to end the mask mandate policy for in-school learning creates a unique situation for students and staff on the Grand Forks Air Force Base. The current Air ...
Doug Barrett Nov 24, 2021

EGF closing in on 2022 budget plan
The clock is ticking for East Grand Forks leaders to approve a 2022 operating budget for the city. The council last night (Tuesday) asked staff to develop a spending plan that holds the local levy at ...
Doug Barrett Nov 24, 2021