Category Archives: Latest News

GF County continues to dole out vaccine at a good pace
Grand Forks County continues to make good progress on the vaccination front for COVID-19. Michael Dulitz of Public Health told council members last night (Monday) that despite a significant increase i...
Doug Barrett Apr 06, 2021

Schools getting a crash course on federal funding
Schools across the U.S. are weighing how to use a windfall from the federal government's latest coronavirus relief package. Districts want to ease the harm of the pandemic and tackle problems that exi...
Doug Barrett Apr 06, 2021

University Avenue survey sparks new interest in corridor
University Avenue in Grand Forks could receive a renewed look following the results of a survey compiled by the Community Foundation and Knight Foundation. The results suggest strong interest among re...
Doug Barrett Apr 06, 2021 Graphic; Community Foundation

UND continues to reshape and modernize campus landscape
It will be another busy summer construction season at the University of North Dakota. New buildings...demolition...road improvements...additions...and renovations have been common campus themes in rec...
Doug Barrett Apr 05, 2021

ND fire danger high as grassland still burning
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is warning the state is headed to a "tough fire season." Much of the state is in a drought. The National Drought Mitigation Center suggests 47% of the state is in extreme...
Doug Barrett Apr 05, 2021 Pic: NDHP

Woman sues former MN corrections officer for sexual assault
A woman has filed a lawsuit against the Minnesota Department of Corrections and a former corrections officer for allegedly sexually assaulting her while he was transporting her as an inmate. The forme...
Doug Barrett Apr 05, 2021

GF Business News: Jobs...UND search & GFK
America's employers unleashed a burst of hiring in March, adding 916,000 jobs in a sign that a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession is taking hold as vaccinations accelerate, stimulus checks...
Doug Barrett Apr 04, 2021

GFFD investigating Saturday afternoon house fire
The Grand Forks Fire Department is investigating an afternoon house fire on the city's north side. Crews were called to 3532 10th Avenue North around 2:00 p.m. When firefighters arrived on scene smoke...
Doug Barrett Apr 03, 2021

Burgum warns of tough fire season with drought
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is warning the state is headed to a "tough fire season." He visited Billings County, where a fire had prompted him to call a statewide wildfire emergency. The governor sa...
Doug Barrett Apr 03, 2021

Amid COVID the great outdoors soars
The great outdoors has become the great escape during the pandemic. A cooped-up population is looking for fresh air, and that's packing hiking trails and other open spaces. What's more, people have be...
Doug Barrett Apr 03, 2021 ND Parks