Category Archives: Latest News

ND: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
The bipartisan infrastructure package has passed. It totals more than $1.2 trillion dollars. $110B on highways, roads, and bridges. $66B in passenger rail. $65B for the nation's power grid. $55B in wa...
Doug Barrett Nov 11, 2021

MN looking to open more exam stations
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Driver and Vehicle Services Division is working to reopen 67 exam stations that were shuttered because of the pandemic. DPS says many of the stations slated t...
Doug Barrett Nov 10, 2021

GF Fufeng project contingent on natural gas deal
North Dakota lawmakers are considering a plan to spend $150 million dollars to help build a natural gas pipeline from the Bakken region to the Red River Valley. The money is part of the $1 billion dol...
Doug Barrett Nov 09, 2021

GF eyes new redistricting plan
The Grand Forks council gave preliminary approval to a map that redraws ward lines in light of the recent U.S. Census count. Members looked at a new proposal last night dubbed Ponderosa after three pr...
Doug Barrett Nov 09, 2021

GF school officials reach deeper to support CIA
The Grand Forks School Board will chip in another $500,000 dollars to help bring a Career Impact Academy to town. Supporters are trying to raise $10 million dollars to match a state grant for building...
Doug Barrett Nov 09, 2021

Burgum: North Dakota lawmakers return for special session
Governor Burgum plugged his plan to use money from North Dakota's general fund ending balance for an income tax credit during a joint address to the House and Senate this morning (Monday). The governo...
Doug Barrett Nov 08, 2021

North Dakota lawmakers return to Capitol for special session
The North Dakota Legislature is returning to Bismarck Monday for special session to deal with a limited agenda that includes legislative redistricting and the approval of a spending plan for federal c...
Doug Barrett Nov 08, 2021

Business News: GF costs...Altru rehab & toys
America's employers stepped up their hiring in October, adding a solid 531,000 jobs, the most since July and a sign that the recovery from the pandemic recession may be overcoming a virus-induced slow...
Doug Barrett Nov 07, 2021

GF lands major agribusiness company
After a 16 month long search Fufeng Group Ltd. has selected Grand Forks for its first U.S.-based manufacturing facility. The company is a global leader in bio-fermentation; manufacturing products that...
Doug Barrett Nov 06, 2021

Winter Outlook: cold & snowy...maybe...maybe not
With this being "Winter Weather Awareness Week" in North Dakota a lot of people are wondering what the forecast holds in store for the coming months. The National Weather Service has hinted of a La Ni...
Doug Barrett Nov 05, 2021