Category Archives: Latest News

Red River Biorefinery still looking green
The North Dakota Industrial Commission has agreed to fund the next phase of a study to expand the Red River Biorefinery Ag-Park in Grand Forks to the tune of $500,000 dollars. It's a $4.3 million doll...
Doug Barrett Oct 05, 2021

DEA releases public safety alert regarding fake prescription pills
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has issued a public safety alert regarding an increase in lethality and availability of prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. According t...
Doug Barrett Oct 04, 2021

CDC examines school mask mandates
A recent analysis by the Centers for Disease Control takes a look at the controversial issue of mask mandates in schools. UND Med School Dean Joshua Wynne called it an interesting study that focused s...
Doug Barrett Oct 04, 2021

North Dakota lawmakers to pitch uses for coronavirus funds
North Dakota lawmakers have scheduled six meetings for October to consider adjustments to the state budget and discuss how to spend the state's $1 billion in federal coronavirus aid. Gov. Doug Burgum ...
Doug Barrett Oct 04, 2021

Business News: Mortgage rates...GF employment & guns
U.S. manufacturing growth accelerated in September to the highest level since May despite supply chain problems. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, said Friday ...
Doug Barrett Oct 03, 2021

Eric Church kicks off busy weekend in GF
Country music star Eric Church brought his "Gather Again" tour to Grand Forks Friday night. Church hit the Alerus Center stage 44 minutes late but ran through a set list of his chart topping hits much...
Doug Barrett Oct 02, 2021

ND leaders urge public to help reduce need for hospitalization
Gov. Doug Burgum and chief medical officers and physicians from several of the state's largest hospitals today warned that hospital capacity in North Dakota is reaching critical levels and urged the p...
Doug Barrett Oct 01, 2021

Merck says experimental pill cuts worst effects of COVID-19
Drugmaker Merck says its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus. The company said Friday that it would soon ask health ...
Doug Barrett Oct 01, 2021

NDUS hears COVID impact report and outlook
The Dean of UND's Medical School says the latest data suggests per capita cases of COVID are lower on college campuses than the counties they reside in. Dr. Joshua Wynne says that includes the larger ...
Doug Barrett Sep 30, 2021

Future of Columbia Mall still a work in progress
Plans to redevelop and fill open storefronts in the Columbia Mall in Grand Forks are moving forward. Council President Dana Sande says the mall owners are working with a local architect and developer ...
Doug Barrett Sep 30, 2021