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The North Dakota Legislature is mulling the idea of making later sunsets permanent by doing away with the practice of changing clocks twice a year. Legislation in the House and Senate would require th...
Doug Barrett Feb 08, 2021
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell to 779,000 last week. That's the lowest in two months but still a historically high total that shows that a sizable number of people continue...
Doug Barrett Feb 07, 2021
The growth of chronic wasting disease in North Dakota deer continues to accelerate and at a pace state wildlife officials didn't expect would happen for years to come. The state Game and Fish Departme...
Doug Barrett Feb 06, 2021
The North Dakota House has rejected an attempt to bump the fine for driving on a closed road from 250 to 500 dollars. Supporters say those who venture out during blizzard conditions often put emergenc...
Doug Barrett Feb 04, 2021
A Bismarck lawmaker says he introduced a measure to legalize recreational marijuana because he wanted to head off the effort to put an initiated Constitutional measure on the ballot. Republican Repres...
Doug Barrett Feb 04, 2021
It's been a long time in the making but the Alerus Center has finalized a new ten-and-a-half year agreement with the University of North Dakota for Fighting Hawks football. The contract was approved b...
Doug Barrett Feb 03, 2021
Grand Forks is inching towards so-called herd immunity for COVID-19 one shot at a time. According to Grand Forks Health Department's Michael Dulitz just over ten-percent of county residents have recei...
Doug Barrett Feb 03, 2021
LGA funding remains the top item on the legislative to do list for leaders in East Grand Forks. The city participated in a recent meeting with the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities as lawmakers wo...
Doug Barrett Feb 03, 2021
Grand Forks health officials say they continue to put COVID vaccine shots into the arms of residents as quickly as possible. The county is expected to receive about two-thousand doses of vaccine this ...
Doug Barrett Feb 02, 2021
With little discussion - and no opposition - the Grand Forks council last night (Monday) approved a series of tax breaks for several large planned construction projects in the city. Developers are see...
Doug Barrett Feb 02, 2021 Memorial Village rendering