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ND lawmakers to consider gas tax increase
North Dakota lawmakers are being asked to green light a hike in the state's gas tax. The House Transportation Committee took testimony this morning on a bill that would increase the tax from 23 to 26 ...
Doug Barrett Feb 01, 2021

North Dakota bill aims to standardize penalties for speeders
A bipartisan bill aims to standardize sanctions for lead-footed drivers in North Dakota. It's a move that could spur higher fines and more points assessed against driving records for exceeding the lim...
Doug Barrett Feb 01, 2021

Minnesota to detail new setup for community vaccine clinics
Minnesota health officials are expected Monday to announce "significantly more" coronavirus vaccine will be allotted to people 65 and older. The state has run a two-week pilot of community vaccination...
Doug Barrett Feb 01, 2021

GF business news: ND jobs...Target partnership & new GFAFB restaurant
U.S. consumers slowed their spending by 0.2% in December, cutting back for a second straight month. The decline reported today by the Commerce Department followed a seasonally adjusted 0.7% drop in No...
Doug Barrett Jan 31, 2021

Virus deaths, hospitalizations unchanged in North Dakota
North Dakota health officials say that deaths and hospitalizations due to complications from the coronavirus have remained unchanged in the last day. The update released Sunday shows 67 new COVID-19 c...
Doug Barrett Jan 31, 2021

Grand Forks sales tax collections fall slightly in 2020
Grand Forks sales tax collections for the 2020 budget year fell just shy of the previous 12 month period. The January check came in at $2,276,525.17. Finance officials were projecting a much steeper d...
Doug Barrett Jan 31, 2021 GF sales tax chart

Fargo Police arrest aerosol flame thrower suspect
Doug Barrett Jan 30, 2021

North Dakota reports 3 more deaths, 105 new COVID-19 cases
North Dakota health officials reported Saturday that an additional three people have died from COVID-19 complications and 105 more people have been confirmed to have the virus. A total of 1,422 people...
Doug Barrett Jan 30, 2021

Male dies after encounter with St. Louis County deputies
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating after a carjacking suspect was killed in an encounter with a St. Louis County Sheriff's deputy. Authorities say a woman and her 16-year-o...
Doug Barrett Jan 30, 2021

ND coronavirus case counts higher than published
North Dakota's risk level for coronavirus dropped from "yellow" to "green" today (Friday) with active case counts falling. It's estimated that around 13% of North Dakota's population has tested positi...
Doug Barrett Jan 29, 2021