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Northbound Lanes of Interstate 29 Were Closed in Cass County for a Truck Fire
(KNOX) - According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol at approximately 10:30 p.m. Saturday a semi hauling a trailer was northbound on Interstate 29 near mile marker 50, near Oxbow in Cass Count...
Jan 05, 2025
Thune Pledges to Protect Filibuster
Sen. John Thune, Republican of South Dakota, speaks during a press conference inside the U.S. Capitol on March 20, 2024. Thune, a Republican, officially became majority leader Friday. (Photo by Jennif...
Jan 05, 2025
Cliffhanger on Capitol Hill: Johnson reelected as Speaker of the House
(Jennifer Shutt - North Dakota Monitor) - U.S. House Republicans on Friday elected Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson as their speaker for the 119th Congress, following weeks of speculation about whether the...
Jan 03, 2025 WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 03: U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) (C) and Rep. Marjorie Tayler Greene (R-GA) (L) talk with fellow Representatives as they arrive for the first day of the 119th Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) is working to retain the Speakership in the face of opposition within his own party as the 119th Congress holds its first session to vote for a new Speaker of the House. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Judge sets January 10 as sentencing date for Trump hush money cases, but stops short of jail sentence
(AP) - In an extraordinary turn, a judge Friday set President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 - little over a week before he's due to return to the White House - but...
Jan 03, 2025
Plea change in the theft of Judy Garland's ruby slippers
(KNOX) - A man charged in connection with the theft of a pair of ruby slippers worn in "The Wizard of Oz" plans to plead guilty next Friday in federal court in Minneapolis. In March 2024, a federal gr...
Jan 03, 2025
North Dakota State Senator Jeff Barta of Grand Forks says Property Tax Reform is on The Agenda
(North Dakota Senate image) (KNOX) - North Dakota State Senator Jeff Barta of Grand Forks says that there are a lot things lawmakers will take up when the North Dakota Legislature convenes next...
Jan 03, 2025
Armstrong to Deliver 2025 State of the State Address to Legislative Assembly on Tuesday
(KNOX) - North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong will deliver the 2025 State of the State address to a joint session of the 69th Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, Jan. 7, in the House of Repres...
Jan 03, 2025
Judge Denies Greenpeace Request to Investigate Mailer Critical of DAPL Protests
A print copy of the Central ND News, a conservative and pro-fossil fuel publication with unclear origins, was sent to some Mandan residents this fall. Environmental advocacy group Greenpeace has voice...
Jan 03, 2025
Native American Patients are Sent to Collections for Debts the Government Owes
Tescha Hawley, a citizen of the Gros Ventre Tribe who lives on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana, is among the patients who say they were stuck with medical debt that the Indian Health Se...
Jan 03, 2025
Dan Leingang named acting president at Bismarck State College
(North Dakota Monitor staff) - Dan Leingang was appointed acting president of Bismarck State College Thursday by North Dakota University System Chancellor Mark Hagerott. Leingang will take over the ro...
Jan 02, 2025