Category Archives: Business News

Business News: GF home sales...Herald Building & eggs
High inflation and tangled supply chains have seeped into nearly every nook of the economy, forcing consumers and businesses to make painful decisions that many of them have never had to contemplate b...
Doug Barrett Feb 13, 2022

Haugen-Hoffart appointed to ND Public Service Commission
Gov. Doug Burgum today appointed Capital Electric Cooperative Inc. board chairwoman Sheri Haugen-Hoffart of Bismarck to an open seat on the three-member North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC), e...
Pat Sweeney Feb 11, 2022

Sale of largest coal plant in ND reapproved
Great River Energy's cooperatives have once again approved the sale of the company's Coal Creek power plant in North Dakota and an accompanying power line, despite opposition from its largest member. ...
Pat Sweeney Feb 10, 2022

GF school committee eyes bonding for facility needs
The Grand Forks School Board will consider selling bonds to help deal with looming facility needs. The 20 year note would generate a large sum of money up front to begin to tackle maintenance issues a...
Doug Barrett Feb 10, 2022

ND tribe to supply natural gas to hydrogen plant
Natural gas that's being burned off and wasted as a byproduct of oil production on an American Indian reservation in North Dakota will be used as a feedstock for a proposed plant to produce carbon-fre...
Pat Sweeney Feb 09, 2022

EGF receives update on neighborhood bridge
Representatives from the North Dakota and Minnesota DOT's have been invited to the next MPO Board meeting to discuss the possibility of a fourth bridge linking Grand Forks and East Grand Forks. The Ea...
Doug Barrett Feb 09, 2022

UND gets $500,000 FAA aviation workforce development grant
A new grant to UND Aerospace from the Federal Aviation Administration will connect high school teachers throughout the state with flight, drones and North Dakota's aviation industry. The $500,000 gran...
Pat Sweeney Feb 08, 2022

Fufeng discussion brings out a crowd
For the second week in a row critics of a proposed corn milling facility in north Grand Forks showed up at last night's council meeting. The city is working on a development agreement with the Fufeng ...
Doug Barrett Feb 08, 2022

GF council reviews latest plans for Olive Ann
A public hearing is planned next month with the city council on the proposed Olive Ann project in downtown Grand Forks. Members received an updated on PILOT tax incentive plan for the boutique hotel l...
Doug Barrett Feb 08, 2022

MN Senate GOP offers plan to resolve unemployment fund deficit
Minnesota Senate Republicans on Monday released a $2.73 billion proposal to repay the state's debt to the federal government for unemployment benefits during the pandemic and prevent a looming tax hik...
Pat Sweeney Feb 07, 2022