Category Archives: Business News

Fight breaks out among a dozen people at MSP airport
Police are investigating a fight that erupted in Terminal 2 at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport shortly after a plane had landed from Orlando, Florida. Authorities say about a dozen male...
Pat Sweeney Nov 29, 2021

ND Housing Finance Agency approves $3M for GF housing projects
The North Dakota Housing Finance Agency made funding commitments to eight affordable multifamily housing projects in November...including one in Grand Forks. That's according to the North Dakota Indus...
Pat Sweeney Nov 29, 2021

ND Industrial Comm. OKs guidelines for nat gas grant program
The North Dakota Industrial Commission has approved guidelines and timelines for a Natural Gas Pipeline Grant Program that would bring gas from the Bakken to central and eastern North Dakota. The Legi...
Pat Sweeney Nov 29, 2021

Lawrimore named CEO of future Altru Rehab Hospital
Luke Lawrimore has been named CEO of the future Altru Rehabilitation Hospital, a joint venture between Altru and Encompass Health. Lawrimore has served in various leadership roles at Encompass Health ...
Pat Sweeney Nov 29, 2021

Deadline nears for CTE funding request
Supporters of bringing a Career Impact Academy to Grand Forks are putting the final touches on a grant application to attract $10 million dollars in state funding. As K-N-O-X News reported last week t...
Doug Barrett Nov 29, 2021

North Dakota eyes federal funds for well plugging program
North Dakota wants to extend the state's abandoned well plugging program by tapping into $4 billion made available in the federal infrastructure bill for the purpose of cleaning up old oil and gas sit...
Doug Barrett Nov 29, 2021

Black Friday....Small Business Saturday....Cyber Monday
These days, the digital line has been blurred between Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. But one thing is clear: people did a lot of online shopping this past weekend - just not a...
Doug Barrett Nov 29, 2021

Business News: GF unemployment...border credits & sales tax
U.S. consumer spending rebound in October, rising by a solid 1.3%, but inflation was up as well, rising over the past year at the fastest pace in more than three decades. The jump in consumer spending...
Doug Barrett Nov 28, 2021

ND medical board disciplines 11 doctors this year
The state Board of Medicine brought 11 formal disciplinary actions against North Dakota doctors this year. The number includes three sanctions that resulted in physicians losing their license to pract...
Pat Sweeney Nov 24, 2021

Low pathogenic avian flu found in Minnesota turkey flock
Animal health officials say a strain of avian flu confirmed in a commercial turkey flock in southern Minnesota does not pose a risk to the public and there are no food safety concerns for consumers. T...
Doug Barrett Nov 24, 2021