Category Archives: Business News

Career Impact Academy nears GF fundraising goal
Supporters of a Career Impact Academy in Grand Forks say they are getting close to reaching a goal of raising $10 million dollars towards the project. The CIA steering committee today (Friday) announc...
Doug Barrett Nov 19, 2021

GF's Walz named ND Family Physician of Year
Dr. Joel Walz of Grand Forks has been honored by the North Dakota Academy of Family Physicians as the 2021 North Dakota Family Physician of the Year. Walz has practiced family medicine with Altru sinc...
Pat Sweeney Nov 19, 2021

UND looks to reaffirm accreditation
The University of North Dakota is beginning the task of seeking a new 10-year accreditation. From now until November of next year six teams of faculty and staff will be compiling sources and procuring...
Doug Barrett Nov 19, 2021

Fargo City Hall phone number used in Scam
Fargo officials are warning the public that if you receive a call that appears to be from city hall...it could be a scam. Telephone users in several states have reported receiving phone calls which ap...
Doug Barrett Nov 18, 2021

Larimore voters advance school construction plan
With the approval this week of a bond referendum in Larimore attention turns to readying bids for a new gymnasium project at the elementary school. Larimore Superintendent Steve Swiontek says 64% of v...
Doug Barrett Nov 18, 2021

North Dakota treasury benefitting from higher oil prices
Climbing U.S. oil prices that have motorists paying more at the gas pumps are adding to North Dakota's bottom line. The state's oil production was up slightly in September, but prices for North Dakota...
Doug Barrett Nov 18, 2021

ND gas pipeline incentive draws interest
North Dakota's Pipeline Authority director says there's been a lot of interest from companies interested in building a natural gas pipeline from the Bakken to Central and Eastern North Dakota. The Leg...
Doug Barrett Nov 17, 2021

EGF council considers annexation request
The East Grand Forks council took the first step towards annexing 22 acres of land near Highway 2 and County Road 17. R-J Zavoral is proposing to locate an asphalt plant on the property. As part of th...
Doug Barrett Nov 17, 2021

Audit: ND firm was properly awarded wall contract
The U-S Defense Department's internal watchdog said its investigation into a $400 million border wall contract found it was properly awarded to a North Dakota firm whose owner used multiple appearance...
Pat Sweeney Nov 16, 2021

Amtrak investments roll into Grand Forks
Amtrak officials traveled to Grand Forks today (Tuesday) to show off some $4 million dollars in improvements to the local train station. The upgrades included a new ADA compliant concrete platform...a...
Doug Barrett Nov 16, 2021