Category Archives: Business News

Conversation to continue on Columbia Mall redevelopment
Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski will lead a delegation to Chicago for a Wednesday meeting with the owners of Columbia Mall - GK Development. Bochenski says plans to redevelop the mall property sta...
Doug Barrett Aug 31, 2021

Seven in ten workers at Altru vaccinated
Altru says the request that employees take the shot to slow COVID is having an impact. Earlier this month (August) the health care system announced it was requiring all workers to get vaccinated by No...
Doug Barrett Aug 31, 2021

MN court deals yet another setback to pipeline foes
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has affirmed a decision by state pollution regulators to issue a water quality certification for Enbridge Energy's Line 3 crude oil pipeline. It's the latest setback for...
Pat Sweeney Aug 30, 2021

GFK boardings slowly ramping back up
While passenger traffic has been climbing at the Grand Forks Airport in 2021 the growth in boardings has not been as great as other major airports in the state. In July 5,913 people passed through the...
Doug Barrett Aug 30, 2021

ND officials tracking disease in white-tailed deer
North Dakota wildlife officials say a disease in white-tailed deer that last year prompted refunds to thousands of hunters is once again showing up in some areas of the state. Epizootic hemorrhagic di...
Doug Barrett Aug 30, 2021

Average U. S. price of gas drops
The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline dropped 2 cents over the past two weeks to $3.23 per gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says that it's the first decline i...
Doug Barrett Aug 30, 2021

Business News: Sickies...interest rates & coffee
The Federal Reserve will start dialing back its ultra-low-interest rate policies this year as long as hiring continues to improve. Chair Jerome Powell signaling the beginning of the end of the Fed's e...
Doug Barrett Aug 28, 2021

MN State Fair first-day attendance down by half
First-day attendance at the Minnesota State Fair was down by roughly half as the fair returned after missing last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. With simmering concern over the delta variant, a...
Pat Sweeney Aug 27, 2021

4 Line-3 protesters arrested at MN Capitol (Update)
Update 5:00 pm: Minnesota troopers today (Friday) arrested four people protesting Enbridge Energy's Line 3 replacement pipeline project at the state Capitol. Videos posted on social media showed law e...
Pat Sweeney Aug 27, 2021

Sanford Clinic in GF open for business
Sanford Health marked the opening of its new clinic in Grand Forks on Thursday. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held - although clinic providers and staff began seeing patients on August 3rd. Patients w...
Doug Barrett Aug 27, 2021