Category Archives: Business News

2 Line 3 oil pipeline workers fired after sex sting arrests
Enbridge Energy officials say two of its employees who were working on the Line 3 oil pipeline in northern Minnesota were fired after they were arrested in a sex sting. The two men were among six men ...
Doug Barrett Jun 29, 2021

Zebra mussels alive and well in the Red River
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department continues to monitor rivers and streams around the state for invasive species. Adult zebra mussels were first discovered in the Red River in 2015 and have qui...
Doug Barrett Jun 28, 2021

GF Business News: NPN extension...jobs & ESSER survey
The U.S. economy grew at a solid 6.4% rate in the first three months of this year, setting the stage for what economists are forecasting could be the strongest year for the economy in possibly seven d...
Doug Barrett Jun 27, 2021

Xcel drops plan for new gas power plant in MN
Xcel Energy has scrubbed plans for an $800 million natural gas plant in Becker in the face of criticism from environmental and clean energy groups. Instead, the Minneapolis-based company said Friday i...
Pat Sweeney Jun 25, 2021

Drought conditions persist in ND
Drought conditions continue to grow across many parts of the U.S. Dry conditions have been an issue in North Dakota since the fall of 2020. Recent extreme heat has only made drought impacts worse by i...
Doug Barrett Jun 25, 2021

ND Xcel gas customers to see high bills in July
Xcel Energy natural gas customers in North Dakota will see an increase in their monthly bills starting in July. That's a "pass-through" cost of the natural gas, brought on by the cold snap in Texas, w...
Doug Barrett Jun 25, 2021

Boom in Native American oil complicates Biden climate push
Oil pumped from Native American lands in the U.S. increased almost tenfold since 2009 to more than 130 million barrels annually, bringing new wealth to a handful of tribes. Other tribes left out of th...
Doug Barrett Jun 25, 2021

ND Deer Lottery Held...Licenses Remain
North Dakota's deer gun lottery has been held and more than 7,900 deer gun licenses remain. Only resident applicants who were unsuccessful in the lottery can apply for remaining licenses. More than 79...
Doug Barrett Jun 25, 2021

GF looking to inspect licensing program
When the Ambassador Motel in Grand Forks was closed in April for code violations it was revealed the Inn did not have a current hotel license or certificate of occupancy for rent. Building Inspections...
Doug Barrett Jun 24, 2021

GF school officials likely to revisit building fund levy
Grand Forks voters may get another crack at a 10-mill increase in the school district's building fund later this year. School Superintendent Terry Brenner says he hasn't had time to discuss Tuesday's ...
Doug Barrett Jun 24, 2021