Category Archives: Business News
GF Business News: jobs...farmland values & COF
The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid fell last week to 547,000, a new low since the pandemic struck. It's the latest indication that layoffs are slowing on the strength of an improvin...
Apr 25, 2021
Pipeline owner: Shutdown would cause dire financial effects
The owner of the Dakota Access pipeline says shutting down the flow of oil would have dire financial consequences based on recent economic conditions. Texas-based Energy Transfer said in its filing la...
Apr 21, 2021
Townhouse demo in full swing near downtown GF
Demolition of the former Townhouse Motel is well underway. Work crews started taking a wrecking ball to the former Inn on the 700 block of 1st Avenue North last week. Developers are planning to turn t...
Apr 20, 2021
GF board halts plan for teacher layoffs
The Grand Forks School Board hit the pause button last night on reducing teaching positions next year in light of budget constraints. Last week members agreed to trim over $4.4 million dollars from th...
Apr 20, 2021
GF Business News: GFK...home sales & construction
Newly vaccinated and armed with $1,400 stimulus checks, Americans went on a spending spree last month, buying new clothes and going out to eat again. The Commerce Department says retail sales surged a...
Apr 18, 2021
Foreigner to appear at the Alerus Center
Foreigner is bringing "The Greatest Hits of Foreigner on Tour" to Alerus Center on Thursday, September 9th. Tickets start at $39.50 plus applicable fees and go on-sale Friday, April 23rd at 10:00 AM. ...
Apr 16, 2021
Alcohol related deaths in MN still on the upswing
New preliminary data show that nearly a thousand Minnesotans died from alcohol use last year. The preliminary data suggest that factors related to the pandemic may have boosted a decades-long trend of...
Apr 16, 2021
Blackouts cause North Dakota oil and gas production to fall
The winter storms that paralyzed Texas and other south-central states and resulted in rolling power blackouts elsewhere caused North Dakota's oil and gas production to fall more than expected in Febru...
Apr 16, 2021
Residents of GF motel still working on exit plan
Despite being deemed unsafe not all residents of the Ambassador Motel in Grand Forks have left the Inn for housing elsewhere. On Friday city inspectors declared the motel "off limits" calling the stru...
Apr 15, 2021
ND prescription drug bill kicked
The North Dakota House has rejected a drug importation bill designed to help lower prescription costs. The bill was intended to allow North Dakota to join other states to import medicine from north of...
Apr 14, 2021