Category Archives: Business News
Project Tundra Lands DOE Grant
A proposed North Dakota project for storing greenhouse gas underground has been given a financial jolt. The U.S. Department of Energy will award $350 million dollars to Minnkota Power for a carbon cap...
Dec 15, 2023
MPCA fines Xcel $14K for water storage violations
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has fined Xcel Energy $14,000 for storing radioactive water aboveground at the Monticello nuclear power plant. The Agency says that Xcel moved the water to tanks...
Dec 14, 2023
Rail Passenger Grant Secured
Efforts to restore rail service on Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha Chicago to Seattle route is picking up steam. The Federal Rail Administration has announced a $500,000 dollar grant to the Big Sky Pass...
Dec 14, 2023
GF: Epitome...The Beacon & Recreation Center
The Grand Forks council received updates on a pair of large scale projects last night - The Beacon and Epitome Energy. The downtown Beacon includes three large buildings that will surround a public pl...
Dec 12, 2023
Business News: Jobs...Epitome Energy & REA Project
U.S. applications for jobless benefits ticked up last week, but the overall number of people in the U.S. collecting unemployment benefits fell after hitting its highest level in two years last week. A...
Dec 10, 2023
American Crystal Sugar Marks 50 Years
American Crystal used Thursday's annual meeting in Fargo to celebrate the company's 50th anniversary. President and CEO Tom Astrup told attendees that A-C-S had one of the best crops ever in 2023. The...
Dec 08, 2023
GF County Parking Ramp Repairs
The Grand Forks County Commission wants to continue the dialogue over stalled talks to transfer ownership of the downtown parking ramp to the city. Consultants have told the county that the ramp needs...
Dec 06, 2023
Fargo voters reject FARGODOME plan
Fargo residents on Tuesday narrowly rejected a .25 sales tax and a lodging tax to pay for expansion and renovation of the FARGODOME. The project would have added exhibition and conference space to the...
Dec 06, 2023
GF Air Service Expansion Committee to take next step
A committee charged with expanding air service at the Grand Forks Airport will ask local business groups to fly local. The panel met for a second time on Monday and noted that one of the measuring too...
Dec 05, 2023
Two more ND cities land natural gas
Two more cities in eastern North Dakota will soon be receiving natural gas service. Arvilla and Larimore will be receiving natural gas from Dakota Natural Gas, a subsidiary of Greater Minnesota Gas. T...
Dec 04, 2023