Category Archives: Business News

GF Business News: ND jobs...GFK grant & cash
Consumer prices in the United States cooled last month, rising just 0.1% from April to May and extending the past year's steady easing of inflation. At the same time, some measures of underlying price...
Doug Barrett Jun 18, 2023

ND oil and gas trend up
April was a good month for North Dakota's oil and gas industry. That from state Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms. He held his monthly "Director's Cut" briefing, where he discussed the April numbe...
Doug Barrett Jun 16, 2023

GF schools secure CIA land & contracts
The Grand Forks School District has accepted the ownership of land necessary to pave the way for the new Career Impact Academy. The school board approved a resolution last night (Monday) accepting two...
Doug Barrett Jun 13, 2023

Business News: Digital billboards...job openings & new Twining School
The job market continues to defy the odds. Despite rising interest rates and high inflation, employers added 339-thousand jobs last month. Several sectors added jobs from construction to restaurants t...
Doug Barrett Jun 11, 2023

OSHA: GF firm among 3 in ND with no recordable injury/illness incidents in '22
The OSHA division of the U-S Labor Department says a Grand Forks company is one of three in North Dakota that had no recordable injury or illness incidents in 2022. OSHA is commending C-F Industries o...
Pat Sweeney Jun 08, 2023

EGF sets interview dates for city administrator
The candidate pool for the next city administrator in East Grand Forks is down to four finalists. The hiring firm David Drone Associates is assisting in the search process and presented the city with ...
Doug Barrett Jun 07, 2023

GF Council: comments...PILOT taxes & CIA
The Grand Forks City Council approved a revised set of guidelines for how citizen comments are made last night (Monday). The council will offer two citizen comment periods: one prior to action items o...
Doug Barrett Jun 06, 2023

DOT awards $30 million for GF project
The proposed 42nd Street grade separation project is getting a financial shot in the arm. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will travel to Grand Forks this afternoon (Monday) announce a fed...
Doug Barrett Jun 05, 2023

ND is watching MN's recreational pot program
North Dakota's Division of Medical Marijuana will be monitoring Minnesota's rollout of recreational pot. Division Director Jason Wahl says when Montana went recreational it did have a negative impact ...
Doug Barrett Jun 05, 2023

ND close to receiving federal O-K for CTE funding
The director of the North Dakota's Career and Technical Education Office says it appears the state could finally have the approval to use federal COVID relief money for career academies across the sta...
Doug Barrett Jun 05, 2023