Category Archives: Business News

Snow damage to amphitheatre forces Frost Fire to cancel summer production
Frost Fire Summer Theatre near Walhalla has canceled its 39th annual summer production because of damage to its amphitheater caused by heavy snow. The Theatre announced on its website that a late Apri...
Pat Sweeney May 03, 2023

GFSO salary scheduled approved
Grand Forks Sheriff's deputies will see a bump in pay under action by the county commission on Tuesday. The board adopted a salary schedule that begins July 1st that increases county costs by $150,000...
Doug Barrett May 03, 2023

GF secures Fufeng reimbursement dollars
The bank that held a letter of credit for the failed Fufeng project in Grand Forks has paid for city expenses incurred during the exploratory period. City Attorney Dan Gaustad informed the council las...
Doug Barrett May 02, 2023

GF Council: JDA & BOE
The Grand Forks Council - meeting as the Board of Equalization - certified the 2023 tax assessment for the city last night (Monday). The market value of 18,527 properties were analyzed for the report....
Doug Barrett May 02, 2023

General Mills orders flour recall
General Mills has announced a voluntary national recall of two-, five- and 10-pound bags of its Gold Medal Unbleached and Bleached All Purpose Flour with a "better if used by" date of March 27, 2024, ...
Doug Barrett May 01, 2023

Business News: Restaurant demo...HIVE & GF sales tax
The U.S. economy slowed sharply from January through March, decelerating to just a 1.1% annual pace as higher interest rates hammered the housing market and businesses reduced their inventories. The n...
Doug Barrett Apr 30, 2023

ND Rent Help program winds down
Changes are coming to North Dakota's pandemic emergency rent and utility assistance program - or ND Rent Help. Health and Human Services will phase out the program starting May 1st in favor of targeti...
Doug Barrett Apr 29, 2023

GF road construction season to begin
One of the larger road construction projects to impact travel in Grand Forks this summer will begin next week. Crews will be closing South Washington from 48th Avenue South to 57th Avenue South starti...
Doug Barrett Apr 27, 2023

ND lawmakers OK tax relief plan
The North Dakota Senate has followed the House lead in passing a tax relief bill. Under it, income tax brackets are reduced from 5 to 3, and the lowest tax bracket would pay no income tax. It also pro...
Doug Barrett Apr 27, 2023

ND Senate OKs bill to prevent foreign adversaries from owning state land
North Dakota's House has again passed a measure designed to try and prevent a foreign county identified as an "adversary" from owning land in the state. The bill was prompted by Fufeng's purchase of l...
Pat Sweeney Apr 26, 2023