Category Archives: Business News

American Crystal to close production plant
American Crystal Sugar will shutter the processing plant in Sidney (MT) later this year. The company says there is no longer adequate interest in growing sugar beets to sustain the operations - and pl...
Doug Barrett Feb 06, 2023

CTE funding secured...more possible
The first bill Gov, Doug Burgum signed from the 2023 Legislative Session creates a line of credit at the Bank of North Dakota for career academies. The $68 million will help finance the construction o...
Doug Barrett Feb 06, 2023

Business News: GF jobs...local sales tax & Holiday
For nearly a year, the Federal Reserve has been on a mission to cool down the job market to help curb the nation's worst inflation bout in four decades. The job market hasn't been cooperating. Conside...
Doug Barrett Feb 05, 2023

Hoeven announces award for the EERC
The Energy and Environmental Research Center has a new project to work on. U.S. Senator John Hoeven traveled to Grand Forks today (Friday) to announce a $1.4 million dollar award to the EERC for a new...
Doug Barrett Feb 03, 2023

Funding secured for ND CTE projects
Gov. Doug Burgum has signed his first bill of the 2023 legislative session providing a $68 million line of credit to help finance the construction of 13 planned career academies across the state - inc...
Doug Barrett Feb 03, 2023

Cramer says right person authored Air Force letter
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer says the right person authored the Air Force letter that was critical of the Fufeng project in Grand Forks says a lot. Cramer says the reason Andrew Hunter - the assistant se...
Doug Barrett Feb 03, 2023

EERC seeking additional state dollars
A North Dakota Senate panel has agreed to increase state funding for the Energy and Environmental Research Center. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 14-zero (Thursday) to move the funding cap ...
Doug Barrett Feb 03, 2023

UND President Armacost reacts to Fufeng decision
UND President Andrew Armacost has weighed in on the latest Fufeng developments. In a statement, Armacost noted that Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski had voiced concern over what he felt were incons...
Pat Sweeney Feb 02, 2023

Fufeng annexation called into question
A member of the Grand Forks Planning and Zoning Commission says efforts are already underway to address annexed land owned by Fufeng. The China-based company purchased 370 acres of land north of the c...
Doug Barrett Feb 02, 2023

MN lawmakers look at hospital merger bill
Minnesota lawmakers may seek more authority over the potential Sanford-Fairview hospital merger. The merger discussions have critics saying it would diminish health care in the state on several fronts...
Doug Barrett Feb 02, 2023