Category Archives: Business News

Burgum releases plan to address workforce challenges
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has released a $50 million dollar plan designed to address the state's workforce challenges. The ND Works Investment Plan focuses on five key areas: career exploratio...
Doug Barrett Oct 26, 2022

Xcel encourages customers to be aware of scammers
If you are asked to prepay money upfront for services with Xcel Energy - it's a scam. The utility says it has been made aware that there are bogus numbers online that link callers to scammers and not ...
Doug Barrett Oct 26, 2022

Business News: GF tax...EGF grants & Starbucks
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in September for the eighth month in a row, matching the pre-pandemic sales pace from 10 years ago, as house hunters grappled with sharply higher mortgage ...
Doug Barrett Oct 23, 2022

MN adding jobs to the workforce
Minnesota gained 4,200 jobs in September according to numbers released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). Minnesota's September unemployment rate remains ...
Doug Barrett Oct 21, 2022

ND mill turned 1st quarter profit
The North Dakota Mill and Elevator reports first quarter profits of $2.33 million dollars. That compares to $3.33 million one-year ago. Mill manager Vance Taylor says timing issues kept the numbers do...
Doug Barrett Oct 20, 2022
Joint effort for new Devils Lake hospital underway
A letter of intent that could pave the way for a new hospital project in Devils Lake was made official during a signing ceremony on Wednesday. Essentia Health is partnering with Altru....the City of D...
Doug Barrett Oct 20, 2022

July 2021 pipeline break leaked 714,000 gallons
A wastewater spill from a pipeline break last year in the northwestern North Dakota oil patch was 20 times greater than first reported. The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality says Tallgr...
Doug Barrett Oct 20, 2022

Talon Metals announces ND battery processing facility
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $2.8 billion in grants to build and expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles in 12 states. The announcement comes as the White House s...
Doug Barrett Oct 19, 2022

Electrical fire at Minot hospital causes some to evacuate
A small explosion and fire disrupted care on the third floor of a Minot hospital. Officials say firefighters were called to Trinity Hospital shortly before 2 p.m. Tuesday where the explosion and subse...
Pat Sweeney Oct 19, 2022

GF County approves bond resolution for jail project
The Grand Forks County Commission has approved the sale of $32,765,000 dollars in bonds to pay for the upcoming jail expansion and juvenile detention project. The low bid will be repaid through seven ...
Doug Barrett Oct 19, 2022