Category Archives: Business News

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates jumped by more than a quarter-point this week to their highest level since 2008, a result of the Federal Reserve's intensified effort to tamp down decades-high in...

Grand Forks Police conducted 18 alcohol compliance checks on Thursday. Fifteen businesses passed the test, but three failed - Applebee's, Paradiso and the Long Haul Saloon. Under the supervision of a ...

A North Dakota judge has denied a request to lift his stay of a law banning abortion while a challenge to the law's constitutionality is pending. Burleigh County District Judge Bruce Romanick today (F...

A committee of the North Dakota Board of Higher Education has given the green light for UND to begin fundraising some $86.5 million dollars for phase one of a multi-phase project would create a scienc...

Americans picked up their spending a bit in August from July even as surging inflation on household necessities like rent and food take a toll on household budgets. The U.S. retail sales rose an unexp...

The Biden administration has approved plans from 34 states - including North Dakota and Minnesota - that detail how those locations will roll out their part of an ambitious national electric vehicle c...

North Dakota taxable sales and purchases climbed 11.5% during the second quarter of this year compared to 2021. S & P's in April, May and June came in at $5.9 billion dollars. Tax Commissioner Bri...

A massive solar project that is expected to cost at least $575 million has been approved by Minnesota utility regulators. The state Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously today (Thu) to allow X...

Thousands of nurses have returned to work at hospitals in Minnesota following a three-day strike over wage increases and staffing and retention made worse by the coronavirus pandemic. Members of the M...

The Grand Forks School Board has declared a critical shortage in hiring of paraeducators for the current year. At last count the district has about 90 openings - with every school reporting unfilled p...