Category Archives: Business News

Business News: GFK update...sales tax & recalls
Inflation eased last month as energy prices tumbled, according to a report closely watched by the Federal Reserve. The Commerce Department reported Friday that consumer prices were up 6.3% in July fro...
Doug Barrett Aug 28, 2022

Circle of Friends making new move
Circle of Friends Humane Society is moving its adoption center. The current location in the Grand Cities Mall will shift to the 900 block of South Washington. CEO LauraLee Tupa says the new location i...
Doug Barrett Aug 27, 2022

Burgum shares Senators' Fufeng concerns, respects GF leaders' desires to wait for review
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum says he appreciates and shares the concerns of Senators Hoeven and Cramer regarding the proposed Fufeng corn milling plant in Grand Forks... but Burgum says he also appre...
Pat Sweeney Aug 26, 2022

Man with gun arrested in Mall of America robbery attempt
A man with a rifle was arrested at the Mall of America after what police said was an armed robbery, just three weeks after the mall was locked down after shots were fired near a store. The mall said i...
Pat Sweeney Aug 26, 2022

24 states get $560M for high-priority cleanup of wells
The Interior Department is giving North Dakota and 23 other states a total of $560 million to start cleaning high-priority oil and gas wells abandoned on state and private land. Secretary Deb Haaland ...
Pat Sweeney Aug 25, 2022

Memorial Village construction officially underway
With construction already underway local leaders took time today (Thursday) to officially break ground on the new Memorial Village project. The five story building is going up on the site of the old M...
Doug Barrett Aug 25, 2022

GF still navigating Fufeng challenges
The City of Grand Forks continues to move forward with planning on the much debated Fufeng project. The proposed corn milling plant is the subject of court challenges and a potential review by the Com...
Doug Barrett Aug 25, 2022

Global Hawks' arrival at Grand Sky called a game-changer
The arrival of all 20 U-S Global Hawk Block 30 unmanned aircraft at Grand Sky was marked today (Wed) by North Dakota's U-S Senators and the director of the Test Resource Management Center. Senators Jo...
Pat Sweeney Aug 24, 2022

Altru checks in with hospital construction
Altru Health officials are showing off the progress being made on the new hospital project in Grand Forks this week. The new build has a working budget of $470 million dollars and stands seven floors ...
Doug Barrett Aug 24, 2022

UNDAAF sees second-best fundraising year
The UND Alumni Association & Foundation (UNDAAF) raised its second highest fundraising total ever in the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2022. The news was announced August 23 at the State of the ...
Doug Barrett Aug 24, 2022