Category Archives: Business News

Business News: Inflation...airfare & GF teachers
Prices at the wholesale level fell from June to July, the first month-to-month drop in more than two years and a sign that some of the U.S. economy's inflationary pressures cooled last month. The easi...
Doug Barrett Aug 14, 2022

GF/EGF Chamber forms UAS Committee
The Chamber has formed a North Dakota UAS Leadership Committee. The group will hold regular meetings to talk all things UAS. With growth in the industry taking off Chamber Board Chair Tommy Kenville s...
Doug Barrett Aug 12, 2022

Altru Hospital construction making progress
Construction crews are getting closer every day to wrapping up steel work on the new Altru Hospital project in Grand Forks. After breaking ground in June 2019 the construction was paused during the CO...
Doug Barrett Aug 11, 2022

ND abortion clinic opens at new MN site
The operator of North Dakota's only abortion clinic said Wednesday the clinic has opened in its new location in Moorhead, just weeks before it's likely to be forced to close its Fargo location under a...
Pat Sweeney Aug 10, 2022

Ice events net EGF cold cash
A new analysis suggests ice hockey and figure skating events bring more than a few dollars to East Grand Forks. The survey was conduction by the University of Minnesota Extension Service in Crookston....
Doug Barrett Aug 10, 2022

EGF examines Quiet Zone plan
The next step in creating a railroad quiet zone in East Grand Forks is an engineering agreement between the city and BNSF. The city council reviewed the document at last night's (Tuesday) work session...
Doug Barrett Aug 10, 2022

FAA awards $9.39M to GF Regional Airport Authority
The F-A-A has awarded $9.39 million to the Grand Forks Regional Airport Authority. The money will fund a project to construct a 20,000 square foot 18-unit T-hanger for aircraft storage, maintenance or...
Pat Sweeney Aug 08, 2022

North Dakota clinic ramps up move to Minnesota
The owner of the sole abortion clinic in North Dakota has been busy getting a new location ready in Moorhead, Minnesota. Tammi Kromenaker was directing traffic Friday outside a commercial building she...
Doug Barrett Aug 08, 2022

Business News: ND Mill...GF/EGF home sales & Nintendo
America's hiring boom continued last month as employers added a surprising 528,000 jobs despite raging inflation and rising anxiety about a recession. July's hiring was up from 398,000 in June. The un...
Doug Barrett Aug 07, 2022

GF County sets stage for bond sale
The Grand Forks County Board has set the wheels in motion to sell bonds this fall to pay for a planned correctional center expansion project and upgraded juvenile detention facility. The commission O-...
Doug Barrett Aug 05, 2022