Category Archives: Business News

EGF eyes 4th St NE reconstruction
The East Grand Forks council approved plans and specs last night (Tuesday) for the reconstruction of 4th Street Northeast - but stopped short of moving the project forward as is. The road work would t...
Doug Barrett Jun 08, 2022

GF/EGF pools open for summer season
The 2022 swimming season is getting underway this week in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks. Elks pool opened on Monday and East Grand Forks will be good to go on Wednesday (1:00 p.m.). Fans of Riversi...
Doug Barrett Jun 07, 2022

GF moves to annex north side parcel
The Grand Forks council approved the annexation of property north of the city designed to be the new home of the proposed Fufeng project. As has been the case with most meetings regarding the corn mil...
Doug Barrett Jun 07, 2022

Inflation impacting college campuses...including UND
The president of the University of North Dakota says inflation is a big concern in the University System. Andrew Armacost says this becomes important in recruiting and retaining staff. Armacost says i...
Doug Barrett Jun 06, 2022

Gas prices hit new record highs
Gas prices in North Dakota continue to set new record highs. According to the latest Triple-A Fuel Survey the going rate nationwide is $4.87 a gallon. North Dakota's average is $4.54 cents. That compa...
Doug Barrett Jun 06, 2022

Business News: GF groundbreaking...Social Security & Titan expansion
U.S. employers added a healthy 390,000 jobs last month, extending a streak of solid hiring that has bolstered an economy under pressure from high inflation and interest rates. Last month's gain reflec...
Doug Barrett Jun 05, 2022

ND officials extend ban on poultry events
North Dakota animal health officials have extended a ban on poultry events indefinitely as a bird flu outbreak continues. The State Board of Animal Health canceled all shows, public sales, swaps and e...
Pat Sweeney Jun 03, 2022

Xcel eyes natural gas rate hike in ND
The North Dakota Public Service Commission is holding formal hearings on a natural gas rate increase proposed by Xcel Energy. The increase would come on the monthly base charge, for the delivery of th...
Doug Barrett Jun 03, 2022

Developers of Franklin on Fourth ready site
The Franklin on Fourth development project in Grand Forks got a nod of support from the Downtown Design Review Board this week. With demolition of the downtown site all but complete construction is ex...
Doug Barrett Jun 03, 2022

Ground broken on ND soybean crushing plant
Gov. Doug Burgum and Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford today joined officials from ADM and Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC) at the Spiritwood Energy Park to help break ground on the Green Bison Soy Processing plan...
Pat Sweeney Jun 02, 2022