Category Archives: Business News
Downtown GF road construction getting underway
Work begins this week on the latest downtown reconstruction project. Crews will close off North 4th Street from DeMers Avenue through the intersection at 1st Avenue North. The reconstruction is expect...
May 02, 2022
Business News: GF Park District...REA & local sales tax
An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.6% in March compared with a year ago, the highest reading in four decades, further evidence that surging prices are pressuring househ...
May 01, 2022
April blizzards drive down ND oil production
State officials say a pair of blizzards that smacked North Dakota in April caused a dramatic reduction in oil production. The Bismarck Tribune reported that State Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms...
Apr 29, 2022
Target Corp. pays $5M to settle pricing lawsuit
Minnesota-based Target Corporation has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a California lawsuit alleging the retail chain changed prices on its mobile app after customers entered stores. The San Diego ...
Apr 29, 2022
North Dakota Supreme Court: DAPL documents are public
The North Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that thousands of documents related to security during the construction of the heavily protested Dakota Access Pipeline are public and subject to the state's o...
Apr 29, 2022
Drones assist with ND spring storm recovery operations
North Dakota took to the skies to help survey damage caused by blizzards in the western part of the state. ISight and the Northern Plains UAS Test Site used drones to survey rural areas - locating and...
Apr 29, 2022
Groups from North Dakota, Iowa to co-develop CO2 storage
A North Dakota-based power cooperative and an Iowa company have announced an agreement to co-develop carbon dioxide storage facilities. Minnkota Power Cooperative, which operates out of Grand Forks, a...
Apr 28, 2022
ND, SD, MN among Midwest states seeking waiver to sell E15 gas
Governors from eight Midwest states - including the Dakotas and Minnesota - today (Thu) asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a permanent waiver that will allow each state to continue sel...
Apr 28, 2022
Tourism still packs an economic punch in ND
A new report suggests tourism in North Dakota generated nearly $238 million dollars in tax revenue in 2021. Visitors to the state spent $2.61 billion dollars. U.S. Travel reports that North Dakota is ...
Apr 28, 2022
Fufeng project prompts city meeting with FBI
Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski says no red flags were raised in a meeting with the FBI on Wednesday to discuss security concerns regarding the proposed Fufeng project. The meeting was called to a...
Apr 28, 2022