All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 21 2016 // One worker was killed and two others were seriously injured in an explosion and fire at an oil well in western North Dakota, authorities said.The McKenzie County Sheriff’s Department said 52-year-old Johnny Stassinos...
Jun 20 2016 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has fined an insurance firm that sold crop insurance in that state and ordered restitution to farmers.The North Dakota Insurance Department announced the multi-layered...
Jun 17 2016 // A 30-year-old self-insurance pool has been paying off well for North Dakota political subdivisions, despite large claim losses in 2015.“It’s worked extremely well,” said Steve Spilde, chief executive...
Jun 13 2016 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has fined an insurance firm that sold crop insurance in that state and ordered restitution to farmers.The North Dakota Insurance Department announced the multi-layered...
Jun 2 2016 // A North Dakota-based insurance company is accusing a major farm equipment manufacturer from Canada of making defective grain bins. Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Co. of Jamestown is suing Winnipeg-based Westeel in federal...
May 27 2016 // North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple told industry and government officials on May 25 that the state’s unprecedented oil boom that made it the economic darling of the nation is far from going bust.“From our...
May 26 2016 // A Williston, N.D.-based oil field service company will pay $250,000 to a worker it fired after he complained of harassment to settle a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
May 18 2016 // Proponents of a proposed $2.1 billion Fargo-Moorhead flood diversion project in North Dakota will have to do a better job of addressing concerns about how it would affect farmers and other residents upstream before...
May 10 2016 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this week is launching a study of permanent flood protection for the Souris River Basin in North Dakota, which includes Minot.The Corps will look at the cost-effectiveness and environmental...
Apr 21 2016 // An attorney for a Minnesota man accused of firebombing a Somali restaurant across the North Dakota border in Grand Forks said that any racial overtones were overblown by people who aren’t familiar with the...
Apr 13 2016 // The insurance carrier for the sheriff’s departments in Ward and Burleigh counties has reached a settlement with the family of a jail inmate who died in October 2014.Ward Sheriff’s Maj. Bob Barnard confirmed the...
Mar 22 2016 // North Dakota’s chief insurance regulator says his agency recovered or saved $3.4 million for the state’s citizens in 2015.This number represents money recovered through the North Dakota’s Insurance...
Mar 14 2016 // Small, nonfarm businesses in seven North Dakota counties are now eligible to apply for low-interest federal disaster loans to help recuperate from wind and hail damage last June.The U.S. Small Business Administration says...
Mar 9 2016 // Victims of the largest hepatitis C outbreak in recent U.S. history dropped their claims against a Minot, N.D., nursing home, which joined them in suing a hospital, which they both say is really at fault.Twenty-one outbreak...
Mar 7 2016 // The National Weather Service says the risk of noticeable flooding across North Dakota continues to drop.An updated report shows that the threat of significant and impactful snowmelt flooding is “very low” and...
Feb 22 2016 // The National Weather Service says that the threat of substantial spring flooding in North Dakota is low, including along a river in the eastern part of the state that has caused millions of dollars of damage in the last...
Feb 17 2016 // North Dakota regulators are proposing new rules aimed at the oil industry.A slate of proposed rules were unveiled on Feb. 16, including a requirement that would require bonding for all crude and saltwater pipelines....
Feb 10 2016 // The North Dakota Department of Transportation says law enforcement officers in the state issued 764 citations for seat belt and child restraint violations in January.The extra traffic safety patrols were part of a Click It...
Jan 25 2016 // The number of work-related deaths in the North Dakota oil patch in 2015 dropped from the previous year.Occupational Safety and Health Administration data show three such fatalities last year, down from seven in 2014 and 10...
Jan 22 2016 // The North Dakota Insurance Reserve Fund will pay $142,500 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Richland County Sheriff’s Office.The three men who filed the lawsuit alleged they were injured when two...