All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 15 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 13 2016 // A lawyer and a state chamber of commerce vice president says he is running for North Dakota insurance commissioner. Jon Godfread is a Republican. He is vying for the seat being vacated by Adam Hamm, who announced in...
Jan 3 2016 // Officials think education could increase interest in a new type of crop insurance that also might give farmers who diversify a boost.Whole farm crop insurance became available in North Dakota this past growing season. No...
Dec 30 2015 // The North Dakota Insurance Department announced that Aspen Bermuda Limited has applied for certified reinsurer status in North Dakota.All interested parties are invited to submit written comments in connection with this...
Dec 21 2015 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says the state will receive more than $138,000 in settlement agreements over use of the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File, or DMF. Hamm says life...
Dec 17 2015 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm is stepping down. Hamm tells The Associated Press he will not seek re-election in 2016. Hamm says he has not decided what he will do in the future. The 44-year-old Republican...
Dec 10 2015 // A Bismarck, N.D, insurance and securities agent has been served a cease and desist order for allegedly accepting money from clients and issuing them fraudulent certificates of deposit.North Dakota Insurance Commissioner...
Nov 20 2015 // Freezing rain and snow passing through North Dakota accompanied by strong winds shut down highways, put school buses in the ditch and led to a triple-fatal crash.The system that began on Nov. 18 was moving out of the state...
Nov 4 2015 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA) has acquired Dawson Insurance Agency, a 98-year-old family-owned agency in Fargo, N.D. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Established in 1917, Dawson Insurance provides...
Nov 3 2015 // Federal labor officials say a North Dakota roofing contractor has been cited as a result of a worker safety investigation.The U.S. Department of Labor says inspectors found Fargo-based Lorz Construction failed to provide...
Oct 29 2015 // North Dakota’s congressional delegation and others from the state say a proposed $3 billion cut to crop insurance is unacceptable.A two-year budget deal in Congress would reduce federal subsidies to companies that...
Sep 8 2015 // Thousands of U.S. schools sit along rail corridors used to carry toxic substances such as crude oil and would be at risk in the event of a derailment, an environmental group said on Tuesday as it called for a temporary...
Aug 26 2015 // A lawyer for BNSF says a civil lawsuit against the railway over a derailment near Casselton, N.D., nearly two years ago should be put on hold until it can be determined whether a broken axel was the cause of the fiery...
Jul 31 2015 // The National Weather Service has confirmed that storm damage in Tolna, N.D. was caused by a tornado. The tornado last week was rated an EF-1, with an estimated peak wind speed of 110 mph. It was on the ground for about 4...
Jul 9 2015 // North Dakota officials are pushing the Army Corps of Engineers to make long-term flood protection for the Souris River Valley a priority.Local and state officials fear that any work they do on a proposed $1 billion...
Jul 8 2015 // A North Dakota man was killed while working at an asphalt production plant in central South Dakota. Sully County Sherriff Bill Stahl told KCCR radio that 66-year-old Jerold Walth of Wishek, North Dakota, was performing...
Jun 22 2015 // Prosecutors are asking a judge to allow the government to seize money from an auction sale by two North Dakota brothers who were ordered to pay back more than $900,000 for intentionally destroying potatoes to collect...
Jun 15 2015 // A state server containing information from North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency was breached, but it’s unlikely any personal information was stolen, state officials announced.Mike Ressler, the...
Jun 5 2015 // A Texas-based insurance company is facing a $275,000 penalty in North Dakota after regulators probed the company’s claim-settlement practices.North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says an investigation...
Jun 2 2015 // Slower economic growth is likely through the end of the third quarter this year for nine Midwestern and Plains states, according to a report issued on June 1.The survey report says the overall Mid-America Business...