All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 7 2015 // A BNSF train carrying crude oil owned by Hess Corp derailed and caught fire in North Dakota on May 6, forcing the evacuation of a nearby small town just days after the United States and Canada announced reforms to improve...
Apr 17 2015 // The North Dakota Insurance Department says it helped residents recover or save nearly $4.4 million last year. The department says the money was recovered on behalf of North Dakota residents through its hotline, complaints...
Apr 1 2015 // North Dakota, whose oil riches have been unlocked by the use of hydraulic fracturing, said it will join Wyoming in a lawsuit challenging a new federal rule requiring more information about the process when it’s used...
Mar 11 2015 // Two North Dakota brothers have been sentenced to prison time and ordered to pay back more than $900,000 for intentionally destroying potatoes to collect federal farm insurance payments.In separate hearings, U.S. District...
Mar 9 2015 // The main north-south artery in North Dakota’s oil patch is the most dangerous stretch of road in the state, newly released statistics show.U.S. Highway 85 had the most fatal accidents, injury accidents and property...
Feb 26 2015 // The fiery derailment of a train carrying crude oil in West Virginia earlier this month is one of three in the past year involving tank cars that already meet a higher safety standard than what federal law requires –...
Feb 24 2015 // The main north-south artery in North Dakota’s oil patch is the most dangerous stretch of road in the state, newly released statistics show.U.S. Highway 85 had the most fatal accidents, injury accidents and property...
Feb 20 2015 // Federal investigators will examine whether pressurized gas played a role in the massive blast that followed the derailment of a train carrying crude oil through West Virginia this week, the U.S. Transportation Department...
Feb 17 2015 // A recent slide in oil prices is leading to fewer jobs in the western North Dakota oil patch, but officials there and in northwestern South Dakota say the regional industry is resilient and will ride out the slump.Openings...
Feb 16 2015 // A CSX Corp train hauling North Dakota crude derailed in West Virginia on Monday, setting a number of cars ablaze, destroying a house and forcing the evacuation of two towns in the second significant oil-train incident in...
Jan 25 2015 // Fargo, N.D’s acting mayor says the Federal Emergency Management Agency has moved to continue to allow homeowners to have basements in the city’s new floodplain. FEMA is responsible for the National Home...
Jan 16 2015 // Efficiencies at the North Dakota Insurance Department have led the state’s insurance commissioner to ask for a reduced operating budget for 2015 – 2017, the department announced.North Dakota Insurance...
Jan 2 2015 // North Dakota authorities say drunken driving arrests in the state were down nearly 10 percent in 2014.Highway Patrol Sgt. Tom Iverson told KXMB-TV about 1,700 driving under the influence arrests were made statewide last...
Dec 31 2014 // North Dakota’s Transportation Department and Highway Patrol say efforts are being made to increase safety on the major north-south artery in the western oil patch.There have been 25 traffic crash fatalities on the...
Dec 22 2014 // The fire at an oil field supply company in northwest North Dakota in July has cost the owner $12.7 million.The Williston Herald reports insurance didn’t cover the incident at Williston’s Red River Supply...
Dec 18 2014 // North Dakota is receiving $1.2 million in federal funds for flood mitigation efforts and home buyouts in Cass County.Members of the state’s congressional delegation announced the funding from the Federal Emergency...
Dec 17 2014 // The Farmers Elevator in Colfax, N.D., is working to resume grain-handling operations while crews clean up after a fire that caused heavy damage and investigators work to determine the cause of the blaze.Estimates are still...
Dec 5 2014 // North Dakota’s insurance department has levied a $60,000 fine against the state’s largest health insurer for violating state law.Noridian Mutual Insurance Co. does business as Blue Cross Blue Shield of North...
Dec 2 2014 // Trial is set to begin for two North Dakota brothers accused of intentionally destroying potatoes and defrauding the federal government out of about $2 million in crop insurance payments.Aaron and Derek Johnson, of the...
Nov 26 2014 // One of two brothers accused of scamming the government out of $2 million in crop insurance payments says a previous conviction should not be allowed as evidence in his trial.Aaron Johnson, 50, and Derek Johnson, 47, who...