All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 6 2014 // Train speeds were to begin increasing through Devils Lake, N.D., on Nov. 5 under a deal between the city and BNSF Railway that also calls for safety upgrades.The railroad last summer informed the city that it planned to...
Oct 21 2014 // Methane emissions will likely be the next big environmental issue to face North Dakota’s booming oil industry according to a top official at the state’s Department of Health.Dave Glatt, chief of the Department...
Oct 21 2014 // Small farmers and ranchers in North Dakota who once were unable to insure their crops will get a chance to do so in 2015 under a new insurance program.Small and mid-size producers will be able to insure all of their crops,...
Oct 14 2014 // Millions of gallons of crude oil are passing through western Pennsylvania — up to 75 trains each week on their way to refineries in the East — according to records released by state emergency management...
Oct 13 2014 // Two more confirmed cases of hepatitis C have been tied to a Minot, N.D., nursing home that’s the subject of a federal lawsuit.The new cases bring the total associated with ManorCare to 47 and add to the list of...
Sep 24 2014 // North Dakota oil producers told the state’s energy regulators that existing field practices used to prepare Bakken crude for rail transport are safe and that tougher rules could do more harm than good.The comments,...
Sep 18 2014 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) appointed NAIC President and North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm to serve a two-year term as the state insurance commissioner representative on the...
Sep 15 2014 // Crop insurance agents in North Dakota say they have begun receiving claims and expect more than the usual number to come in because a lot of wheat still unharvested. The Bismarck Tribune reports that a snowy April and wet...
Sep 11 2014 // North Dakota officials are touting a new export program designed to help farmers increase sales and minimize their risk.The program authorizes the Bank of North Dakota to provide insurance coverage of not less than 90...
Aug 29 2014 // U.S. Agriculture Department has announced new supplemental coverage for North Dakota crops through the federal crop insurance program.U.S. Sen. John Hoeven said the department’s Supplemental Coverage Option will...
Aug 21 2014 // Plans for an $823 million flood control project for the Souris River Valley in North Dakota are in limbo due to federal policy changes and disagreements in Congress.Corps of Engineers officials are studying new rules that...
Aug 21 2014 // The medical director at North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency has resigned. KXMB-TV reports that Luis Vilella stepped down on Aug. 15 after eight years with Workforce Safety and Insurance. Vilella has...
Aug 20 2014 // Torrential rains led to weekend flooding in parts of North Dakota, inundating or threatening more than a dozen homes in the west and causing at least two injuries in the east.Many areas of the state got several inches of...
Aug 14 2014 // A road construction company says it will have to redo 50 feet of concrete on a Fargo street after a 78-year-old woman drove through fresh cement. The accident happened in a construction zone near 25th Street and Interstate...
Aug 8 2014 // A North Dakota company must allow federal inspectors unfettered access to a sand and gravel mine that is the subject of workplace safety complaints, a federal judge ordered Aug. 6.The U.S. Department of Labor filed a...
Aug 5 2014 // The North Dakota State Fire and Tornado Fund (F&T) for the first time in its history will waive insurance premiums for its policyholders, the state insurance department announced“The State Fire and Tornado Fund...
Aug 5 2014 // A crop insurer has reached an agreement with North Dakota insurance regulators under which it will return a portion of premiums to some crop/hail insurance policyholders.North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm...
Jul 23 2014 // More than half a day after an industrial fire broke out in the North Dakota oil patch town of Williston, N.D., authorities still were unable to say what caused the massive blaze.The fire, which started around midnight...
Jul 21 2014 // Seven states, including five in the Great Plains, saw their median age decline between 2012 and 2013, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. At the same time, the median age for the United States as a whole ticked up...
Jul 10 2014 // Job Service North Dakota data show counties that produced oil last year held nine of the top 10 spots in average annual wages.Research analyst Michael Ziesch says North Dakota’s average annual wage increased about 4...