All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 31 2013 // The U.S. government took a step on Monday toward opening the skies to aerial drones, authorizing six sites where unmanned aircraft can be tested for a variety of uses.The Federal Aviation Administration already had...
Dec 12 2013 // North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency is considering suing a company that failed to complete a $17 million computer system overhaul. Workforce Safety and Insurance hired Chicago-based Aon eSolutions in...
Dec 4 2013 // Workplace fatalities in North Dakota last year totaled 64, up 20 over the year. In South Dakota, workplace fatalities last year totaled 31, unchanged from the previous year.The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics says...
Nov 21 2013 // Kansas, North Dakota and other state insurance commissioners snubbed a meeting with President Barack Obama set up to discuss allowing some people to keep medical plans that don’t meet the requirements of the U.S....
Nov 15 2013 // A program that will help homeowners in Minot, N.D. with repair costs following devastating Souris River flooding two years ago is proving popular.More than 700 people have applied for assistance from a program that offers...
Nov 14 2013 // The North Dakota Emergency Commission has approved spending requests for weather-related disasters this year.The Bismarck Tribune reported National Guard state commander Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk brought the requests...
Nov 10 2013 // Several oil tank cars that burst into flames after a train derailed in rural Alabama were expected to keep burning into Saturday, potentially reigniting the push for tougher regulation of the boom in moving oil by...
Nov 6 2013 // The North Dakota Insurance Department wants health insurance companies to disclose the number of people whose policies will be canceled under President Barack Obama’s health care law. Individual health insurance...
Oct 23 2013 // Officials in Grafton are pursuing a scaled-down project that would provide flood protection for at least some of the northeastern North Dakota city because of diminishing prospects for a larger, federally funded...
Oct 18 2013 // When cattle producer Jason Zahn aims his pickup across the gravel roads of North Dakota, he doesn’t see as many native grasses dancing along the prairie. Instead, he sees more and more black.He sees tilled dirt or...
Oct 18 2013 // North Dakota officials are trying to determine if Tesoro Corp. knew about potential problems with a pipeline that leaked more than 20,000 barrels of crude oil in a wheat field in the northwestern part of the...
Oct 10 2013 // The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association is urging ranchers who lost cattle in last weekend’s snowstorm to keep detailed records of their losses.Ranchers and industry officials in the Dakotas have said the...
Sep 30 2013 // Residents of a small town in the middle of the North Dakota oil patch say they’re sick of semitrailers barreling past their homes and want the state to do something about it.Arlene Isaak, 87, and other residents in...
Sep 26 2013 // Insurance Commissioner is inviting North Dakota’s insurance agents to attend the insurance department’s annual agent forums, scheduled for Oct. 7–11.Hamm, along with four other insurance department staff...
Sep 19 2013 // Contaminated water spilling from flooded oil and gas drilling sites in Colorado is refocusing attention on the environmental risks surrounding America’s fracking boom.Floods that have devastated north-central...
Sep 9 2013 // The federal Affordable Care Act will not lead to widespread premium increases in the individual health insurance market. That’s according to a new analysis of 10 states and the United States overall by RAND Corp.,...
Aug 30 2013 // Prosecutors in North Dakota have dropped insurance fraud charges against a McIntosh County man who pleaded guilty to animal abuse charges, after authorities say he submitted a claim saying more than 100 of his cattle died...
Aug 29 2013 // Farmers say they’re pleased with efforts by the federal Risk Management Agency to clarify rules for prevented planting insurance in five Upper Midwest states in 2014.The insurance pays farmers if their cropland is...
Aug 26 2013 // The group that insures an Idaho potato company said in court documents filed on Aug. 23 it should not have to pay the legal bills of a North Dakota man who serves as chairman of the company.Ronald Offutt Jr., of Fargo, has...
Aug 8 2013 // The North Dakota Insurance Department announced that as of Sept. 1, 2013, anyone applying to become a North Dakota resident insurance producer must undergo a criminal background check, including fingerprinting. This...