All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 5 2013 // The value of crops produced in North Dakota last year totaled almost $11 billion, nearly doubling the $6 billion value of crops produced during flood-plagued 2011. The federal Agriculture Department computes the value by...
Feb 28 2013 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has released a report that shows more than $4.3 million was recovered or saved for North Dakota citizens in 2012.This number represents money recovered on behalf of North...
Feb 13 2013 // Farmland values in North Dakota in 2012 jumped 46 percent on average over the year, with demand from both farmers and investors, a new report concludes.The report from the North Dakota Chapter of the American Society of...
Feb 6 2013 // The North Dakota Senate is considering a bill that would clamp down on who can access information from a crash report, putting it at odds with news outlets that contend the information should be available to the general...
Jan 25 2013 // The number of court cases is skyrocketing in North Dakota, especially in the oil-producing western part of the state, according to the state’s court administrator.Sally Holewa told the Senate Judiciary committee that...
Jan 16 2013 // The parents of two Texas boys killed when a pickup truck ran over their tent in a North Dakota campground last summer have returned to North Dakota to lobby the state Legislature for tougher drunken driving laws.Alaries...
Jan 3 2013 // Drunken driving arrests in North Dakota’s largest city dropped nearly 10 percent last year after a record 2011.Preliminary data show officers made 1,019 arrests for driving under the influence last year, down from a...
Dec 26 2012 // North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency is offering safety training to companies in the state’s booming oil patch, an effort to decrease job-related deaths and injuries happening most often to...
Dec 21 2012 // North Dakota’s total population climbed by 2.17 percent between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2012. This is the fastest growth of any state, and nearly three times faster than the nation as a whole, according to Census...
Dec 21 2012 // State officials say a plan for tougher drunken driving legislation would make North Dakota one of 15 states to require jail time for first-time offenders.The proposal follows pleas for stiffer DUI penalties after a...
Dec 14 2012 // North Dakota’s largest city is planning to offer buyouts to residents of 56 homes next year as part of a plan to protect them from Red River flooding.Fargo officials say the buyouts will likely cost about $24...
Dec 5 2012 // An American Medical Association study concludes that North Dakota’s health insurance market is almost a monopoly but the state’s dominant health insurer says consumers are not getting gouged.The study says a...
Dec 3 2012 // Home improvement retailer Menard Inc. says it will hire workers from its home base in Wisconsin and fly them to North Dakota to staff a store in Minot, which is near the state’s booming oil patch and has more jobs...
Dec 3 2012 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has elected its 2013 officers: President: Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon President-Elect: North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam...
Nov 16 2012 // A study has concluded that Minot, N.D., has $1 billion in unmet needs as it continues to recover from historic Souris River flooding in 2011.The Minot City Council spent $125,000 of federal grant money to commission the...
Nov 8 2012 // Neil Alldredge has been searching for the unifying “theme” in the results of Nov. 6 state elections around the country but he says it has not been easy to identify one.As senior vice president for state and...
Nov 7 2012 // Republican and incumbent North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm handily won re-election against his Democrat challenger Tom Potter.Hamm received just over 63 percent of the vote to Potter’s 36.5 percent. Hamm...
Nov 5 2012 // For the insurance industry, there is more at stake in the Nov. 6 election than who goes to or stays in the White House and Congress.The insurance industry will be watching who wins the gubernatorial races in 11 states,...
Oct 25 2012 // North Dakota tree owners take note: If your tree’s branches damage your neighbor’s house, he or she may be able to get into your pocket.So says the North Dakota Supreme Court, which ruled that the owner of...
Oct 19 2012 // A tiny southwestern North Dakota town has been all but destroyed by a wind-fueled wildfire that displaced its 27 residents, prompting an outpouring of assistance from surrounding communities, officials said Thursday.No one...