Latest North Dakota Headlines

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North Dakota Oil Patch Sees Exodus of Workers

Sep 15 2020 // Killdeer City, N.D., Administrator Matt Oase can’t help but notice that the community’s population is not what it was six months ago, and wonder what that might mean for the 2020 census count.Apartment...

NTSB: Structural Failure Led to Deadly North Dakota Air Ambulance Crash

Sep 8 2020 // A structural failure led to a 2018 air ambulance crash in North Dakota that killed all three people on board, a new report says.The Bismarck Tribune reports the National Transportation Safety Board last month published its...

North Dakota Dems Endorse New Candidate for Insurance Commissioner Post

Sep 2 2020 // North Dakota Democrats have endorsed a new candidate for insurance commissioner after the state Supreme Court ruled the party’s initial nominee was ineligible for the ballot.In a unanimous opinion last week, the high...

North Dakota High Court: Dem Insurance Commissioner Candidate Ineligible

Aug 27 2020 // The North Dakota Supreme Court has ruled that the Democratic nominee for insurance commissioner is ineligible for the November ballot.In a unanimous opinion, the high court upheld a lower court ruling that concluded...

Judge: North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Candidate Not Eligible to Run

Aug 19 2020 // A South Central District judge has concluded the Democratic-NPL nominee for North Dakota insurance commissioner hasn’t lived in the state long enough to hold the office.The decision by Judge Thomas Schneider about...

Large Apartment Fire in North Dakota Ignited by Smoking Materials

Aug 18 2020 // A big fire at an apartment building in Mandan, N.D., last week started accidentally with improperly discarded smoking materials, police said.The determination was made after examination of physical evidence and interviews...

Large Fire Causes Heavy Damage at North Dakota Apartment Complex

Aug 12 2020 // A large fire at an apartment complex in Mandan, N.D., has displaced its tenants.Flames could be seen shooting from the roof of the three-story Sunset Bluffs Apartments Monday night. The Red Cross is assisting an unknown...

Lawsuit Claims North Dakota Refinery Developer Owes Workers Wages

Jul 23 2020 // Some current and former employees of a company developing an oil refinery near Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota filed a lawsuit claiming they are owed wages and bonuses.Meridian Energy Group first proposed...

Midwest States to Get Federal Help After Disaster Declarations Approved

Jul 13 2020 // At least three Midwest states – Michigan, Missouri and North Dakota will receive federal help after President Donald Trump approved their requests for federal disaster declarations.Missouri requested a federal disaster...

North Dakota GOP Wants Dem Insurance Commissioner Candidate Off Ballot

Jul 13 2020 // The North Dakota Republican Party is asking the state Supreme Court to remove Democratic candidate for state insurance commissioner from the November ballot, alleging she hasn’t lived in the state long enough to run...

GOP Questions North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Candidate’s Eligibility

May 22 2020 // The North Dakota Republican Party is questioning the eligibility of the Democratic candidate for state insurance commissioner, alleging she hasn’t lived in the state long enough to run for statewide office.In a...

COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps Proving Not Much of a Help Thus Far

May 21 2020 // Harnessing today’s technology to fight the coronavirus pandemic is turning out to be more complicated than it first appeared.The first U.S. states that rolled out smartphone apps for tracing the contacts of COVID-19...

North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Addresses COVID-19 Testing Coverage

May 18 2020 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread has issued a bulletin addressing coverage for COVID-19 testing in response to an executive order from Gov. Doug Burgum. The new bulletin builds an a previous bulletin in...

North Dakota State Fair Cancelled for 2020 Due to Coronavirus

May 13 2020 // The North Dakota State Fair is the latest casualty of the coronavirus outbreak, as the number of cases and deaths in the state continue to rise.Fair officials announced they’re calling off the event because of...

North Dakota’s NI Holdings, Plans $10M Stock Repurchase

May 7 2020 // Fargo, North Dakota-based insurance holding company, NI Holdings Inc., the parent company of Nodak Insurance, is planning to repurchase up to approximately $10 million of the company’s outstanding common stock.The...

North Dakota Insurance Commissioner: Online Producer License Testing Now Available

Apr 21 2020 // An online, remotely proctored testing application called ProProctor, offered by Prometric, the producer licensing testing and assessment provider for North Dakota, is now available in that state, according to North Dakota...

Positive Tests Mount After Virus Outbreak at North Dakota Wind Turbine Plant

Apr 20 2020 // A coronavirus outbreak at a northeastern North Dakota wind turbine plant has ballooned to 110 cases in early testing and one city official said he expects a “prolonged battle” to control the spread.An uptick in...

Regulator: Thousands of Oil Wells Idled in North Dakota

Apr 16 2020 // A top state oil regulator estimates that North Dakota producers have idled thousands of wells — amounting to more than a quarter of the oil wells in the state — as the U.S. oil industry crashed during the coronavirus...

North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Issues Guidelines in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

Mar 31 2020 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread has issued a number of bulletins offering guidance to the insurance industry in response to executive orders made by Gov. Doug Burgum, and in the interest of protecting...

16 Additional North Dakota Counties Named Agriculture Disaster Areas

Mar 11 2020 // U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has designated 16 North Dakota counties as natural disaster areas due to extreme weather last year ranging from drought to excessive moisture.The announcement, combined with a...