All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 3 2023 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced the settlement in a 2022 federal court lawsuit. Belle Fourche Pipeline Company and Bridger Pipeline LLC will pay the $12.5 million to resolve the claims made...
Jul 7 2023 // BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Federal disaster funding has been made available to North Dakota to deal with damages caused by major spring flooding following record snowfall.The money became available on Wednesday, when...
May 5 2023 // LM Wind Power Blades, Inc, a wind turbine blade manufacturer based in Grand Forks, North Dakota, violated federal law when it subjected an African American employee to a racially hostile work environment and then...
Apr 6 2023 // SPRINGBROOK, N.D. (AP) – An Amtrak passenger train has struck a pickup truck in North Dakota, killing two teenage boys and injuring a third, authorities say. The North Dakota Highway Patrol said the crash happened...
Mar 30 2023 // Twice in 2022, the owner of a Mandan, North Dakota excavation company sat behind the controls of an excavator, supervising employees below as they installed municipal water lines in trenches as deep as 10 feet without...
Mar 28 2023 // WYNDMERE, N.D. (AP) – A Canadian Pacific train derailed in rural North Dakota Sunday night and spilled hazardous materials, but local authorities and the railroad said there is no threat to public safety.There were...
Feb 14 2023 // WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – One person was severely burned in an explosion and fire at an oil field in western North Dakota, fire officials said.The explosion was reported about 10:30 p.m. Friday at a saltwater disposal site...
Feb 8 2023 // Gov. Doug Burgum signed a bill this week that will expand workers’ compensation coverage for full-time firefighters and law enforcement officers.Currently, a full-time firefighter or law enforcement officer who is...
Jan 9 2023 // BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A worker from Texas is dead after falling at an oil rig site in North Dakota.Daniel Navarrete, 42, of New Braunfels, Texas, fell through an open hatch Thursday in a pit at a Nabors Industries rig...
Dec 20 2022 // The North Dakota Insurance Department has received a five-year accreditation renewal from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) to examine and review the financial solvency of insurance companies in...
Oct 28 2022 // An invasive and destructive weed species threatening North Dakota agriculture has been found in three more counties.That raises the total to 19 counties in North Dakota where the so-called “super weed,” also...
Oct 21 2022 // A wastewater spill from a pipeline break last year in the northwestern North Dakota oil patch was 20 times greater than first reported, the state Department of Environmental Quality said Wednesday.Tallgrass Energy first...
Oct 10 2022 // An addiction counselor who helped defeat a marijuana legalization proposal in North Dakota four years ago has launched a fresh opposition group seeking to do it again this November.Kristie Spooner announced her group,...
Sep 14 2022 // Legalizing recreational pot in North Dakota could cut the number of people who are registered to use the drug as medicine by at least 80%, due to access to bigger quantities and more varied products, a health official said...
Sep 8 2022 // Federal, state and local investigators in northwest North Dakota are looking into the cause of an oil rig explosion and fire that sent three workers to the hospital.The crew members were taken to a burn center in St. Paul,...
Aug 26 2022 // The main group working to legalize recreational marijuana in North Dakota has more than a half-million dollars to press its case, far more than the mostly shoe-leather effort they relied on four years ago. Meanwhile, a...
Aug 24 2022 // North Dakota regulators are investigating a massive spill of oilfield wastewater from a broken pipeline in the northwest part of the state that they say could take more than a year to clean up.Karl Rockman, of the state...
Aug 18 2022 // Supporters of legalizing recreational marijuana in North Dakota have succeeded in bringing the matter to a public vote in November.The group, New Approach North Dakota, submitted more than the required 15,582 valid...
Aug 11 2022 // The Cass County, North Dakota State’s Attorney’s office, in conjunction with the North Dakota Insurance Department, have brought charges against a resident of Cass County for committing insurance fraud.Paul...
Aug 9 2022 // The two small houses are going up on the back half of a lot just off a busy street, not far from downtown Fargo.“These homes are identical in blueprint, they’re 13 by 23, with 12 foot ceilings, there’s a...