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COVID-19 continues to wane in North Dakota; one-quarter of state boosted
North Dakota's active COVID-19 cases reached their lowest point this week since July as the state announced plans to withdraw its National Guard response to the pandemic and shift towards treating the virus as an endemic disease. → Read More
Bakken oil play now branded 'mature' as industry appetites shrink in North Dakota
Production has been holding flat in North Dakota over the last year, a trend that the state's top oil and gas regulator said may be the industry's new normal. → Read More
North Dakota attorney general's death mourned by hundreds at Bismarck funeral
A long train of Wayne Stenehjem's extended family members filed down the center of the Bismarck auditorium Thursday to deliver the casket to the front stage, following a motorcade from Bismarck Funeral Home through town and around the Capitol mall loop to the ceremony. The procession met a crowd of hundreds at the service. → Read More
Life and career of North Dakota's longest serving attorney general leave deep mark
In the days since Wayne Stenehjem died, observers from all political corners have remembered him as a principled man who left a deep mark on North Dakota's government. → Read More
Funeral services for North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem set for Thursday in Bismarck
The longest-serving attorney general in North Dakota history died unexpectedly on Friday at 68 years old. → Read More
North Dakota breaks COVID-19 positivity rate record for 5th consecutive day
New cases reported in a single day and the state's rolling average positivity rate both hit pandemic highs on Wednesday as the omicron variant continues to topple testing records. → Read More
Oil well site explodes in western North Dakota; no injuries reported
Around 1,300 barrels of oil were contained at the site in Divide County, and officials with the well operator are allowing the fire to burn through what remains until the blaze dies out on its own. → Read More
Century-old ranchland study yields new data on climate change, evolution of North Dakota's native prairie
When researchers at the Northern Great Plains Research Lab near Mandan first began researching the sustainability of North Dakota’s native grasslands in 1916, the words "climate change" would have meant little to them. But a century-old study is aiding new research to address today's problems. → Read More
Frozen oil field equipment leads to salt water spill in Williams County
Approximately 11,300 gallons of brine, a highly saturated salt water, spilled onto a well pad Thursday after equipment froze. → Read More
Minnesota regulators OK sale of power line tied to North Dakota's largest coal plant
After a delay of several months following pushback from Minnesota environmental groups, the state's Public Utilities Commission approved the sale of the valuable transmission line tied to Coal Creek Station — part of a larger deal to save North Dakota's largest coal plant from shutting down. → Read More
Minot man reported dead from injuries in Christmas day car crash
North Dakota Highway Patrol reported on Thursday that 23-year-old Matthew Melbarzdis' truck rolled over on icy roads in late December. → Read More
Could the waste from North Dakota's oil industry help to power electric cars?
Bakken oil producers flush away more brine water each day than they pump oil from the ground. But a Williston-based company is pitching the salty waste stream as an untapped resource that could feed an emerging market for battery technology. → Read More
COVID-19 deaths surpass 2,000 in North Dakota
The state has reported 650 virus deaths so far in 2021, with more than two-thirds of those deaths coming over the last four months. The state's top immunization official lamented that many of those deaths could have been avoided if more people had chosen to get vaccinated. → Read More
North Dakota forecast shows sustained 2022 rebound; omicron, inflation leave economy on 'knife’s edge'
Recent forecasting by a North Dakota State University economist shows the potential for the state to see rising wages and a growing labor force in 2022, with unemployment rates possibly returning to pre-pandemic levels by the end of the year. → Read More
Solar panels need sunlight — unless a North Dakota chemist can make them run on the moon
Recently funded research by a North Dakota State University professor is looking for ways to make solar panels run in low-light conditions, on cloudy days, at night or even under water. → Read More
North Dakota's pandemic deaths inch toward 2,000
The state reported 118 new virus cases off low testing Monday, as well as two new virus deaths since Christmas Eve. → Read More
Frozen equipment leads to 15,000 gallon oil spill in western North Dakota
All of the oil has been contained on site, state regulators reported. → Read More
North Dakota reports 3 new COVID-19 deaths
Active cases have hovered in the mid to low 2,000s in recent days as the fast-spreading omicron variant has quickly become the dominant strain of the virus nationwide. → Read More
Environmental group calls out conflicts of interest on North Dakota energy board as $160M funding approved
Multiple appointees to the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority disclosed conflicts of interest at the start of last week’s meeting. → Read More
Walkout at North Dakota GOP meeting underscores party split
The walkout highlights a growing fracture within the state's Republican Party, which controls all statewide elected positions in North Dakota and holds super majorities in both chambers of the state Legislature. → Read More