Latest North Dakota Headlines
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EF5 Tornado That killed 3 in North Dakota was Nation’s First in 12 years
Oct 8 2025 // A deadly tornado that tore across southeastern North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to an EF5 with winds topping 200 mph (322 kph), the strongest classification of tornado and the first confirmed on American soil in...
First Radar Images From NASA Satellite Showcase Maine Coast, North Dakota Farmland
Sep 29 2025 // NASA’s first radar images from a new Earth-mapping satellite show the Maine coast and North Dakota farmland in incredible detail. The pictures, released Thursday, are from a spacecraft that rocketed into orbit from...
Ground Squirrel Overpopulation Poses Threat to Minot, North Dakota Residents
Jul 22 2025 // The Richardson’s ground squirrel weighs less than a pound, is about a foot long and is native to the northern Plains. The little creature also is a ferocious tunneler, and it’s exasperating the people of Minot,...
North Dakota Unifies Insurance and Securities Departments Under New Law
Jul 7 2025 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread announced last week that the state’s Insurance and Securities are unifying into following the passage of Senate Bill 2214 during the 2025 legislative session. The new...
North Dakota Tornado Leaves 3 Dead as Powerful Storms Sweep Through Midwest
Jun 23 2025 // Powerful winds — including a tornado — that swept across parts of the upper Midwest left three people dead and a regional airport heavily damaged, while nearly 150 million Americans were under a heat advisory or...
New North Dakota Law Shields Bayer From Roundup Lawsuits
May 19 2025 // A new first-of-its-kind law enacted in North Dakota could shield agrochemical manufacturer Bayer from lawsuits claiming it failed to warn customers that its popular weedkiller Roundup could cause cancer. Though the...
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Granted Authority to Require Restitution
May 12 2025 // The North Dakota insurance commissioner has the authority to require insurance companies to pay restitution to harmed policyholders under a bill signed into last month. House Bill 1088, signed into law on April. 10 by Gov....
North Dakota Enacts Law Shielding Bayer From Roundup Lawsuits
Apr 29 2025 // A new first-of-its-kind law enacted in North Dakota could shield agrochemical manufacturer Bayer from lawsuits claiming it failed to warn customers that its popular weedkiller Roundup could cause cancer. Though the...
Judge Awards North Dakota Nearly $28M Over Dakota Access Pipeline Protests
Apr 25 2025 // A federal judge on Wednesday found the state of North Dakota entitled to nearly $28 million for responding to protests of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in 2016 and 2017 — a win for the state in its multiyear effort to...
Cleanup Underway in Keystone Oil Pipeline Spill in North Dakota
Apr 11 2025 // Trucks and workers started cleaning up the Keystone oil pipeline spill in rural North Dakota, though its cause and the project timing is unclear. The pipeline ruptured Tuesday morning in southeastern North Dakota and was...
Keystone Oil Pipeline Is Shut After a Spill in North Dakota
Apr 9 2025 // South Bow Corp.’s Keystone oil pipeline has been shut after a spill in southeast North Dakota, curtailing a conduit that carries as much as 15% of Canada’s crude exports to the US. The pipeline was shut within...
$2M Settlement Reached in Death of Young Woman at North Dakota Jail
Apr 7 2025 // A $2 million agreement has been reached in a lawsuit over the death of a young woman while she was in custody at a North Dakota county jail in 2020. Lacey Higdem, 19, died of a drug overdose on June 4, 2020, hours after...
Pipeline Company’s Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Goes to a North Dakota Jury
Mar 19 2025 // Greenpeace used malicious and deceptive tactics to disrupt the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline and keep it from going forward, an attorney for the company behind the project said Monday. But attorneys for the...
North Dakota Insurance Department Recovers Over $2M in 2024
Feb 21 2025 // The North Dakota Insurance Department recovered over $2 million for policyholders across the state in 2024, helping over 1,500 customers, Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread announced. As a consumer protection agency, the...
Settlement Reached in North Dakota Lawsuit Against White Nationalist Hate Group
Feb 14 2025 // Two North Dakota nonprofits have settled their lawsuit against a white nationalist hate group that alleged it intimidated immigrant business owners, though the details are unclear. A court docket entry last week gave...
North Dakota Approves Underground Storage for Proposed CO2 Pipeline
Dec 19 2024 // BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators approved permits last Thursday for underground storage of carbon dioxide delivered through a massive pipeline proposed for the Midwest, marking another victory for a project...
North Dakota Commissioner Godfread to Serve as NAIC President
Nov 22 2024 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread will serve as the president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for 2025 after serving as president-elect in 2024. As NAIC president, Godfread will...
World Insurance Acquires North Dakota’s F1 Insurance
Nov 22 2024 // World Insurance Associates LLC announced that it acquired the business of First International Insurance (“FI Insurance”) -a division of First International Bank & Trust of Watford City, North Dakota on...
North Dakota Voters Reject Marijuana Legalization
Nov 8 2024 // North Dakota voters defeated a measure calling for the legalization of recreational marijuana. The outcome of the proposal wasn’t clear until Wednesday morning. North Dakota is one of a handful of states, including...
North Dakota Officials Offer Guidance Following Wildfires
Oct 9 2024 // In the wake of wildfires over the weekend affecting parts of NorthDakota, Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread and State Fire Marshal Doug Nelson are reminding residents of the necessary steps to protect themselves and...
