Latest North Dakota Headlines
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Police: Vehicle Thefts in Bismarck, North Dakota, Doubled Last Year
May 10 2017 // Bismarck, N.D., police say the number of motor vehicle thefts more than doubled last year. A new report that compiles crime statistics for the city shows 309 vehicles were stolen in Bismarck last year, compared with 154 in...
North Dakota Passes Law Regulating Air Ambulance Bills
Apr 19 2017 // Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread praised the signing of Senate Bill 2231, regarding the regulation of how insurance companies pay for air ambulance services in North Dakota. The bill also requires hospitals to notify...
North Dakota at Highest Risk for Spring Flooding, NOAA Says
Apr 3 2017 // Northern North Dakota — the Souris River, Devils Lake and the northernmost reaches of the Red River — has the greatest risk of major flooding this spring, while moderate flooding is possible over southern Idaho...
Pipeline Owner: North Dakota Crude Spill Larger than First Estimated
Mar 28 2017 // A crude oil spill in western North Dakota in December is now believed to be about three times bigger than originally estimated, pipeline owner True Companies said, making it the largest crude leak to affect water in the...
Senator: North Dakota Insurance Fund Won’t Pay Claim in Gambling Case
Mar 23 2017 // A state senator from Fargo says the North Dakota Insurance Reserve Fund will not pay a claim from the founder of a former horse racing betting company whose conviction for illegal gambling was overturned. A judge has ruled...
NOAA: North Dakota at Highest Risk for Spring Flooding
Mar 16 2017 // Northern North Dakota – the Souris River, Devils Lake and the northernmost reaches of the Red River – has the greatest risk of major flooding this spring, while moderate flooding is possible over southern Idaho in the...
Minot, North Dakota, Planning for Launch of Disaster Resilience Program
Feb 23 2017 // Minot officials have drafted a new governance structure for the city in hopes of giving momentum to its disaster resilience program. City Manager Tom Barry outlined the plan to the Minot City Council earlier this month,...
Bill Protecting Drivers Who Hit Protesters Dies in North Dakota
Feb 21 2017 // A controversial North Dakota bill that sought to shield motorists from liability if they unintentionally hit a protester on a roadway, injuring or killing them failed to garner enough support from lawmakers. House Bill...
Defective Axle Blamed Fiery 2013 Derailment in North Dakota
Feb 9 2017 // A defective axle broke and caused a 2013 train derailment that led to a series of explosions just a quarter-mile outside a small North Dakota town, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. A BNSF train...
Kelsch Joins the North Dakota Insurance Department as PIO
Feb 9 2017 // Ashley Kelsch has joined the North Dakota Insurance Department as public information officer. Kelsch previously served as a communications professional in the office of North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple. Kelsch will be...
Midwest Insurance Commissioners on the Move
Jan 23 2017 // Several Midwest states, including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and North Dakota, experienced transitions among insurance commissioners as 2016 folded into 2017. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner named Jennifer Hammer to head of the...
Midwest Regulation Report Card: States’ Grades Range from A to D
Jan 9 2017 // Grades assigned to the insurance regulatory systems in the Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin range from A to D in a...
New North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Appoints Deputy, Exec Assistant
Jan 3 2017 // North Dakota’s new insurance commissioner, Jon Godfread, who was sworn in on Jan. 3, 2017, appointed Jeff Ubben as deputy insurance commissioner and Marcy Ost as executive assistant as part of his first official day...
Heavy Snowpack Has Some in North Dakota Wary of Spring Flooding
Jan 3 2017 // Some Minot residents who endured the Souris River flood of 2011 are having trouble digesting the current snowpack numbers. The National Weather Service says the snowfall total in the city for November and December is...
Blizzards, Ice Storms Wreak Havoc In Midwest Plains
Dec 27 2016 // Travel conditions remained hazardous as a winter storm swept across much of the northern Great Plains, with blowing and drifting snow creating near-zero visibility on some roads. The combination of freezing rain, snow and...
Midwest Regulation Report Card: States’ Grades Range from A to D
Dec 22 2016 // Grades assigned to the insurance regulatory systems in the Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin range from A to D in a...
U.S. Regulators Order Action to be Taken for North Dakota Oil Spill
Dec 21 2016 // U.S. pipeline regulators on Wednesday ordered Belle Fourche Pipeline Co. to improve leak detection, along with other actions, after a Dec. 5 incident that spilled about 4,200 barrels of oil in North Dakota. Of that total,...
Nodak Mutual Seeking to Convert to a Stock Company
Dec 19 2016 // A North Dakota mutual insurer with ties to the Farm Bureau is awaiting a decision from the state insurance commissioner as to whether it can proceed with a plan to convert to a stock insurance company. Nodak Mutual...
Cleanup Ongoing after North Dakota Pipeline Oil Spill
Dec 14 2016 // Roughly a third of the more than 3,000 barrels of oil that spilled into a North Dakota creek following a pipeline leak last week has been recovered, a local official said. An estimated 4,200 barrels of oil leaked from the...
Hepatitis C Victims Reach Settlement with North Dakota Hospital
Dec 13 2016 // Nearly two dozen victims of one of the largest hepatitis C outbreaks in recent U.S. history have settled their claims against a Minot, N.D., hospital out of court. Neither plaintiffs’ attorney Behdad Sadeghi nor...
