Latest North Dakota Headlines
All the headlines from our North Dakota Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
North Dakota Creamery Recalls 1% Milk Pending State Investigation
Mar 9 2020 // Cass-Clay Creamery in North Dakota has recalled 1% milk that may have been contaminated with a sanitizing agent that’s used to sterilize and clean equipment, the state department of agriculture said Friday. The milk...
North Dakota Insurance Commissioner: Air Ambulance Company Is Breaking Law
Feb 11 2020 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread has issued a cease and desist order to AirMedCare Network, alleging the company is selling air ambulance subscriptions to North Dakotans illegally. Consumer protection...
North Dakota Official: Work Injury Claims Could Rise with Recreational Pot
Feb 6 2020 // North Dakota could see a rise in workers’ compensation claims if marijuana is legalized, the state’s workplace safety agency told lawmakers on Feb. 4. Jodi Bjornson, a lawyer for North Dakota Workforce Safety...
North Dakota Officials Promoting Flood Insurance in Red River Valley
Jan 29 2020 // Officials in North Dakota say it’s time for property owners in flood-prone areas of the Red River Valley to think about buying flood insurance. The push comes as early signs suggest a heightened risk of flooding this...
Trump OKs North Dakota Storm-Related Disaster Declaration
Jan 24 2020 // President Donald Trump has approved a disaster declaration for North Dakota after an October storm dumped heavy rain and snow on a large part of the state. Gov. Doug Burgum made the request last month and announced Trump...
$190K Fine Proposed After North Dakota Grain Bin Death
Jan 8 2020 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Columbia Grain International for exposing workers to grain-handling hazards after a worker was buried by corn and died in a North Dakota grain bin last...
North Dakota Records Fewer than 100 Traffic Deaths in 2019
Jan 6 2020 // North Dakota apparently ended 2019 with fewer than 100 traffic deaths, officials said. According to preliminary reports, North Dakota had 98 motor vehicle fatalities in 2019. If that number remains unchanged, it would be...
Judge Nearly Doubles North Dakota Doctor’s $1.2M Award in Retaliation Suit
Nov 25 2019 // A North Dakota doctor who won a $1.2 million jury award against a Bismarck clinic in a retaliation case should collect more than $2.1 million after a federal judge settled post-trial disputes. Dr. Robert Roswick sued Mid...
In Wake of North Dakota Spill, Congress Wants Review of Keystone Pipeline
Nov 21 2019 // Top U.S. House Democrats have called for a federal review of the Keystone pipeline and the agency that regulates it in the wake of 383,000-gallon (1.4-million-liter) spill in northeastern North Dakota, the latest of three...
More Acreage than First Thought Affected by North Dakota Keystone Pipeline Leak
Nov 20 2019 // A crude oil spill from the Keystone pipeline in eastern North Dakota has turned out to have affected almost 10 times the amount of land as first reported, a state regulator said. North Dakota environmental scientist Bill...
N.D. Insurance Commissioner Sets Guinness World Record as Tallest Male Politician
Nov 12 2019 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread has been named World’s Tallest Politician (male) by Guinness World Records. Godfread’s official height is 6 feet, 10 inches (210.767 centimeters) tall as...
