August 24, 2017
The company building the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline filed a lawsuit against Greenpeace and other groups on Aug. 22, alleging that they disseminated false and misleading information about the project and interfered with its construction. In its lawsuit, which …
July 24, 2017
Drought in North Dakota is laying waste to fields of normally bountiful food and hay crops, and searing pastures that typically would be home to multitudes of grazing cattle. Some longtime farmers and ranchers say it’s the worst conditions they’ve …
July 17, 2017
Drought in North Dakota is laying waste to fields of normally bountiful food and hay crops and searing pastures that typically would be home to multitudes of grazing cattle. Some longtime farmers and ranchers say it’s the worst conditions they’ve …
March 23, 2017
The developer of the Dakota Access pipeline has reported “recent coordinated physical attacks” on the much-protested line, just as it’s almost ready to carry oil. Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners didn’t give details, but experts say Dakota Access and the rest …
December 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 Trinity Health are releasing terms of …
May 26, 2016
A Williston, N.D.-based oil field service company will pay $250,000 to a worker it fired after he complained of harassment to settle a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The lawsuit filed a year …
March 9, 2016
Victims of the largest hepatitis C outbreak in recent U.S. history dropped their claims against a Minot, N.D., nursing home, which joined them in suing a hospital, which they both say is really at fault. Twenty-one outbreak victims and ManorCare …
December 29, 2015
A major winter storm impacting the central U.S. is not expected to cause major problems in the Dakotas, but it’s likely to add to what already has been a busy year for snow removal in South Dakota’s largest city. Sioux …
November 20, 2015
Freezing rain and snow passing through North Dakota accompanied by strong winds shut down highways, put school buses in the ditch and led to a triple-fatal crash. The system that began on Nov. 18 was moving out of the state …
October 13, 2014
Two more confirmed cases of hepatitis C have been tied to a Minot, N.D., nursing home that’s the subject of a federal lawsuit. The new cases bring the total associated with ManorCare to 47 and add to the list of …