BISMARCK (AP) — North Dakota regulators approved permits Thursday for underground storage of carbon dioxide delivered through a sprawling pipeline proposed for the Midwest, marking another victory for the project that has drawn fierce opposition from landowners. The state's governor-led, ...
BISMARCK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has given his choice for Interior secretary a mandate to "Drill baby drill," and on Wednesday his pick, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, offered a rosy budget picture to lawmakers based largely on his state's success in extracting near-record levels ...
BISMARCK – Gov. Doug Burgum and Gov.-elect Kelly Armstrong have appointed Lt. Daniel Haugen to serve as interim superintendent of the North Dakota Highway Patrol, according to news releases. Col. Brandon Solberg is retiring from law enforcement after nearly six and a half years as Highway ...
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A coalition of conservation groups and Native American tribal citizens on Friday called on President Joe Biden to designate nearly 140,000 acres of rugged, scenic Badlands as North Dakota's first national monument, a proposal several tribal nations say would preserve the ...
BISMARCK (AP) — Donald Trump assigned Doug Burgum a singular mission in nominating the governor of oil-rich North Dakota to lead an agency that oversees a half-billion acres of federal land and vast areas offshore: “Drill baby drill.” That dictate from the president-elect’s ...
By MATTHEW BROWN and JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Donald Trump assigned Doug Burgum a singular mission in nominating the governor of oil-rich North Dakota to lead an agency that oversees a half-billion acres of federal land and vast areas offshore: "Drill baby ...
By MATTHEW DALY and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, his choice to head the Interior Department, will also lead a newly created National Energy Council that will seek to establish U.S. ...
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has chosen North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to head the Interior Department. Some things to know about the two-term Republican governor of a sparsely populated state: Burgum's background is in ...
BISMARCK (AP) — North Dakota utility regulators granted approval on Friday for a span of a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline that would cross five Midwestern states — a key victory for the company that has faced vociferous landowner objections and various hurdles and setbacks in its ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil and natural gas companies for the first time will have to pay a federal fee if they emit dangerous methane above certain levels under a final rule announced Tuesday by the Biden administration. The Environmental Protection Agency rule follows through on a directive from ...
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota won a second term on Tuesday, turning back a challenge from a Democrat making her second attempt to gain a Senate seat. The veteran Republican politician beat Democrat Katrina Christiansen, an assistant professor of engineering at ...
BISMARCK (AP) — North Dakota voters on Tuesday rejected a ballot measure to outlaw most local property taxes, which critics said would have led to dramatic cuts in state services. The general election ballot also included four other proposals, including one calling for the legalization of ...
BISMARCK (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong won election as North Dakota's next governor on Tuesday, continuing the GOP's three-decade grip on the highest job in the conservative state. The state's lone U.S. congressman beat Democratic state Sen. Merrill Piepkorn and independent ...
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota won a second term on Tuesday, turning back a challenge from a Democrat making her second attempt to gain a Senate seat. The veteran Republican politician beat Democrat Katrina Christiansen, an ...
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota woman will serve 25 years in prison for the poisoning death of her boyfriend, who authorities say believed he was about to come into a large inheritance and had planned to break up with her. Ina Thea Kenoyer was charged with murder in October 2023 for the ...
BISMARCK (AP) — North Dakota won’t be allowed to enforce its near total abortion ban while the state appeals a judge’s ruling that struck down the law. The latest decision by District Judge Bruce Romanick means that, for now, his September ruling stands while the state appeals it to the ...
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A proposed ballot measure in North Dakota that sought to require hand-counting of every election ballot, among other proposals, won't advance. Initiative leader Lydia Gessele said Thursday the group won't be submitting signatures by a ...
By JACK DURA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The adult son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer pleaded guilty on Friday to all the charges he faced in connection with a car-chase crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff's deputy. Ian Cramer, 43, changed his plea ...
BISMARCK (AP) — The adult son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer is expected to change his plea on Friday in connection with a pursuit and crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy last year. Ian Cramer, 43, was scheduled to go to trial next week beginning Tuesday for charges of homicide ...
BISMARCK (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota has temporarily blocked a new Biden administration rule aimed at reducing the venting and flaring of natural gas at oil wells. “At this preliminary stage, the plaintiffs have shown they are likely to succeed on the merits of their claim the ...