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Minot to give first run to new ballot process
The Minot Daily News - North Dakota
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Jill Schramm/MDN Secretary of State Michael Howe, Deputy Secretary Sandra McMerty and Elections Director Erika White, from left, bring an update related to state election laws to The Minot Daily News July 2. Minot will give a new state law on...
North Dakota considers natural gas pipelines
Mankato Free Press - Minnesota
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BISMARCK, N.D. — A state official briefed regulators Thursday on two separate underground pipelines that companies plan to build across hundreds of miles of North Dakota, bringing natural gas from the oil fields in the west to mostly industrial...
North Dakota: Integrated livestock-cropping systems and soil health to be highlighted at Central Grasslands REC Field Day
Tri State Livestock News - South Dakota
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June 28, 2025
Improving soil health of cropland using livestock and controlling buckbrush are among the topics that will be covered during the annual field day July 14 at North Dakota State University’s Central Grasslands Research Extension Center near...
Average VA home loan amount in North Dakota increases in Q1
Peace Garden News - North Dakota
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June 29, 2025
The average VA home loan amount in North Dakota during the first quarter of the fiscal year 2025 was $317,238, a 5.4% increase over the previous quarter, according to the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.North Dakota's average VA loan amount...
Carol Schwan
The Minot Daily News - North Dakota
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Surrey SURREY, ND – Carol Lou Schwan, age 83, passed away peacefully on July 1, 2025, surrounded and supported by her close family. Carol was born April 28, 1942, as the fourth child (of five) of Marcus and Dorothy (Tompkins) Effertz. She...
North Dakota Athletics to opt in to House Settlement
KVRR - North Dakota
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June 27, 2025
PHOTO/LEIGHTON CHAMBLEE GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND ATHLETICS)– The University of North Dakota has made the decision to opt in to the terms of the House v. NCAA settlement beginning in the 2025-26 athletic season, Director of Athletics Bill Chaves...
Abortion Policy in North Dakota
KNOX Radio - North Dakota
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June 29, 2025
Randi Lamoureux, a mom from Fargo. (Photo provided by Free & Just via the North Dakota Monitor) (North Dakota Monitor) – Even before federal abortion-rights protections were overturned three years ago, a Fargo mother says she had to travel...
Minnesota assassination prompts many lawmakers to wonder: Is service worth the danger?
North Dakota Monitor
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July 7, 2025
A year into her first term in office, New Jersey Assemblywoman Sadaf Jaffer decided not to run for reelection. The political world saw her as a rising star in 2023; Jaffer, a Democrat, previously served as the nation’s first female Muslim mayor....
Corn market watching weather, world production and tariffs
Farm & Ranch Guide - North Dakota
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After a neutral USDA planted acreage report on June 30, the corn market is watching three things very closely for direction: the weather, world production and long-term trade policies, namely potential tariffs, which may be back on by July 9 after...
Anti-hunger groups warn OR must backfill federal SNAP cuts
Public News Service
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Oregon lawmakers would have to find an extra $850 million in the state budget starting in 2028 to cover cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill just signed by President Donald Trump. Alex...
North Dakota higher ed board faces financial uncertainty amid president raises, chancellor consultant
InForum - North Dakota
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June 27, 2025
FARGO — The board overseeing North Dakota higher education has approved salary increases for seven of its college and university presidents, along with a budget for the next biennium, at a time when it faces many financial challenges. The moves...
Bank of North Dakota researching ways to aid farmers hit by storm
KVRR - North Dakota
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June 26, 2025
A grain bin near Hunter, North Dakota, demolished by storms that swept through the state over the weekend. BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota Industrial Commission is looking for ways to help farmers who lost storage and...
North Dakota pheasant crowing counts up 6% from last year
The Dickinson Press - North Dakota
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June 26, 2025
BISMARCK – North Dakota’s spring pheasant counts are up 6% statewide from last year, the Game and Fish Department said Thursday, June 26, in reporting results from its 2025 spring crowing count survey. “We basically have had two really easy...
North Dakota considers 2 proposed natural gas pipelines that would stretch across the state
Associated Press
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June 26, 2025
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A state official briefed regulators Thursday on two separate underground pipelines that companies plan to build across hundreds of miles of North Dakota, bringing natural gas from the oil fields in the west to mostly...
NH leads the country in trade complexity
New Hampshire Business Review
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July 3, 2025
New Hampshire ranks first among all 50 states in the economic complexity of its international trade, a measure that points to economic sustainability and strong economic growth in the future, according to a research project launched by MIT...
Derek Schaff named chief financial officer at Jamestown Regional Medical Center
The Jamestown Sun - North Dakota
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July 2, 2025
JAMESTOWN — Jamestown Regional Medical Center (JRMC) announced the appointment of Derek Schaff, CPA, as its new chief financial officer. He is expected to fully assume the role by July 14. Schaff brings an extensive background in health care...
USDA Rural Development North Dakota Director Tom Campbell talks programs, budget and projects
Grand Forks Herald - North Dakota
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June 28, 2025
BISMARCK, N.D. — Tom Campbell said something he’s enjoyed about becoming North Dakota’s director of Rural Development as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been connecting with people in the state. Part of his mission, he said, is to...
SNAP participants in North Dakota eligible for replacement benefits after storm-related outages
Peace Garden News - North Dakota
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June 28, 2025
Pat Traynor, Health and Human Services Interim Commissioner | North Dakota Department of Health and Human ServicesPat Traynor, Health and Human Services Interim Commissioner | North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services North Dakota...
Today in History: June 28, 1981 - Around the state of North Dakota in 8 days
Grand Forks Herald - North Dakota
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June 28, 2025
Today in History revisits the Sunday, June 28, 1981 edition of the Grand Forks Herald and highlights a story from Mike Jacobs who outlined an 8-day road trip across North Dakota. Jacobs highlighted key attractions in each region—lakes, historic...
Letter to the editor: Lack of priority for North Dakota Legislature
Grand Forks Herald - North Dakota
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June 28, 2025
To the editor, Regarding the May 28 Grand Forks Herald article about regrets among members of the state Legislature (Headline: Education issues among top regrets ). Next to family, there is nothing more important than education for our children...