The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Ag Coalition has voted unanimously to oppose the proposed Clean Water, Wildlife and Parks Amendment that would create a conservation fund using oil tax revenues. The Ag Coalition consists of more than 40 organizations with a direct interest in agriculture,...

Dickinson Police have released a be-on-lookout alert to law enforcement agencies across the state for a man reported missing Tuesday. Juan Carlos Ortiz-Ramirez, a 37-year-old Hispanic male, was last spoken with on July 9, a woman of unknown relation told police. The department...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz will tour Dakota Gasification in Beulah and oil and gas sites in Tioga while visiting North Dakota next week, U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp announced Thursday. Moniz and U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx will be participating...

BISMARCK – The state Land Board awarded nearly $8 million Thursday to K-12 schools affected by oil and gas development in western North Dakota, while also providing $2 million to reconstruct the Killdeer airport’s runway, hangar and taxiway. The board, officially known as...

Stark County isn’t in the highest ranks of oil-producing counties, but it is for oil-related jobs. Likely because of companies based in Dickinson, Stark County surpassed three of the top four top oil-producing counties, McKenzie, Dunn and Mountrail, in raw number of oil and gas...

After months of searching, Dickinson State University has landed two interim coaches for the men’s and women’s cross country and track and field teams.

BISMARCK — The largest processor of natural gas in North Dakota’s Oil Patch announced plans Wednesday to build another facility in the Williston Basin, which Gov. Jack Dalrymple said will help the state reach its goal of reducing natural gas flaring to 10 percent in six years. ONEOK...

GRAND FORKS — The ex-fiancée of Ryan Neil Anderson took the stand Wednesday in his murder trial in Grand Forks, with the prosecution scrutinizing her side of the story. The Iron River, Mich., man is accused of stabbing his friend Christopher King, also of Iron River, to death...

DULUTH, Minn. — Minnesota DFLers unveiled plans Wednesday to introduce a bill that would require most employers’ insurance plans to pick up the tab for employees’ birth control. During a visit to Duluth on Wednesday afternoon, House Majority Leader Erin Murphy, DFL-St. Paul,...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved an $8.1 billion extension of federal funding for transportation projects through the end of 2014, setting up a clash with the House of Representatives just days ahead of cutbacks in money for road, bridge and transit construction. The...

GRAND FORKS — The calendar page hasn’t yet been turned to August. For all practical purposes, however, summer is over at Memorial Stadium.

MANKATO, Minn. — Vikings wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson already considers himself a “Rising Star.” Sports Illustrated is putting it in print.