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    April 8, 2009
    Race track supporters trying to salvage bill
    BISMARCK -- A bill that horse racing officials say must pass to ensure North Dakota's two race tracks will operate beyond this year has had a perilous journey through the session but got new life breathed into it on Wednesday. Sen. Tom Fischer, R-Fargo, said Wednesday he'll take...
    April 8, 2009 - 11:21pm
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    Tractor vs. car accidents a reminder
    A tragic accident that ended the life of two Hettinger residents on Monday and another crash involving a tractor over the weekend is a reminder to keep an eye out for farm equipment on area roads. Car vs. tractor crashes occur on average about once every other year and are usually...
    April 8, 2009 - 11:17pm
    April 7, 2009
    House OKs sovereignty measure
    BISMARCK -- The State House OK'd a resolution Tuesday affirming North Dakota's rights as a sovereign state after a debate that one member compared to pre-Civil War secessionist talk. House Concurrent Resolution 3063 passed on a 52-42 vote. It invokes the U.S. Constitution's 10th...
    April 7, 2009 - 11:22pm
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    April 3, 2009
    House kills gay rights bill
    BISMARCK -- House members on Friday argued that outlawing discrimination against gays and lesbian North Dakotans would protect behavior that can be changed and which God abhors, then soundly voted down Senate Bill 2278. The bill would have added sexual orientation and transgendered...
    April 3, 2009 - 10:26pm
    April 1, 2009
    House kills bill to ban smoking in cars with kids
    BISMARCK -- Most North Dakota House members thought a bill that bans adults smoking in cars with child passengers goes too far and rejected it Wednesday. The vote was 51-38 to kill it Senate Bill 2070. The bill had been brought to the Legislature as a project by a Williston middle...
    April 1, 2009 - 11:28pm
    March 28, 2009
    Receding N.D. river puts pressure on forecasters
    FARGO (AP) -- An updated National Weather Service statement that said the Red River apparently crested lower than expected and a day early was good news for leaders of flood-braced Fargo. But it was exasperating, too. Over the course of a week, they and the city's 92,000 residents...
    newsMarch 28, 2009 - 11:04pm
    Fargo gets good news
    FARGO (AP) -- Fargo's fears of a catastrophic flood eased Saturday with word that the Red River apparently crested at lower-than-expected levels, and weary residents turned their attention to ensuring their hastily built levees hold up against an onslaught of ice-laden water expected...
    March 28, 2009 - 11:03pm
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    March 27, 2009
    Thousands flee ahead of flood
    FARGO -- Thousands of shivering, tired residents got out while they could and others prayed that miles of sandbagged levees would hold Friday as the surging Red River threatened to unleash the biggest flood North Dakota's largest city has ever seen. The agonizing decision to stay...
    March 27, 2009 - 11:10pm
    March 26, 2009
    Road crew tries to keep up
    Over the last few days, residents of Dickinson have dug themselves out of 2 feet of snow that fell Monday evening and Tuesday morning. While people have struggled to clear their sidewalks and driveways to get out of their homes, many have asked the question, 'what about my street?' Dickinson...
    March 26, 2009 - 11:33pm
    March 19, 2009
    Smoking ban fails
    A resolution that would have banned tobacco on all North Dakota state university campuses failed to get a second motion at the State Board of Higher Education meeting held Thursday in Bismarck. The decision as to whether or not all tobacco, including smokeless, would be banned from...
    educationMarch 19, 2009 - 11:16pm
    March 18, 2009
    Bus driver wages discussed
    Bus driver wages, especially those that only transport students a few miles, was just one of the topics discussed during a Dickinson Public Schools Collaborative Bargaining Team meeting Wednesday at the Central Administration Offices. Team member Butch Hrouda said there has been...
    March 18, 2009 - 11:12pm
    March 17, 2009
    Forest Service going on a map quest
    There are several roads that wind through the Badlands of western North Dakota where people can get lost. It can also be unclear which are private...
    windMarch 17, 2009 - 11:25pm
    March 14, 2009
    Lent
    Every year on Ash Wednesday Catholics depart on a 40 day journey, which ends on Holy Thursday. That journey is called Lent, which is the liturgical season on the Roman Catholic calendar that signifies Jesus' journey through the desert prior to his crucifixion in Jerusalem by the...
    March 14, 2009 - 11:14pm
    March 6, 2009
    Mineral could be hazardous Health Department looks for area volunteers to take part in study
    A mineral that occurs naturally in several gravel pits in Stark, Dunn and Billings counties is the subject of a study. The mineral is also in gravel used on area roads. Scott Radig, from the North Dakota Department of Health, appeared before the Stark County Commission Thursday to...
    March 6, 2009 - 12:00am
    February 18, 2009
    House passes second abortion bill in 2 days
    BISMARCK -- The North Dakota House passed a bill Tuesday that sets the state up to challenge the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion. Rep. Dan Ruby, R-Minot, the sponsor of House Bill 1572, said the bill defines human life as beginning at fertilization of a woman's...
    February 18, 2009 - 11:35pm
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