ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTBISMARCK — A top North Dakota Republican official has apologized for a series of anti-LGBT statements that delegates approved as a part of the state party's official extended policy platform.North Dakota GOP Executive Director Corby Kemmer said the party regrets any offense caused by the rhetoric, which the state's only openly gay legislator says promotes harmful lies and bigotry.Delegates from the state's dominant conservative party recently voted in favor of a package of 53 resolutions that assert the group's values and policy positions on all kinds of political...…ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTBISMARCK — A top North Dakota Republican official has apologized for a series of anti-LGBT statements that delegates approved as a part of the state party's official extended policy platform.North Dakota GOP Executive Director Corby Kemmer said the party regrets any offense caused by the rhetoric, which the state's only openly gay legislator says promotes harmful lies and bigotry.Delegates from the state's dominant conservative party recently voted in favor of a package of 53 resolutions that assert the group's values and policy positions on all kinds of political...WW…

ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTBISMARCK — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum signed an executive order Monday, May 11, that will allow school facilities to reopen for summer programs starting June 1. Local boards and superintendents have the ultimate decision of whether to reopen the facilities and allow students to attend the programs in person.Burgum called the move a "soft opening" leading up to next school year when the state aims to reopen schools to all students. Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler noted that summer school programs must be limited to 15 people and...…ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTBISMARCK — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum signed an executive order Monday, May 11, that will allow school facilities to reopen for summer programs starting June 1. Local boards and superintendents have the ultimate decision of whether to reopen the facilities and allow students to attend the programs in person.Burgum called the move a "soft opening" leading up to next school year when the state aims to reopen schools to all students. Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler noted that summer school programs must be limited to 15 people and...WW…

Trending ArticlesMINOT, N.D., — The Minot police department and bomb squad responded to a report of an explosion around 5 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, that occurred outside of a home in the southeast part of the city.No one was injured, and no one has been arrested in relation to the incident, the Minot Police Department said in a news release. The explosion was caused by an "improvised explosive device" and appeared to be a targeted incident, not a random act, police said. The bomb went off outside of a local residence and caused minor damage to the house, according to the news release....…Trending ArticlesMINOT, N.D., — The Minot police department and bomb squad responded to a report of an explosion around 5 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, that occurred outside of a home in the southeast part of the city.No one was injured, and no one has been arrested in relation to the incident, the Minot Police Department said in a news release. The explosion was caused by an "improvised explosive device" and appeared to be a targeted incident, not a random act, police said. The bomb went off outside of a local residence and caused minor damage to the house, according to the news release....WW…

ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTBISMARCK — The state of North Dakota has computer systems so old that almost no one knows how to manage them.So few people have an expertise in the inner-workings of 1980s mainframe computers that state officials had to look overseas to the eastern European country of Latvia to find a pair of programmers to maintain the state's ancient technology.In an effort to modernize North Dakota's outdated mainframes and improve other technology programs, Gov. Doug Burgum earmarked nearly $105 million for information technology projects in the budget he proposed this month....…ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTBISMARCK — The state of North Dakota has computer systems so old that almost no one knows how to manage them.So few people have an expertise in the inner-workings of 1980s mainframe computers that state officials had to look overseas to the eastern European country of Latvia to find a pair of programmers to maintain the state's ancient technology.In an effort to modernize North Dakota's outdated mainframes and improve other technology programs, Gov. Doug Burgum earmarked nearly $105 million for information technology projects in the budget he proposed this month....WW…

Trending ArticlesFARGO — People out on their morning walks in the metro area on Thursday stumbled upon a "monarch massacre."Dead butterflies have been found all over town after aerial spraying overnight for mosquitoes.Curt Flaten was not happy — he walked around his yard and neighborhood finding monarch after monarch dead. "They are all over," Flaten says.listen livewatch liveMatt Paulson was out delivering packages Thursday in southwest Fargo when he couldn't believe what he was seeing. Some neighborhoods had piles of them. "I saw a couple of kids piling them up, probably 25 monarchs. In...…Trending ArticlesFARGO — People out on their morning walks in the metro area on Thursday stumbled upon a "monarch massacre."Dead butterflies have been found all over town after aerial spraying overnight for mosquitoes.Curt Flaten was not happy — he walked around his yard and neighborhood finding monarch after monarch dead. "They are all over," Flaten says.listen livewatch liveMatt Paulson was out delivering packages Thursday in southwest Fargo when he couldn't believe what he was seeing. Some neighborhoods had piles of them. "I saw a couple of kids piling them up, probably 25 monarchs. In...WW…

ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTBISMARCK — As North Dakota suffers through the harshest days of the pandemic to date, Gov. Doug Burgum again declined on Thursday, Oct. 8, to bump up the COVID-19 risk level for a handful of counties with high infection rates and case counts.The lack of movement on risk levels defies the Burgum administration’s own criteria, and critics are calling the governor’s color-coded system “unscientific” and “totally arbitrary.”Five rural counties currently in the “yellow” risk level — Emmons, Dickey, Golden Valley, Grant and McHenry — meet or exceed two of...…ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTBISMARCK — As North Dakota suffers through the harshest days of the pandemic to date, Gov. Doug Burgum again declined on Thursday, Oct. 8, to bump up the COVID-19 risk level for a handful of counties with high infection rates and case counts.The lack of movement on risk levels defies the Burgum administration’s own criteria, and critics are calling the governor’s color-coded system “unscientific” and “totally arbitrary.”Five rural counties currently in the “yellow” risk level — Emmons, Dickey, Golden Valley, Grant and McHenry — meet or exceed two of...WW…

ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTDICKINSON, N.D. -- A State Representative says he will defy Gov. Doug Burgum's executive order and face any potential fines and jail time when he opens his barbershop in Dickinson on Friday, May 1.The pledge by Rep. Luke Simons, a Republican representing District 36, to reopen his business first appeared on his official Facebook page on Saturday, April 25, and was later confirmed in an interview."What is legal is not always lawful," Simons said. "Three of my favorite heroes made statements very, very similar to my own sentiments on the matter and each went against...…ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTDICKINSON, N.D. -- A State Representative says he will defy Gov. Doug Burgum's executive order and face any potential fines and jail time when he opens his barbershop in Dickinson on Friday, May 1.The pledge by Rep. Luke Simons, a Republican representing District 36, to reopen his business first appeared on his official Facebook page on Saturday, April 25, and was later confirmed in an interview."What is legal is not always lawful," Simons said. "Three of my favorite heroes made statements very, very similar to my own sentiments on the matter and each went against...WW…

ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENT|Well done,. They should be applauded for finding a spot for the controversial mural of climate change activist Greta Thunberg. The mural will be installed on the backside of Templin’s Front Street Taproom in downtown Fargo. Williams raised the $1,300 needed to put up the mural in Fargo.The mural will be based on a brilliant and compelling photograph of Thunberg taken by renowned Bismarck photographer Shane Balkowitsch when Thunberg visited the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota last October. The mural was supposed to be put up on the side of a...…ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENT|Well done,. They should be applauded for finding a spot for the controversial mural of climate change activist Greta Thunberg. The mural will be installed on the backside of Templin’s Front Street Taproom in downtown Fargo. Williams raised the $1,300 needed to put up the mural in Fargo.The mural will be based on a brilliant and compelling photograph of Thunberg taken by renowned Bismarck photographer Shane Balkowitsch when Thunberg visited the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota last October. The mural was supposed to be put up on the side of a...WW…

ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTFARGO — Sanford Health announced on Sunday, March 29, that three employees at two of its Fargo facilities have tested positive for COVID-19.The three physical therapists work in hospital settings — two at Sanford Medical Center Fargo along Interstate 94 and one at Sanford Broadway Medical Center downtown.The employees are isolating at home, and Sanford is working closely with the North Dakota Department of Health to evaluate the situation, Sanford announced in a news release attributed to Dr. Doug Griffin, vice president and medical officer at Sanford...…ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTFARGO — Sanford Health announced on Sunday, March 29, that three employees at two of its Fargo facilities have tested positive for COVID-19.The three physical therapists work in hospital settings — two at Sanford Medical Center Fargo along Interstate 94 and one at Sanford Broadway Medical Center downtown.The employees are isolating at home, and Sanford is working closely with the North Dakota Department of Health to evaluate the situation, Sanford announced in a news release attributed to Dr. Doug Griffin, vice president and medical officer at Sanford...WW…

Trending ArticlesGov. Burgum orders hair salons, barber shops and other personal care businesses to close their doorsBISMARCK — Knowing the day would come when the state would report its first death from the coronavirus didn’t make it any easier to accept when it became a reality Friday, March 27, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum said.A Cass County man in his 90s died Thursday, March 26, from COVID-19, making him the coronavirus' first fatality in North Dakota, the state Department of Health announced in a new release. “Today is a sad day for North Dakota,” Burgum said during a news conference...…Trending ArticlesGov. Burgum orders hair salons, barber shops and other personal care businesses to close their doorsBISMARCK — Knowing the day would come when the state would report its first death from the coronavirus didn’t make it any easier to accept when it became a reality Friday, March 27, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum said.A Cass County man in his 90s died Thursday, March 26, from COVID-19, making him the coronavirus' first fatality in North Dakota, the state Department of Health announced in a new release. “Today is a sad day for North Dakota,” Burgum said during a news conference...WW…