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Governor Glenn Youngkin Signs Bill to Provide Transportation Flexibility for Rural School Districts
The Southwest Times - Virginia
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June 26, 2025
HB 2720 Empowers Small School Divisions to Explore Student Transportation Solutions BOTETOURT, VA – Today, Governor Youngkin signed HB 2720, patroned by Delegate Terry Austin, allowing rural school districts with fewer than 4,500 students to...
Stay Safe In North Dakota With These Essential Tornado Tips
Mix 95.1 - North Dakota
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June 21, 2025
Ah, the picturesque plains of North Dakota, where the wind whispers sweet nothings across the open expanse until, suddenly, it decides to throw a tornado party. For those who haven't quite grasped the concept, here's a rundown of what not to do...
Tornado sweeps through North Dakota town, leaving at least 3 dead
Los Angeles Times
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June 21, 2025
ENDERLIN, N.D. — Powerful winds — including a tornado — that swept across parts of the upper Midwest left three people dead and a regional airport heavily damaged, while nearly 150 million Americans were under a heat advisory or warning as the...
Government should stay away from AI race
The Minot Daily News - North Dakota
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At the birth of the internet age in the early 1990s, the U.S. and Europe took opposite approaches to advancing this new economy-changing technology. Europe tried the approach of industrial policy: They allowed government to regulate, subsidize and...
North Dakota mega-dairies draw criticism at Winnipeg news conference
Kiowa County Press - Colorado
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June 15, 2025
Click play to listen to this article. North Dakota is facing growing opposition to two massive dairy operations planned near the Red River. Environmental advocates say the projects could harm water quality locally and in downstream communities -...
39-year North Dakota public servant Bruce Hagen dies
North Dakota Monitor
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June 20, 2025
Bruce Hagen, who served on North Dakota’s Public Service Commission for 39 years, died Thursday at age 94 in Bismarck. Hagen is believed to be the only Democrat to serve on the state’s Public Service Commission. The Devils Lake native was...
A tornado that swept through a rural town in North Dakota left at least 3 people dead
WSBTV - Georgia
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June 21, 2025
ENDERLIN, N.D. — (AP) — Powerful winds — including a tornado — that swept across parts of the upper Midwest left three people dead and a regional airport heavily damaged, officials said Saturday. Cass County Sheriff Jesse Jahner said at a press...
Appointment of North Dakota lawmaker in limbo amid dispute over district party chair
North Dakota Monitor
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June 20, 2025
Residents of District 25 are still short one representative after the death of Rep. Cindy Schreiber-Beck amid uncertainty about whether the southeast North Dakota Republican Party district properly elected a chair. Secretary of State Michael Howe...
Company eyes 300-acre data center development in Bismarck, North Dakota
Data Center Dynamics
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A data center campus could be coming to North Dakota. First reported by the Bismarck Tribune, Aurum Capital Ventures, Inc. this week told the Burleigh County Commission it is considering buying land within Bismarck city limits for a new data...
Bismarck man accused of taking $1.8 million in government fraud case
North Dakota Monitor
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July 1, 2025
A Bismarck man who formerly ran for mayor of the city has been accused in state and federal court of defrauding public assistance programs of more than $1.8 million. Isaac Osei Afoakwa, a 55-year-old businessman and pastor, has been charged with...
Plain Talk: Do baby bonds make sense for North Dakota?
InForum - North Dakota
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June 20, 2025
MINOT — In a recent column, I argued that the concept of "baby bonds" — a version of which is included in the "big beautiful bill" President Donald Trump is backing in Congress — is something North Dakotans should implement whatever the federal...
What To Expect From Today's Severe Storms In Montana And North Dakota
Mix 95.1 - North Dakota
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June 20, 2025
Residents across eastern Montana and western North Dakota are urged to stay weather-aware today, as forecasters are calling for a significant risk of severe weather through this evening. storm potential Severe Storms Brewing: Tennis Ball-Sized...
Today in History: North Dakota tree planted in New York to honor war veterans
InForum - North Dakota
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June 20, 2025
On this date in 1926, a North Dakota elm was planted in New York City's Riverside Park as part of a grove honoring U.S. states and war heroes, commemorating six patriotic women including Mrs. Charles P. Dietz. Here's the complete story as it...
Governor Kelly Armstrong visits Cass County to survey storm damage
Valley News Live - North Dakota
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June 25, 2025
PAGE, N.D. (Valley News Live) - On Wednesday, Governor Kelly Armstrong surveyed the storm damage in Enderlin, Hunter, and Page. “As massively dangerous as Friday night and early Saturday morning was the fact that we only lost 4 people is really...
Job Corps resumes ‘business as usual’
The Minot Daily News - North Dakota
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On the day Job Corps operations around the country were to pause, the Quentin N. Burdick Job Corps Center in Minot was back in the swing of things with 44 students on campus on Monday. “We are going to try and do business as usual,” said Tom Ross,...
Former Bison football coach Randy Hedberg earns special achievement honor from North Dakota sports media
InForum - North Dakota
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June 19, 2025
Dean Winczewski built state championship basketball teams in Dickinson and Minot. Steve Kleinjan won a state nine-man football title with the New Salem-Almont Holsteins. At Surrey, Bruce Mack built the Mustangs into a North Dakota Class B baseball...
California is still the world’s fourth-largest economy
Whittier Daily News - California
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July 1, 2025
California remained the world’s fourth-largest economy as 2025 started by a narrow margin. This bragging-rights scorecard – a talking point among the state’s cheerleaders – has been filled with intrigue as the top of the chart changes along with...
Social media’s influence cannot be ignored
The Minot Daily News - North Dakota
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A plethora of lawsuits, involving more than 1,800 plaintiffs, have been filed against social media companies within the past two years. We are now seeing some progress being made toward litigation, as 11 social media addiction cases have been...
Judges announced for North Dakota's National Civics Bee State Finals
Peace Garden News - North Dakota
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June 19, 2025
The Greater North Dakota Chamber (GNDC) has announced the panel of judges for the 2025 National Civics Bee North Dakota State Finals. The event is scheduled for July 11 in Bismarck and aims to promote civics education among middle school students...
Stream movies through the North Dakota State Library through June 2026
The Jamestown Sun - North Dakota
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June 18, 2025
BISMARCK — North Dakota residents have access to Kanopy, an on-demand streaming video platform that offers a vast collection of critically-acclaimed films, award winning documentaries, TV series, educational content, classic cinema, and...