MHA Nation to hold fall festival, coat drive
NEW TOWN – MHA Nation kicks off the autumn season with its annual community Fall Festival and coat drive Thursday, Sept. 24, from noon-5 p.m. at MHA Tribal Headquarters, New Town. The event, hosted by the office of Chairman Mark Fox, will have a variety of family-friendly events including corn shucking, music, karaoke, craft vendors and a beanbag tournament. MHA Nation is partnering with Chord Energy for Operation Warm. Operation Warm provides free winter jackets to youth in the community.
ND livestock relief program funds 470 projects
BISMARCK – The Drought Disaster Livestock Relief program has exhausted its $4.1 million in funding roughly a month after it was activated by an executive order from North Dakota’s governor. Reice Haase, director of the Department of Water Resources, told lawmakers on the Water Topics Overview Committee last week that the program has helped fund 470 projects proposed by 369 ranchers across the state. “What our drought disaster livestock program is intended to do is to provide relief and cost share for individual ranchers across the state to fund water projects for long-term ...
ND awarded environmental funds
BISMARCK – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $1.54 million to North Dakota organizations to support environmental protection, brownfields cleanup and environmental incident response programs, according to U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer. The awards will be distributed as follows: – $621,407 to the Three Affiliated Tribes to address its highest environmental priorities. – $400,000 to Towner County Medical Center, Inc., for brownfields cleanup activities in Cando. – $350,000 to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa for its brownfields response program. – $168,775 ...
