BISMARCK – North Dakota’s eight commercial service airports posted 92,922 airline passenger boardings during the month of July, the highest level of passenger traffic that the state has seen since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission. ...

Climate crisis worsens faster than predicted The “average” American chose to ignore the magnitude and urgency of climate change, while some even dared to deny it. Until this year’s droughts, fires, and floods, that is. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which is ...

Desiree Steinberger has been named president of the North Dakota Nutrition Council. Steinberger, who serves as Nutrition Services Director at Trinity Hospital, was selected at the group’s annual conference after serving as president-elect this past year. A Kenmare native, she earned a ...

First International Bank & Trust has promoted Heather Gillihan to Director of Risk Management. Heather currently oversees the Compliance and Audit Departments, which will now include the BSA/Fraud and Appraisal teams. Gillihan started working at FIBT in June of 1996. She has held numerous ...

African swine fever presses pigs lower So far, North American pig farms have been free of African Swine Fever (ASF). No longer. It has been found in the Dominican Republic. Some think it’s not a matter of “if” ASF comes to the U.S. but “when” because the virus is highly ...

The NDSU-North Dakota Forest Service welcomes Dominic Anderson as the new Nursery Technician at Towner State Nursery. Anderson began his duties on July 6. The Nursery Technician is responsible for all routine operations associated with greenhouse seedling production at the state’s only ...