VELVA – The McHenry County emergency manager on Monday reported that diesel fuel had entered the Souris River from an excavator accident on Sunday. The incident occurred four miles northeast of Velva. Initial estimates indicate about 20 gallons of fuel impacted surface water. A boom was ...

NEW TOWN – Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College in New Town and its partner institution, Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana, have received a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to be shared near evenly between the two institutions to support indigenous food systems and ...

An unattended cooking fire caused damages to an apartment in southwest Minot early Monday morning, according to the Minot Fire Department. One person was treated and transported by Trinity First Response Ground for smoke inhalation. No one else was injured during the incident. Fire units ...

The past month of June was the driest June since 1979 with 0.89 inches of moisture reported, according to Austin Kraklau of the North Central Research Extension Center, south of Minot. The past month had an average temperature of 69.1 degrees – 6.2 degrees warmer than the 116-year, ...

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Department of Transportation is scheduled to begin a routine inspection at the Four Bears Bridge Monday. The inspection will take place west of New Town on N.D. Highway 23. Work will continue through July 19 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day. There will ...

Black Hills Trucking notified state agencies on Monday that a 6,300-gallon crude oil spill occurred due to a hauler truck accident. The incident occurred about 10 miles northwest of Ray. The oil release was contained to a road ditch. Personnel from the North Dakota Department of ...