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Festival celebrates power of pets

Mental health is a serious topic, but raising awareness can be fun. Souris Valley Animal Shelter will hold its third annual Color Run/Walk/Roll and Lend-a-Paw Festival on Saturday, Aug. 8, to generate awareness of mental health and the role animals can play in therapy as well as to raise ...

ND residents contest mega dairy water deal

Some North Dakotans are unhappy with state regulators for granting water use permission for a mega dairy operation. Opponents fighting the move hope to get their day in court. A petition challenges the North Dakota Department of Water Resources’ approval of Riverview Dairy’s water ...

Agreement reached in felony theft case

Court records show an agreement has been reached in the felony theft case involving Dallas Rice and a local archery club. Rice was charged in March in North Central District Court with one count of theft over $50,000 and one count of conspiracy to commit theft in excess of $50,000, both Class A felonies. According to the court affidavit, Souris Valley Bowmen board members discovered a large sum of money missing while investigating a bounced check in July 2025. The board identified Rice, who had served as club president for several years, as the primary suspect. Rice admitted to ...

Not guilty plea entered in embezzling case

A Minot man charged with embezzling more than $1.5 million from the Minot branch of a trucking company has pleaded not guilty in North Central District Court on Thursday, May 21. Patrick. O. McCarty, 49, Minot, was arrested on May 20 for theft by deception-over $50,000, a Class A felony. In entering a not guilty plea dated July 27, a preliminary hearing set for July 30 was canceled as the case proceeds toward a trial. According to court documents and as reported in May 22 issue of The Minot Daily News, the charges came following an investigation initiated when the district manager for ...

Grand opening set for FBRWA Office

NEW TOWN – MHA Nation will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, July 31, at 11 a.m. to celebrate the grand opening of the new Fort Berthold Rural Water Office. The office is located at 3922 95th Ave. NW, New Town. The event is open to the public. The ceremony will include MHA Nation Chairman Mark Fox, MHA Nation Tribal Business Council and the Fort Berthold Rural Water Department. Lunch will be provided. According to MHA Nation information, the new building features state of the art infrastructure for delivering safe, reliable drinking water to MHA members.

Tribes awarded funds for opioid treatment

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $486,178 grant to the Three Affiliated Tribes (MHA Nation) to expand access to medications and treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder, U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-ND, announced. The award is part of a total of nearly $1.9 million awarded to organizations in North Dakota to support substance abuse and mental health services, food and drug research and addiction research. The North Dakota Department of Agriculture received $124,894 for Food and Drug Administration research.