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North Dakota News

Judge finds violation in ND redistricting for two tribes

BISMARCK (AP) — North Dakota’s 2021 legislative redistricting plan violates the rights of two Native American tribes because it dilutes their voting strength, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Chief Judge Peter Welte said the redrawn legislative districts violated the Voting ...

ND judge denies request to block ban on kids’ gender-affirming care

BISMARCK (AP) — A North Dakota judge has ruled that he won't immediately block the state's ban on gender-affirming health care for minors, delivering an early setback to families who want the new law found unconstitutional. District Judge Jackson Lofgren on Monday denied a temporary ...

Trial rescheduled for next year for former ND lawmaker

BISMARCK (AP) — A federal judge has rescheduled the trial for a former North Dakota lawmaker accused of traveling to Prague with the intent of paying for sex with a minor. Former Republican state senator Ray Holmberg, 79, of Grand Forks, was indicted last month and set for trial on Dec. 5. ...

Format of public comment meetings for Dakota Access upsets opponents

BISMARCK (AP) — Opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline are taking issue with the format of private oral testimony in meetings for public comment on a draft environmental review of the controversial pipeline. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the midst of two public comment meetings ...

No evidence of mechanical failure in crash that killed ND lawmaker

BISMARCK (AP) — Federal investigators say they found no evidence of a mechanical failure before a North Dakota state senator's plane crashed in Utah last month, killing him, his wife and their two young children, according to a preliminary report released Thursday by the National ...

Ex-ND senator used state funds for travel

BISMARCK (AP) — A former North Dakota legislator charged with traveling to Prague with the intent of paying for sex with a minor used state funds to pay for at least three trips to that city and to other destinations in Europe, according to a group that organized the travel. Travel records ...

Decades in prison for 3 sentenced in North Dakota fentanyl trafficking probe

By JACK DURA Associated Press A federal judge has sentenced three more men charged in connection with an alleged international fentanyl trafficking operation. U.S. Chief District Court Judge Peter Welte on Tuesday sentenced Daniel Vivas Ceron, 42, of Colombia, to 27 years in prison. He was ...

Fargo officer killed in ambush remembered as ‘brave young man’

By JACK DURA Associated Press Jake Wallin was once a small boy who sought comfort in the arms of family, terrified of fireworks that lit up the sky. On Saturday, the Fargo police officer was remembered for growing up to be a military veteran and dedicated officer whose "final act of valor" ...