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.
Tribal election results announced
NEW TOWN – The Three Affiliated Tribes’ Election Board has announced the certified results of the Tuesday, Sept. 22, primary election for seats on the tribal business council. Frederick Fox and Darwin Williams were the top vote-getters for the position of chairman and will move on to the general election in November. They received 590 and 550 votes, respectively. Others running for that seat and their votes were Monica Mayer, 540; Robert Roaming Wolf Sr., 312; Whitney Bell, 294; Stacey Driver, 211; Lloree Dickens, 210; and Vivian Hall, 67. Mark Fox, current chairman, did not seek ...
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 ...