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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 ...

Western ND Honor Flight veterans honored

$1.3M project to improve access to Minot AFB

WASHINGTON – Funding to extend the northbound left-turn lane on U.S. Highway 83 at Minot Air Force Base has been awarded to the North Dakota Department of Transportation, according to the North Dakota congressional delegation. U.S. Sens. John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer and Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak on Monday, Sept. 21, announced the award of $1.04 million through the Defense Community Infrastructure Program to support transportation improvements at Minot Air Force Base. The funding will support the $1.3 million project to improve access to the base. In May, the delegation sent a ...

Ballot measure guide sent to voters

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Office of the Secretary of State announced it has sent voters a mailing with information about statewide measures that will be on the Nov. 3 general election ballot. The ballot measure guide was mailed Friday, Sept. 18, to the households of 450,000 active North Dakota voters. An active voter is a person who has voted in a North Dakota election in the last four years. The ballot measure guide will also be posted at all voting locations and on the North Dakota Secretary of State website. Two statewide constitutional measures are on the General Election ...

Most car seats improperly used in ND

In 2025, nearly three out of four car seats checked in North Dakota were found to have at least one misuse, according to North Dakota car seat checkup data. During Child Passenger Safety Week, Sept. 20-26, North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) and Vision Zero are encouraging parents and caregivers to make sure children are properly secured in the right car seat and to seek help from a certified child passenger safety technician. “Car seats are designed to protect children, but they need to be used correctly to provide the protection they are intended to provide,” Dawn ...