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BISMARCK -- A proposal to allow locked-out workers at American Crystal Sugar to file unemployment compensation claims in North Dakota was rejected today by the Senate Delayed Bills Committee. The committee's three Republican members voted not to allow the bill to be introduced during...

BISMARCK -- About 700 people paid their final respects to Senate Majority Leader Bob Stenehjem at a rare event Sunday in the Capitol. The funeral visitation in the Senate chamber marked the final time the leader will enter the room he's guided for the past decade. State officials,...

Oil development is tearing up roads and bridges, ruining school buses, wrecking historic courthouse record books, ruining hay crops and causing labor shortages in oil producing counties -- while the state rakes in a huge surplus from the taxes the industry pays, officials from several...

Hospice of the Red River Valley announces two staff members who successfully completed the exam to be certified in Thanatology (CT). Cheryl Link, BSW, LSW and Carrie Stenseth, MS, LPC, NCC, bereavement specialists at Hospice of the Red River Valley, have earned the designation of...

BISMARCK -- Organizers of the tobacco prevention and control initiative made a show of force Monday, announcing more than 40 groups and individuals around the state who are backing Measure 3. If passed, Measure 3 will devote a new 10-year bonus tobacco settlement fund to stopping...

BISMARCK - Sen. John McCain leads Sen. Barack Obama by 14 percentage points in North Dakota, a national polling firm said this week. The same company, Rasmussen Reports, has Gov. John Hoeven in position to swamp his opponent, Sen. Tim Mathern, D-Fargo, 68 percent to 28 percent. Polling...

The Gadberry home next to Interstate 29 north of Hillsboro, N.D., is known for its holiday light displays. But something dark paid a visit in 2005. In April of that year, just before embarking on a cross-country journey that led to murder, kidnapping and sexual assault, Joseph Duncan...

The Barack Obama campaign is aiming for 100 volunteer teams in North Dakota as the presidential race moves into its final weeks, officials said. Fifty teams are already in place, they said Tuesday and training will continue. The current four campaign offices in the state will grow...

BISMARCK -- The North Dakota Public Service Commission will not put its proceedings on the proposed Big Stone II power plant on hold, it decided Friday. Opponents from Plains Justice, headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa asked the PSC to suspend the North Dakota process known as "advanced...

North Dakota Democrats will cross the river for Minnesota's Seventh District DFL convention on Saturday, May 17, at the Arrowwood in Alexandria. KFGO Radio personality and North Dakota State Senator Joel Heitkamp will serve as Master of Ceremonies at the event, which will feature...