May 20, 2013 at 04:15PM
More severe storms are in the forecast for Oklahoma a day after large hail fell in the state’s southwest and electricity was knocked out to thousands.
KFYR RadioMay 20, 2013 at 12:54PM
Water on the roadway of ND Highway 200 two miles east of Bowdon
The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) reports that there is water on the roadway of ND Highway 200 approximately two miles east of Bowdon. Motorists are advised to slow down, watch for signs or flaggers and use caution, as vehicles that leave the roadway may become immersed in water.
JOHN HOVEN: A victory for the Missouri River basin | Grand Forks Herald | Grand Forks, North DakotaMay 20, 2013 at 08:30AM
This week, we scored a major victory for the people who live and work throughout the Missouri River basin. The U.S. Senate passed the States’ Water Rights Act, legislation I introduced and attached to the Water Resources Development Act to bar the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from charging a storage…
Oil Field Waste Concerns on KFYR-TV North Dakota’s NBC News LeaderMay 20, 2013 at 08:16AM
Controversy across the state surrounding the dumping of toxic radioactive waste. Landfills in Watford City and Williston have discovered attempts to illegally dump that oil field waste. Because of this, concerned North Dakotans have created a new Energy Coalition to tackle these issues.
Legislation aims to help Oil Patch hospitals cope with ballooning bad debt | INFORUM | Fargo, NDMay 19, 2013 at 04:44AM
FARGO – Medical centers in western North Dakota’s booming Oil Patch need help in diagnosing which patients requesting non-emergency services are bad debt risks.
Murder in Bakken Formation: Police probe possible connection to other disappearancesMay 19, 2013 at 04:36AM
The murder of a North Dakota man has authorities investigating whether other recent missing persons cases are connected or the work of separate criminals who’ve descended on the area known as the Bakken Shelf region, where new discoveries of oil and natural gas have drawn thousands of transient newc…
Oil Patch concealed carry permit numbers up: Sheriff: License worth it for not getting fined or goinMay 17, 2013 at 03:07PM
If an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, then, in the case of weapons in North Dakota, less than $100 paid for a concealed carry permit is worth a $2,000 fine, a year in jail or both. Well, it’s definitely the cheaper of the two.
ND gas prices rising rapidly; AAA says no relief in sight until after Memorial Day | The Dickinson PMay 17, 2013 at 03:06PM
The T-Rex Conoco station in Dickinson may have lucked out when the digital sign it uses to advertise gas prices went out recently. Although customers still had to pay the $3.99 for a gallon of regular unleaded gas Thursday, at least they didn’t have to see what they were paying in big red numbers.
New Chaplain for NDNG on KFYR-TV North Dakota’s NBC News LeaderMay 17, 2013 at 03:06PM
The North Dakota National Guard has a new chaplain in its ranks, and for the first time in seven years, it`s a Catholic. Monsignor Chad Gion is now also First Lieutenant Chad Gion and will be one of six chaplains in the North Dakota National Guard Chaplain Corps by the end of the summer. He
Energy Outreach donates to After School ProgramMay 17, 2013 at 03:05PM
Energy Outreach Williston, supported by Schlumberger, Statoil, Baker Hughes, Halliburton, Nabors and Oasis, will donate $60,000 over the next two years to the After School Program.
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