State School Superintendent Levi Bachmeier on Friday said updated school accountability reports and results from North Dakota’s new statewide student assessment are available for North Dakotans to review on the state’s Insights website. A federal law, called the Every Student Succeeds Act, requires state[...]
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Armstrong eyes Jan. 21 as tentative date for special legislative session
Gov. Kelly Armstrong today informed legislative leaders that he has identified Jan. 21 as the tentative date for a special session of the 69th Legislative Assembly to act on anticipated federal funding for North Dakota’s Rural Health Transformation Program.North Dakota submitted its[...]
Twelve Minot businesses fail recent alcohol compliance check
Minot police spent November checking how well local businesses are keeping alcohol out of the hands of minors, and most passed the test. Officers carried out compliance checks at 92 licensed establishments across the city, finding 66 fully compliant and 12 in[...]
ND Improves Grade In Financial Literacy
State School Superintendent Levi Bachmeier lauded North Dakota’s improvement on a national financial literacy report card, saying the result strengthens efforts to make North Dakota the nation’s most financially literate state. The report card examined state laws, educational policies, and curricula that[...]
Eat Local to Support First-Term Airmen: Operation Homebound Day is December 4
The Minot community is invited to grab a fork - and a friend - for a cause that truly hits home. This Thursday, December 4, both north and south Broadway locations of QDOBA Mexican Eats and Jersey Mike’s Subs in Minot will[...]
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State Agriculture Diversification and Development (ADD) Fund awards for four projects
BISMARCK, N.D. – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has announced Agriculture Diversification and Development (ADD) Fund awards for four projects. The awards totaling $1 million were approved at the ADD quarterly meeting Nov. 19 in Jamestown.The ADD Fund is administered by the North[...]
North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Commission (APUC) awards for eight projects
BISMARCK, N.D. – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has announced North Dakota Agricultural Products Utilization Commission (APUC) awards for eight projects. The awards totaling $926,800 were approved at the APUC quarterly meeting Nov. 19-20 in Jamestown.APUC is a program of the North Dakota[...]
McLean County Crash Claims Life of Bottineau Man
An 88-year-old man from Bottineau died Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Highway 83 and Highway 37. The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports the collision occurred around 4:55 p.m. on November 28, as snow and wind created icy,[...]
Additional Arrests Made in Connection to November 7th Homicide in Minot
The Minot Police Department has made two warrant arrests: Autumn Jade Rose Tincher, 22, of Minot, and Cole Ronnie Brown, 21, of Minot, earlier today in connection with the Nov. 7 homicide of Anthony William Redmond in northeast Minot. This is in[...]
North Dakota Announces 2025 Tourism and Community Enhancement Grant Recipients
The North Dakota Department of Commerce has announced the recipients of the 2025 Tourism and Community Enhancement Grants. Funded by the 69th Legislative Assembly, the grants are designed to enhance tourism, strengthen community infrastructure and preserve historic landmarks across the state.The following[...]
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Minot Airport Director shares tips for holiday traveling
The week of Thanksgiving is the busiest airline travel time of the year, but there are ways to make your trip less stressful. “During the holidays, we tend to have a lot of passengers who don’t travel on a regular basis,” Minot[...]
Bachmeier Says He’ll Visit Every ND School District As Tenure as School Superintendent Begins
BISMARCK, N.D., Nov. 24, 2025 – New State School Superintendent Levi Bachmeier began his first day in the position Monday by declaring his goal to visit all of North Dakota’s 167 school districts, beginning with its smallest, Marmarth, in the southwestern corner[...]
Local Motives Receives $120,000 Grant For Summer Music Series Through 2028
Minot is poised to add a major new chapter to its growing arts and culture scene. Local Motives has secured a multi-year national grant that will bring a free outdoor music series to Citizens Alley from 2026 through 2028—an investment that places[...]
President Lincoln Provides Comment on Battle of Gettysburg
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that[...]
Tax Commissioner Releases Third Quarter 2025 Taxable Sales Data
Tax Commissioner Brian Kroshus has announced that North Dakota’s taxable sales and purchases for the third quarter of 2025 decreased by 0.48 percent compared to the same period in 2024. For July, August, and September of 2025, taxable sales and purchases totaled[...]
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INSPIRITUS Community Health Foundation Awards $191,886 in Grants, Announces Twice Blessed Match Campaign
MINOT — INSPIRITUS Community Health Foundation celebrated regional nonprofits Thursday, Nov. 13, by awarding $191,886.80 in community grants at its Regional Community Grant Awards Luncheon at the Sleep Inn and Suites in Minot. The grants support projects that strengthen the mental, physical,[...]