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Alliance aims to advance North Dakota livestock industry
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) — Six commodity and farm groups in North Dakota have formed an alliance aimed at moving the state's livestock industry forward, but some people wonder about its potential impact on family farms. Organizers of the North Dakota Live...
Judge approves Jill Stein's plea deal for pipeline protest
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota judge on Wednesday accepted a plea agreement that spares former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein any jail time for protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline nearly a year ago. Judge Gail Hagerty a...
Tribes want Dakota pipeline shut, but offer fallback plan
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — American Indian tribes fighting the Dakota Access oil pipeline are asking a judge to shut down the line while more environmental review is conducted, but they've also presented a fallback plan should the judge disagree. The "...
North Dakota governor asks for new federal help amid drought
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is seeking a presidential disaster declaration, saying the state is "the epicenter of drought for the nation" because of a rain-free summer. Burgum said in a statement Monday night that his r...
Groups to provide hay to ranchers in parched North Dakota
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's Agriculture Department, North Dakota State University and a Michigan-based nonprofit are joining forces to help provide hay for drought-stricken ranchers in North Dakota. The department and university said T...
Months needed for additional study of Dakota Access pipeline
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Additional environmental review of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline is likely to take the rest of the year to complete, U.S. officials said in court documents in which they also advocate for keeping the line operating d...
Drought in High Plains the worst some farmers have ever seen
BEULAH, N.D. (AP) — Drought in North Dakota is laying waste to fields of normally bountiful food and hay crops and searing pastures that typically would be home to multitudes of grazing cattle. Some longtime farmers and ranchers say it's the worst c...
Dispute over Dakota Access handling of artifacts to linger
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A dispute over whether the Texas-based developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline improperly reported the discovery of American Indian artifacts in North Dakota will linger into the fall, as the company continues fighting a r...
Pipeline security company says it's victim of smear campaign
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The heavily criticized company that handled private security for the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline said Thursday that its efforts were aimed at creating a safe working environment and that it's the victim of a smear c...
Japanese beetle traps being boosted across North Dakota
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's Agriculture Department is increasing the number of Japanese beetle traps around the state by 50 percent to try to stem the spread of the destructive bug. Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring said Wednesday t...
Destructive Japanese beetles likely in North Dakota to stay
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A bug that's an enemy to flower beds, gardens, crops and even golf courses has been found again in North Dakota. An insect expert says the state likely now has an established population of the destructive Japanese beetle. W...
Dakota Access review to re-examine impact on tribe
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge's order for more environmental review of the already-operating Dakota Access oil pipeline has several potential outcomes, all of which could spark even more wrangling in a Washington, D.C., court room. The big q...
Ruling on Dakota Access pipeline shutdown months away
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge won't decide until later this year whether to shut down the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline while federal officials conduct a more thorough environmental review. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on W...
Judge announces Trump won't be defendant in pipeline lawsuit
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — President Donald Trump won't be added as a defendant in a lawsuit over the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline that he pushed to completion, a federal judge announced as one of the conditions of allowing a group of Sioux tribal...
Ruling on Dakota Access pipeline surprises oil industry
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A judge's ruling that might open the door for at least a temporary shutdown of the disputed Dakota Access pipeline surprised the industry that hailed the project as a "game changer" for North Dakota oil. But shippers said T...
Judge won't allow Trump to be added to pipeline lawsuit
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A judge says he's inclined to let a group of individual members of American Indian tribes join a lawsuit over the Dakota Access oil pipeline, but only if they agree to not add President Donald Trump as a defendant. Any action a...
Initiative aims for more stable workforce in oil patch
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A county job development authority in the North Dakota oil patch on Wednesday launched a unique initiative aimed at centralizing state and university programs to help build a regional workforce less susceptible to the b...
Activist prepared to take pipeline protest case to trial
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An American Indian activist and former U.S. congressional candidate accused of inciting a riot during protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline says he has no qualms about taking the case to trial, even though he could f...
$3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline begins service
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline began shipping oil for customers on Thursday, as Native American tribes that opposed the project vowed to continue fighting. Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners announced that the 1...
Dakota Access pipeline expected to begin shipping Thursday
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, which is expected to begin shipping oil on Thursday, will face scrutiny later this summer on whether it violated North Dakota rules during construction. The three-member North D...
Standing Rock film festival centers around pipeline protest
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A film festival on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation aims to bolster the anti-pipeline movement that blossomed there last year while also fostering connections between the Native American community and the film industry. T...
Tribes in US, Canada unite against Keystone XL oil pipeline
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Tribes representing tens of thousands of indigenous people in the U.S. and Canada will be signing a declaration against the planned Keystone XL oil pipeline. Leaders of the Blackfoot Confederacy in Canada and the Great Sioux N...
North Dakota seeks federal aid for pipeline protest costs
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's governor is asking President Donald Trump for federal reimbursement of $38 million in state law enforcement costs related to months of protests over construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. Gov. Doug B...
On-the-farm research making the case for industrial hemp
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Real-world research in more than a dozen states in recent years is giving farmers new understanding of how to grow industrial hemp and showing that it has promise to be a viable commercial crop in the U.S. The 2014 federal farm...
Farm Rescue nonprofit expanding into Nebraska, its 6th state
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Plains farm aid nonprofit that has steadily grown since being launched in North Dakota a dozen years ago is expanding into a sixth state. Farm Rescue will provide haying and hay-hauling help, free of charge, to farmers in n...
