BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 3 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news and letter on June 1, 2022: In a video conference call today requested by Gov. Doug Burgum, the governor urged U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Chris Magnus to restore pre-pandemic hours of operation at several ports of entry on the U.S.-Canada border where hours were reduced in April 2020. Today's meeting followed a letter (https://www.governor.nd.gov/sites/www/files/documents/Go  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, June 2 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news: Gov. Doug Burgum along with Bitzero Strategic Investor Kevin O'Leary, Bitzero CEO Akbar Shamji, and Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) Nation Chairman Mark Fox today announced North Dakota as Bitzero's headquarters and hub for all North American operations. North Dakota emerged as the logical choice for Bitzero due to alignment on the state's goal of being carbon neutral by 2030, its robust energy ind  more

SPIRITWOOD, North Dakota, June 4 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on June 2, 2022: Gov. Doug Burgum and Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford today joined officials from ADM and Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC) at the Spiritwood Energy Park to help break ground on the Green Bison Soy Processing plant, North Dakota's first dedicated soybean processing plant, highlighting the project as an example of how partnerships between agriculture and energy are growing both sectors in North Da  more

WILLISTON, North Dakota, June 2 (TNSfund) -- Williston State College issued the following news release: Nearly $2 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds is coming to TrainND Northwest through the U.S. Department of Commerce to expand two workforce training programs. TrainND was notified of the grant award on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. "They [the Commerce Department] are investing 1.9 million dollars into this region through TrainND. We are matching that with about $420-some-odd  more