WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2023: FEMA announced federal emergency aid has been made available to the state of North Dakota to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in areas affected by a severe winter storm, snowstorm and straight-line winds from Nov. 9-11, 2022. The President's action makes federal funding available to state, tribal and eligible local government  more

MINOT AFB, North Dakota, Feb. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Minot Air Force Base issued the following news: By Senior Airman Evan Lichtenhan, 5th Bomb Wing Public Affairs The Airmen who perform the vital mission of ensuring intercontinental ballistic missiles meet operational standards are some of the most skillfully trained and dedicated personnel in the Air Force. Late last year, a crew of these Airmen from the 791st Missile Maintenance Squadron pulled an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM out of a secure  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Feb. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2023: United States Attorney Mac Schneider announced that on February 8, 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel L. Hovland sentenced Curtis Lee Moran, age 41, from Williston, ND, to serve 12 months in federal prison and 3 years of supervised release for committing the offense of Threatening Interstate Communications, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 875(c  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The White House issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2023: Last night, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of North Dakota and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe winter storm, snowstorm, and straight-line winds from November 9 to November 11, 2022. Federal funding is available to state, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain p  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Feb. 8 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in North Dakota following President Biden's federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of the severe winter storm, snowstorm, and straight-line winds that occurred Nov. 9 - 11, 2022, announced Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman of the U.S. Sma  more