GRAND FORKS, North Dakota, July 12 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news release: Scientists at the USDA Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center led a study that demonstrates it is possible to build a healthy diet with 91 percent of the calories coming from ultra-processed foods (as classified using the NOVA scale) while still following the recommendations from the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines fo  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news brief: * * * Who: U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration North Dakota Safety Council What: Alliance renewal Background: On July 10, 2023, OSHA's Bismarck Area Office Director Scott Overson and North Dakota Safety Council Executive Director Chuck Clairmont renewed an alliance that provides employers and workers with information, trainin  more

DENVER, Colorado, July 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Region 8 Office is announcing a grant competition for an "Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center" (EJ TCTAC). The agency is offering this funding opportunity of up to $10 million to help communities and other environmental justice stakeholders in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains states access f  more

MEDAN, Indonesia, July 11 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: More than 60 Airmen and two B-52H Stratofortress aircraft assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, completed a bilateral interoperability exercise in Indonesia. The exercise, which lasted about a week and was supported by various U.S. Pacific Air Forces units, marked the first time U.S. Air Force B-52s landed on and operated from Indonesian soil. "It's exciting to be a part of this  more

FARGO, North Dakota, July 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota, Mac Schneider, issued the following news release on May 13, 2023: United States Attorney Mac Schneider, District of North Dakota, announced that on July 13, 2023, Juan Sillas-Rocha, age 45, of Tijuana, Mexico, plead guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Continuing Criminal Enterprise, and Conspiracy to Commit Murder in Furtherance of the Continuing Criminal Enterprise before Chief Judge Pete  more