FARGO, North Dakota, Aug. 22 -- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland issued the following remarks on Aug. 21, 2023, at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of North Dakota: * * * Speaking to the people in the back there. In just a few minutes, the U.S. Attorney and I will meet with the law enforcement officers around the table. I am grateful to all of you for being here. I look forward to our discussion. We are here gathered in the wake of last month's horrific ambush on four Fargo Poli  more

MINOT AFB, North Dakota, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Minot Air Force Base issued the following news: By Minot Air Force Base, 5th Bomb Wing Public Affairs The two top leaders of Air Force Global Strike Command visited Minot Air Force Base this week to meet with Airmen and see first-hand how Team Minot provides strategic deterrence and precision strike anywhere around the world. The Air Force Global Strike Command commander, Gen. Thomas Bussiere, and his spouse, Barbara, along with AFGSC com  more

MINOT AFB, North Dakota, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: By Frederick Hoyt, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District A late afternoon groundbreaking ceremony on Aug. 15 at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota marked the official start of construction on a new Helicopter Operations Tactical Response Alert Facility for the Air Force's 54th Helicopter Squadron, 91st Security Forces Group's tactical response force. Michael Nelson, U.S. Army Corps  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Whistleblower investigation finds employee's contact with federal agency was protected * * * A federal whistleblower investigation has found the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality illegally retaliated against an environmental scientist after they reported safety concerns about the public water system to management and later con  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: A team of bioenvironmental experts reported the polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) sampling results from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Aug. 24, 2023, the third from an extensive sampling of active U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile bases to address specific cancer concerns raised by missile community members across related career fields. The testing, conducted by the U.S. Air Force   more

GRAND FORKS AFB, North Dakota, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Grand Forks Air Force Base (319th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Raisa Christie, 319th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs The 319th Civil Engineer Squadron began a base hydrant fuels system replacement in July 2023, on Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. The hydrant fuel system was initially constructed in 1959, with minor repairs until 2003 when it was replaced with aluminum. The main purpose of  more

RIVERDALE, North Dakota, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct vegetation management activities during August and September on sandbars in the Missouri River between Garrison Dam and Huff, N.D. to keep the sandbars free of vegetation and usable by the threatened Piping Plover for nesting. Certified applicators using helicopters will begin spraying the end of August only on the vegetated portio  more