WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Cameron Monte Smith, a citizen of Canada, pleaded guilty to one count of destruction of an energy facility charged in the District of North Dakota and one count of destruction of an energy facility charged in the District of South Dakota. Smith admitted to damaging the Wheelock substation, located near Ray, North Dakota, in an amount exceeding $100,000, in May 2023. The Wheelock substation is operated by   more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Sept. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota issued the following news release: United States Attorney Mac Schneider announced that on September 11, 2024, United States District Court Judge Daniel M. Traynor sentenced Nigerian citizen Christopher Agbaje to serve 142 months' imprisonment, and to pay $188,935.74 in restitution to a North Dakota law firm, on charges of 1) Money Laundering; 2) Aiding and Abetting Wire Fraud; and 3) Aiding and   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release: * * * Two States and One Territory Requested Access to BEAD Funds Totaling Over $750 Million * * * The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved Idaho, North Dakota and American Samoa's Initial Proposals for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a cornerstone o  more