WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Akin Gump, a law firm, issued the following news release: (Dallas; Houston; Washington, D.C.; New York) - Akin advised Strata Corporation, a leading construction materials and contracting services provider in North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota, in connection with the sale of its equity along with the equity of Glacier Resources, Ltd. and certain assets of Landmark Investments, L.L.C. to a wholly owned subsidiary of Knife River Corporation. The Akin team was led by co  more

MINOT, North Dakota, Jan. 11 -- Minot State University issued the following news release: Minot State Department of Nursing excels in nursing excellence. One key component reaffirming this is a current National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) passing rate of 100% in 2023. Part of the MSU Department of Nursing's commitment to excellence is having a complex, accredited program designed for nursing success, and the department is busy working through renewing its ac  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Jan. 7 -- North Dakota Attorney Drew Wrigley issued the following news on Jan. 6, 2025: For nearly 50 years, the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDDEQ) has been promulgating and enforcing its own rules regarding the storage, treatment, and disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCR). When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it would allow states to apply for program primacy for regulating CCR activities, NDDEQ promptly prepared and  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Jan. 9 -- Gov. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on Jan. 8, 2025: * * * Greenberg appointed interim labor commissioner * * * Gov. Kelly Armstrong today appointed Reice Haase, former senior policy advisor in the Governor's Office and former deputy executive director of the North Dakota Industrial Commission, to serve as director of the state Department of Water Resources, while thanking outgoing director Andrea Travnicek for her more than three  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Jan. 7 -- Gov. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following news: Gov. Kelly Armstrong today appointed Jill Kringstad, manager of business operations for the North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC), to fill the PSC seat vacated by former commissioner Julie Fedorchak, effective immediately. Fedorchak was elected to Congress in November and sworn in Friday to represent North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives. Kringstad has served as the PSC's manag  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Jan. 8 -- Gov. Kelly Armstrong, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on Jan. 7, 2025: Gov. Kelly Armstrong today delivered his 2025 State of the State Address to a joint session of the 69th Legislative Assembly, outlining a property tax relief and reform plan that would put the majority of primary residences on a path to zero property taxes within the next decade. Addressing the full Legislature for the first time since he and Lt. Gov. Michelle Strinden took office  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Jan. 9 -- The University of Mary issued the following news: The University of Mary will host its annual Saint Hildegard Lecture on Monday, January 27, 2025, featuring Dr. Russell Hittinger, a world-renowned Catholic scholar and authority on Catholic social thought. Dr. Hittinger's lecture, titled "What is a Social Encyclical?" will begin at 10 a.m. in Founders Hall at the Lumen Vitae University Center (LVUC) on the University of Mary campus. The public and media are enco  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Jan. 8 -- The North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party issued the following news release: FARGO, ND - Today, President-elect Donald Trump claimed that his administration would block any new wind turbines saying, "We're gonna try and have a policy where no windmills are being built." North Dakota Democratic-NPL Chair Adam Goldwyn said, "He's not even President yet, and Donald Trump is already putting the livelihoods of hundreds of North Dakotans at risk by demanding that the im  more