WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that it expects to award up to five cooperative agreements for flood hazard identification and risk assessment programs in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $23.3 million. The agency said the grant was associated with disaster prevention and relief. The funding is open to state, county, city, to  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on the alternative measures of labor underutilization in North Dakota for 2019: In 2019, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 4.7 percent in North Dakota, significantly lower than the  more

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from The Economics Daily: The national jobs openings rate was 4.5 percent (not seasonally adjusted) in September 2019. The job openings rate was 6.0 percent in Vermont, 5.9 percent in both Alaska and West Virginia, and 5.7 percent in North Carolina. In New Mexico and North Dakota, the job openings rate was 5.6 percent in September 2019. View chart of the "Job openings rate by state, Se  more

GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, North Dakota, March 7 -- The U.S. Air Force (319th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: Grand Forks Airmen, families and local community members celebrated the grand re-opening of the base library March 4, 2020, following its six-month renovation period. The celebration included a tour of the new facilities following a ribbon-cutting, and special story time from base leaders. Veronica Holseth, library director, voiced her excitement for the library's new layou  more

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, North Dakota, March 7 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett, accompanied by Air Force Global Strike Command leadership, connected with Airmen and families from the 5th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing during her visit to Minot Air Force Base March 5. Barrett's priorities for the Department of the Air Force include building the U.S. Space Force, modernizing both the Air Force and the Space Force, growing strong leader  more

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, North Dakota, March 7 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett, accompanied by Air Force Global Strike leadership, connected with Airmen and families from the 5th Bomb Wing and 91st Missile Wing during her visit to Minot Air Force Base, March 5, 2020. Barrett's priorities for the Department range from building the United States Space Force, modernizing both Air and Space Forces, growing strong leaders and resilient fam  more