GRAND FORKS, North Dakota, March 12 -- The Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota issued the following news: Jacque Gray, PhD, was named a fellow of the American Psychological Association Division 18: Psychologists in Public Service. Gray is a Choctaw/Cherokee research associate professor and associate director of Indigenous Programs at the Center for Rural Health (CRH) at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences. She also serves as director of the  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 10 -- Consumer Energy Alliance issued the following statement by Midwest Director Chris Ventura as the Illinois Commerce Commission considers an expansion of the Dakota Access Pipeline: "As the Illinois Commerce Commission continues its regulatory oversight, CEA reiterates its strong support for the expansion of the Dakota Access Pipeline. This vital project will bring an additional half a million barrels per day of domestic energy from North Dakota that will be used to   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release: Voters in six states, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Washington, and Idaho, voted in their respective state's primary elections. Election Protection, the nation's largest and longest-running nonpartisan voter protection coalition, fielded complaints by way of its 866-OUR-VOTE hotline from the time polls opened to the time they closed. In addition, Election Protection volu  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, March 11 -- The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America issued the following news release: A collaborative effort by golf course superintendents in North Dakota and the North Central Turfgrass Association (NCTA) has resulted in the publication of "Best Management Practices for North Dakota Golf Courses". The North Dakota BMPS were developed in part by using the BMP Planning Guide and Template created by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA)  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, March 11 -- Sanford Health issued the following news: Dr. Steven Briggs' idea started brewing during his work in trauma and critical care. As a trauma surgeon, he had recently dealt with a series of severe complications involving the standard percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube. About 300,000 PEG tubes get placed annually in the U.S. Passed into the stomach through the abdominal wall, the tube delivers nutrients when patients cannot manually feed themselves.   more