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• North Dakota Navigator Project hit with massive funding reduction

  23-09-2017 02:00 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  
  DICKINSON — Steep federal budget cuts for programs that help people navigate the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, are expected to hit rural states like North Dakota the hardest, advocates say.
  
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• $30M, 3-year downtown Minot infrastructure project wraps up

  23-09-2017 00:16 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A three-year infrastructure reconstruction project has wrapped up in downtown Minot.
  
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• Grand Theatre to show independent film starring Center native

  22-09-2017 23:00 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  
  A Hollywood actress and film producer with North Dakota roots is bringing her new horror flick to the big screen of Bismarck's Grand Theatre, beginning Thursday.
  
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• Deaf Bismarck woman wins settlement from ND cops and courts

  22-09-2017 22:48 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota courts, Stutsman County and the Jamestown Police Department have agreed to make policy changes after failing to provide an interpreter for a deaf Bismarck woman following her arrest.
  
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• 5 years in prison for priest who stole thousands in Owosso

  22-09-2017 20:36 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  OWOSSO, Mich. (AP) — A retired priest has been sentenced to at least five years in prison for stealing tens of thousands of dollars from a Michigan church.
  
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• Drought affects duck hunting wetlands in the Northern Plains

  22-09-2017 19:55 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  
  FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2004 file photo, Wigeon, a black Labrador owned by Michael Furtman of Duluth, Minn., hustles to shore with a drake canvasback during a duck hunt near Medina, N.D. When duck hunters in the Northern…
  
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• North Dakota sees increase in recall petitions

  22-09-2017 19:08 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Efforts to oust officials in North Dakota communities have risen for the third year in a row.
  
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• Minot business challenges city's zoning order

  22-09-2017 19:03 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A Minot business extensively damaged by fire earlier this year has filed a lawsuit against the city over zoning issues.
  
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• MDU to build natural gas pipeline to Doosan Bobcat factory

  22-09-2017 17:23 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bismarck-based Montana Dakota Utilities is building a $13.8 million pipeline to provide natural gas to a South Korea-owned manufacturing facility in southeastern North Dakota.
  
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• Weekend festival highlights criminal justice topics

  22-09-2017 16:44 via North Dakota Supreme Court News
  Bismarck Tribune: "From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Belle Mehus Auditorium in Bismarck, the [Gamechanger Ideas Festival] will feature speakers, panel discussion and a theatrical performance, all focused on criminal justice."
  
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• North Dakota has first confirmed 2017 case of cattle anthrax

  22-09-2017 16:33 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota has its first confirmed case of livestock anthrax this year.
  
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• Anthrax case reported in Sioux County

  22-09-2017 16:30 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  The state’s first case of anthrax this year was reported in Sioux County and confirmed Thursday by North Dakota State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory based on samples submitted by a veterinarian with the Mandan Veterinary Clinic.
  
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• U.S.: Justice Sotomayor says cameras intrude on the Supreme Court's process

  22-09-2017 16:15 via North Dakota Supreme Court News
  Washington Times: "Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Thursday she doesn't support having cameras inside the Supreme Court, saying she fears they would distort the justices' behavior and hurt the court's role in government."
  
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• U.S.: Fourth Amendment blockbuster tops Supreme Court criminal docket

  22-09-2017 16:14 via North Dakota Supreme Court News
  Bloomberg News: "A relatively calm U.S. Supreme Court term will soon give way to what court watchers say could be a stormy one when the justices take the bench Oct. 2. Among the pivotal criminal law issues in the 2017 term are the balance
  between surveillance and privacy in the mobile phone era."
  
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• S.D.: Supreme Court upholds casino robbery conviction

  22-09-2017 15:54 via North Dakota Supreme Court News
  Mitchell Daily Republic: "The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a man who robbed a casino in Aberdeen. Thirty-six-year-old Roger Kihega sought an acquittal, new trial or new sentencing for his 2015 conviction."-Opinion Text: State v. Kihega
  
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• Joint Procedure Committee Sept. 28 agenda

  22-09-2017 15:52 via North Dakota Supreme Court News
  The agenda for the Sept. 28 meeting of the Joint Procedure Committee and the committee's April 27 minutes have been posted.
  
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• Dakota Datebook: Alexander Burr

  22-09-2017 15:43 via North Dakota Supreme Court News
  Prairie Public: "Due to the new popular hit musical Hamilton, the story of Aaron Burr shooting Alexander Hamilton has been refreshed in our collective memory. What is far less know, is that with 40 years of judicial service, there was an
  Alexander Burr . . . who was the second-longest serving judge in North Dakota."-Justice Burr Biography
  
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• Denver appeals court sidesteps decision on US fracking regulations

  22-09-2017 15:39 via North Dakota Supreme Court News
  Coloradan: "A federal appeals court on Thursday sidestepped a decision on whether oil and gas regulations enacted by the Obama administration are legal, noting that the current administration plans to rescind them."-Opinion Text: State of Wyoming v. Zinke
  
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• $30 million, 3-year downtown project in Minot wraps up

  22-09-2017 15:35 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A three-year infrastructure reconstruction project has wrapped up in downtown Minot.
  
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• A Day in Prison Life: Nicole's story

  22-09-2017 15:34 via North Dakota Supreme Court News
  KFYR News: "The Dakota Women's Correctional and Rehabilitation Center in New England, North Dakota, has room for 126 inmates. It's over capacity. Many of the women doing time there were jailed on drug charges, which are rising sharply."
  
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• Ceremony held to remember slain pregnant Fargo woman

  22-09-2017 14:27 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Family, friends and others gathered in a Fargo park to remember a woman who was found slain three days after police recovered her baby.
  
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• Officer's car shot in West Fargo

  22-09-2017 14:03 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Police are trying to find the person or people who shot out the windows of a West Fargo police officer's car.
  
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• Community grants available to address substance use disorders

  22-09-2017 07:15 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  The North Dakota Department of Human Services has announced additional community grants are available to address substance use disorders.
  
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• Bismarck team takes top prize in walleye tournament

  22-09-2017 07:15 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  The fishing team of Mike Huelsman, Aaron Schuck and Jesse Schumaker, all of Bismarck, took the $10,000 first-place prize in a walleye tournament at the Marina at Prairie Knights Casino & Resort.
  
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• Williston LGBT community’s Rainbow Rendezvous hits 3rd year

  22-09-2017 07:00 via Www.willistonherald.com - RSS Results in news,news/* of type article
  Members of Williston’s LGBT community are extending an open invitation to an annual party planned for this weekend at the Upper Missouri Valley Fairgrounds.
  
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• Williston High School’s homecoming Top 10

  22-09-2017 07:00 via Www.willistonherald.com - RSS Results in news,news/* of type article
  
  Williston High School announced the top 10 candidates for its Homecoming court on Thursday.
  
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• Walk offers a peek ‘behind the doors’ of downtown businesses

  22-09-2017 07:00 via Www.willistonherald.com - RSS Results in news,news/* of type article
  
  Williston is a town of both newcomers and natives, and it can feel sometimes like never the twain shall meet.
  
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• Preferred route for heavy trucks gets early nod

  22-09-2017 07:00 via Www.willistonherald.com - RSS Results in news,news/* of type article
  City and county officials have signed off on a preferred route that will divert heavy truck traffic from downtown Williston.
  
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• Lt. Gov. tours intake dam

  22-09-2017 07:00 via Www.willistonherald.com - RSS Results in news,news/* of type article
  GLENDIVE, Mont. — There is a quiet corner on the Yellowstone River, across from the Glendive Intake Diversion Dam’s canal entrances, where pallid sturgeon gather in the spring as they try to find a way upriver to spawn.
  
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• Bakken students mark International Peace Day with pinwheels

  22-09-2017 07:00 via Www.willistonherald.com - RSS Results in news,news/* of type article
  
  The question Lauren Stone had for the students in her social studies class is probably as old as humanity itself, but that doesn’t make it any less relevant today.
  
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• Walking in their shoes: An eye-opening experience simulating life in poverty

  22-09-2017 06:00 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  FARGO — Your child comes home with a note from school asking for $10 to pay for a school field trip. For most in the area, that’s not a big deal. But for the 1 in 9 people living in…
  
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• Project could add to Spiritwood Aquifer

  22-09-2017 06:00 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  JAMESTOWN — Analysis of data from an aerial electromagnetic survey conducted last year could result in a pilot project to transfer river water to the Spiritwood Aquifer in the future, according to Jon Patch, water appropriations director for the State…
  
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• Families of seven North Dakota governors reminisce at former residence

  22-09-2017 04:00 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  
  Seven families who once called the North Dakota governor’s residence home gathered to reminisce Thursday about time they spent in the building set to be demolished this fall.
  
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• Longtime University of Jamestown president to retire in 2018

  22-09-2017 00:37 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) — Longtime University of Jamestown President Robert S. Badal says he will retire next year.
  
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• Judge Cherie L. Clark Investiture: The September 15, 2017 photos

  21-09-2017 22:35 via North Dakota Supreme Court News
  Judge Cherie L. Clark was formally installed as a judge of the Southeast Judicial District in an investiture ceremony on Sept. 15 at the Stutsman County Courthouse in Jamestown. She was appointed to replace retired Judge John Greenwood. Here are
  the photos.-Judge Clark Biography
  
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• Rain relieves some drought conditions

  21-09-2017 20:15 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  
  The severity of the drought lessened considerably during the past week as rain helped to mitigate dry conditions throughout North Dakota, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Drought Monitor.
  
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• Staff survey criticizes university system chancellor's leadership, alleges gender bias in 2016 report

  21-09-2017 19:27 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  
  The chairman of the North Dakota higher education board said Thursday, Sept. 21, that board leadership stands by University System Chancellor Mark Hagerott after the release of a 2016 staff survey that described him as a "militaristic" and "controlling" leader…
  
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• North Dakota Chamber of Commerce's Peterson resigns

  21-09-2017 18:39 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The president and chief executive of North Dakota's largest business organization has resigned.
  
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• Report: North Dakota can lose $1B under proposed health law

  21-09-2017 18:30 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A report estimates that North Dakota could lose $1 billion in federal funding for health insurance over seven years under a Republican bill in Congress to replace the Obama health care overhaul.
  
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• Drought in western North Dakota eases significantly

  21-09-2017 18:07 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Drought in western North Dakota has eased significantly over the past week.
  
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• Bankers: Rural economy continues to struggle in 10 states

  21-09-2017 17:17 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new report says low commodity prices and weak farm incomes are continuing to hamper the rural economy in parts of 10 Plains and Midwestern states.
  
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• Correction: Oil Patch Fatal-ID story

  21-09-2017 17:10 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  NEW ENGLAND, N.D. (AP) — In a story Sept. 20 about a fatal semitrailer crash in North Dakota, The Associated Press, relying on information from the Highway Patrol, misidentified the trucker who died. His name was Robert Lugan, not Richard…
  
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• U.S.: Justice Ginsburg surprise speaker at Jewish new year service

  21-09-2017 16:09 via North Dakota Supreme Court News
  Associated Press: "Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a surprise guest speaker Wednesday evening during services for the Jewish new year in Washington, telling worshippers she believes being Jewish helped her empathize with other
  minority groups."
  
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• In Iowa, $75 speeding ticket fight heads to Supreme Court

  21-09-2017 16:05 via North Dakota Supreme Court News
  MPR News: "A dispute over a $75 speeding ticket has climbed through the levels of Iowa's court system, reaching the lofty heights of the Iowa Supreme Court for oral arguments."
  
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• Minnesota courtroom camera pilot project nearly complete

  21-09-2017 15:27 via North Dakota Supreme Court News
  KFGO News: "A two-year pilot program that places cameras in Minnesota courtrooms is nearly complete.Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lorie Gildea says a special committee is expected to release a report later this year, or early 2018."
  
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• Law session examines criminal process

  21-09-2017 15:25 via North Dakota Supreme Court News
  Bismarck Tribune: "Judge Bruce Haskell presided over a different type of courtroom meeting Tuesday evening at the Burleigh County Courthouse. He, Burleigh County Assistant State's Attorney Marina Spahr, criminal justice attorney Lloyd Suhr and
  others came together for a two-hour session to summarize and discuss the path of defendants in the criminal justice system."
  
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• West Fargo officers help deliver baby girl

  21-09-2017 15:23 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  WEST FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Two West Fargo police officers have made a special delivery.
  
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• Devils Lake domestic violence shelter faces budget woes

  21-09-2017 15:08 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) — A new domestic violence shelter in Devils Lake is trying to raise money to keep its doors open.
  
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• Newest North Dakota Supreme Court justice formally installed

  21-09-2017 14:18 via Bismarcktribune.com - RSS Results in news/state-and-regional
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's newest state Supreme Court justice is officially on the job.
  
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• Williston Economic Development wins award for its video folders

  21-09-2017 07:00 via Www.willistonherald.com - RSS Results in news,news/* of type article
  
  It’s often been said a picture is worth a thousand words. But these are the days of video, and those might be worth several hundred thousand. In the case of Williston Economic Development, its promotional video series has not only…
  
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