Bismarck News

A new public defender has been appointed to represent a white supremacist accused of terrorizing with guns the residents of the small town of Leith that he's trying to turn into an Aryan enclave.

Rather than executing a traditional media tour of talk-show couches and pre-packaged video clips for Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues , which hits theaters Dec. 18 premiere, Will Ferrell has quite literally let the character speak for himself.

Last Dec. 1, Mitchell Walck kidnapped Susan-Marie Smith and took her into North Dakota and back to Montana in a horrifying 27-hour ordeal.

A high-ranking U.S. Department of Justice official making a trip to the Dakotas for a tribal nations meeting said the agency is making progress in improving safety on reservations.

From Ron Burgundy interviewing Peyton Manning to Benedict Cumberbatch doing R. Kelly, WATCH our countdown of this week's buzziest videos.

"The Sound of the Music" is an iconic film that was part of so many childhoods. It became synonymous with Julie Andrews, who played Maria.

In this handout photo provided by KXMB TV Bismarck, Ron Burgundy participates in the KX News evening broadcast on November 30, 2013 in Bismarck, North Dakota.

In this undated photo provided by The North Dakota Petroleum Council is an oil rig surrounded by snow in western North Dakota's oil patch.

St. Cloud-based Coborn's Inc. has formally acquired five liquor stores in the Bismarck-Mandan area of North Dakota, a transaction that was first agreed to in October but needed approval of license transfers at future city council meetings.

Gary Quamme fights through the snow flying back in his face as he pushes his snow blower in Bismarck, N.D., Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013.

Steven Zenker breaks up ice in a water tank used for cows on his ranch near Carson, N.D., Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, as an arctic blast swept across the Northern Plains.

If recent snowfall is any indication, there may not be much relief from moisture this winter either.

"Anchorman" star Will Ferrell - yes, Ron Burgundy himself - joined Washington Post Film Critic Ann Hornaday at the Newseum Dec. 3 to talk about all things comedy, craft and Burgundy.

BISMARCK, N.D. — A Jan. 6 hearing has been scheduled at the Cass County Courthouse in Fargo on a proposed settlement in the case of a failed seed company.

Emerson College is changing the name of its School of Communication for one day to honor fictitious television anchorman Ron Burgundy.

Emerson College is changing the name of its School of Communication for one day to honor fictitious television anchorman Ron Burgundy.

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Emerson College is changing the name of its School of Communication for one day to honor fictitious television anchorman Ron Burgundy.

Fast-food workers in about 100 cities will walk off the job this Thursday, organizers say, which would mark the largest effort yet in their push for higher pay.

Television viewers in Bismarck, N.D., were treated to some real class this weekend when none other than the great Ron Burgundy read them the news.