Portal News

“He's the nicest dog you will ever meet in your life probably”

KENMARE The Kenmare City Council can expect a real dog fight when it meets May 12. via Minot Daily News

The fire alarm sounded at approximately one o'clock Saturday afternoon, April 19. via CNDNEWS

“The gravel just pulled me into the ditch”

The fire alarm sounded at approximately one o'clock Saturday afternoon, April 19. via CNDNEWS

“We have estimated the damage to be between 1,200 and 1,500 acres”

Presenter: Daniel Bernardy This webcast will offer new strategies and tactics to ensure you have a comprehensive juvenile firesetter intervention program for this ever present problem. via FireHouse.com

NDFour-Lane 52,0119 Officials push for a four-lane Highway 52 Kenmare , N.D. Officials and residents on both sides of the U.S.- Canada border are pushing for a four-lane U.S. Highway 52 from northwest of Minot ... via KXMC-TV Minot

“I feel that we have businesses up on the highway that would definitely see a benefit from that, from the increased traffic. And hopefully we can pull some of that traffic into our downtown businesses, to support our businesses down on the square.”

A well-driven North Dakota highway could be adding two more lanes in the not-so-near future. via KXMD-TV Williston

Espeseth hangs up his whistle Skip Espeseth of Portal has decided to hang up his whistle and retire as a basketball referee. via CNDNEWS

“Canadians are pretty good about having their documents when they travel”

New requirements on border crossing documentations that were put into effect Thursday had minimal impact on the flow of traffic crossing the border early in the day. via Minot Daily News

“It's a security issue for us. If we get the right kind of documentation proving who you are or what your citizenship is it makes our job easier it makes your job in the future easier to get across the border.”

It's an effort to keep would-be terrorists out of the United States. Starting next month, crossing the international border back into the U-S will require a bit more identification. via KXMB News

Rosie nearing Greenland & ending run around the world Just a little over a year ago, Rosie Swale-Pope of Wales, United Kingdom entered the United States at the North Portal/Portal international border pulling ... via CNDNEWS

“Imagine the surprise I had when I walked up to it and saw that it had full velvet on his antlers”

The words, "Can you hear me now?" may no longer be uttered as people chat on their cell phones in the local area. via CNDNEWS

PORTAL, N.D. A Fargo man is dead after a pickup rollover west of Portal, in Burke County . via KX News

NDHighway Hopes,0137 Canadian group wants four-lane highway from Regina to Minot MINOT, N.D. A group in southeastern Saskatchewan is proposing a divided four-lane highway between Regina and Minot. via KXMC-TV Minot

“September 11th changed everything”

The terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, changed the way we live and forced authorities to improve methods of securing the homeland. via KFYR-TV Bismarck

“I mean if we want to make this 100 percent safe, in this country, let`s put up a four-wall fence, 50 feet in the air and 70 feet wide”

With the "War on Terror," there is a lot of focus on protection of the homeland. via KFYR-TV Bismarck

“It`s not like the southern border, but it is patrolled”

North Dakotans are known for being friendly, trusting people, but with neighbors to the North very close by, it might be a dangerous situation. via KMOT-TV Minot

“I've got from the Fortuna port of entry, which is next to Montana, to Antler, N.D.”

As the old saying goes, the grass is always greener on the other side. But it's doubtful that Brad Beeter would agree with that assessment. via Minot Daily News

U.S. Customs officials in Minnesota and North Dakota seized more than 4,100 birds from hunters re-entering the United States from Canada following an outbreak of avian flu at a commercial chicken farm near ... via KXMC-TV Minot