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Experts are offering us some answers as to why North Dakota is doing so dismally in the fight to stop kids from drinking.

Authorities say a man and woman were thrown from the motorcycle they were riding after it hit a mattress that flew off a pontoon trailer on a Grand Forks County road.

Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment: NORTH DAKOTA NICKNAME Supporters of nickname say they're proud of it FORT TOTTEN, N.D. Supporters of the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname and logo came out to show that support at the polls.

A small herd of cattle, plus a llama and a dog, were on the loose west of Reynolds, N.D., on Sunday bedeviling sheriffa s deputies from Grand Forks and Traill counties.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. a ' As much as people in the Red River Valley want the sun and warmth of an honest spring, the colder than average temperatures of recent weeks have kept record March snowfalls from rushing into the Red River and its tributaries.

Grand Forks police arrested Jaimie Mudge, of Thompson, N.D., on Wednesday in what they say was the theft of about $7,000 worth of property in several burglaries of businesses.

Abstract Nurses reusing vials were to blame for a hepatitis outbreak at one facility.

The 0 0 0 0 03-year-old Jones signed with the Reds on Feb. 5, getting a chance to win a reserve spot.

Labor unions have been around in the US in one form or another for more than 100 years.

The North Dakota Playwrights Co-op had a productive year in 2008, both as writers and as a producing agency for new work, its leads said, and now theya re getting started a series of workshop meetings for those ...

On Jan. 20, I had the honor and the unique opportunity to witness a very special and defining moment in the history of the United States in Washington, D.C.: the swearing-in of Barack Hussein Obama - the ...

As public school student populations continue to diversify, the faculty at most schools has failed to match it when it comes to race and gender, and some education organizations say that hinders the quality of ...

McFarlane honored: Dave McFarlane was named the 2009 recipient of the Henry Havig Award for Community Service Monday night at The Chamber of Commerce dinner at the Alerus Center.

The closing reception will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, free and open to the public, with refreshments.

The snowplows did not rest Sunday in Grand Forks County. Both state Department of Transportation trucks with front-mounted plows and the countya TMs motor-graders with center-hung blades were busy trying to ...

Last year, 104 people died in 97 traffic accidents on North Dakotaa s highways, according to the Highway Patrola s year-ending report for 2008.

A 1998 Ford F150 truck was headed east on U.S. Highway 2 near Petea s West when the driver lost control of the pickup and it rolled at about 11:33 a.m. Sunday.

A garage fire near Thompson, North Dakota caused nearly $75,000 dollars in damage this weekend.

A fire Saturday night did an estimated $75,000 of damage to a rural Thompson, N.D., residence Saturday night, destroying the garage and its contents and causing heat damage to the house, a fence and gazebo, ...

A fire struck a house in Thompson, N.D., about 8:15 p.m. Saturday, according to the Grand Forks County Sheriffa s Office.