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The administrator of the North Dakota Land Department is leaving. Gary Preszler has been the agency's commissioner since 2001.

A crude-bearing cache known as the Birdbear, beneath North Dakota's already booming oil patch, can be tapped using new technology that would expand horizontal drilling to parts of the state that have never seen it, geologists believe.

Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment: FSA COMMITTEE 5 North Dakotans join Farm Service Agency board BISMARCK, N.D. Five North Dakota ranchers and farmers have been named to serve on the state's Farm Service Agency committee.

They sent out a letter [pdf] to subscribers threatening even bigger rate increases if reform passes: Your health care costs will rise even faster than they have in the recent past Health care costs have skyrocketed the last several years.

DICKINSON POLICE LT. ROD BANYAI SAYS TOXICOLOGY TESTS CAME BACK NEGATIVE FOR 22-YEAR-OLD KYRSTIN GEMAR OF SAN DIEGO, 20-YEAR-OLD AFTON WILLIAMSON OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIF.; AND 21-YEAR-OLD ASHLEY NEUFELD, OF BRANDON, MANITOBA.

Each day, 18 people across the country die as they wait for an organ transplant.

The state Health Department says North Dakota has its second flu death. Influenza surveillance coordinator Michelle Feist says the victim was a woman over 60 in the northwestern part of the state who had an underlying medical condition.

After three months of intense training, the 650 North Dakota National Guard troops who were chosen to keep the peace in Kosovo have begun their mission abroad.

NDRight Now,0980 Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment: MEDICARE SIGN-UPS ND sign-ups being held for Medicare recipients BISMARCK, N.D. Sign-up sessions are being held for North Dakota Medicare recipients who have or want prescription drug coverage.

The burning glow over North Dakota's oil patch is slowly dimming as companies work to capture and sell natural gas instead of flaring it.

Cirrus Aircraft says it has laid off 58 production employees to pu4 itself in a better position for next year.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. They`re words that many of us grow up with, but how many really follow them? Governor Hoeven has proclaimed Sunday, November 15th 'North Dakota Recycles Day.' The day will recognize the value of waste reduction, composting, and purchasing recycled products.

BISMARCK, N.D. - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told a tough crowd of mostly energy company officials Monday that oil, natural gas and coal will be part of the nation's energy future.

North Dakotans paid tribute to veterans at a gathering around a state Capitol memorial that shines on Veterans Day.

North Dakotans continue to battle the flu early this year. The latest numbers out late Tuesday show that just under 3000 confirmed cases have been reported to the State Department of Health most are believed to be H1N1.

Nov 8 2009 12:00AM http://sayanythingblog.com/index.php North Dakota has a love/hate relationship with it's all-Democrat congressional delegation, including Rep.

Devils Lake has more than tripled in size since 1993 because of a series of wet years, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.

The Healthcare Reform bill cleared a hurdle in the House of Representatives. The house bill passed by a slim five vote margin.

The Bank of North Dakota is the only state-owned bank in America - what Republicans might call an idiosyncratic bastion of socialism.

North Dakota's already burgeoning oil production could soar another 50 percent next year as the state's capacity to export crude catches up with its ability to pump it, state regulators and industry officials say.