Dakota Access Pipeline work resumes under reservoir; tribe asks judge to...
Work began after the Army granted the pipeline developer permission to lay pipe on the final stretch of the project. The Cheyenne River Sioux asked a federal judge to stop the Lake Oahe work while a...
View ArticleUS sees no adverse impact from Alberta Clipper pipeline
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — After a four-year review, the U.S. State Department on Friday said it does not believe there would be significant negative environmental impact from a Canadian company’s plan to...
View ArticleMost oil pipeline opponents leave North Dakota protest camp
Most of the Dakota Access pipeline protesters abandoned their camp Wednesday ahead of a government deadline to get off the federal land.
View ArticleDakota Access oil pipeline camp cleared of protesters
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — Authorities on Thursday cleared a protest camp where opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline had gathered for the better part of a year, searching tents and huts and...
View ArticlePipeline protest camp cleared, but area far from normal
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — Authorities this week cleared the last holdouts from a large Dakota Access pipeline protest camp on federal land in North Dakota, but it will be a while before the region...
View ArticleAP Exclusive: Taxes could flow with Dakota Access pipeline
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota stands to gain more than $110 million annually in tax revenue after oil begins coursing through the Dakota Access pipeline, an analysis by The Associated Press shows....
View ArticleNorth Dakota casino proposal risks angering tribes
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s top House Republican is proposing six state-owned casinos, a move that risks angering American Indian tribes at a time relations have already been rubbed raw by the...
View ArticleNorth Dakota reconsiders 70-year ban on parking meters
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — When an angry farmer was ticketed for not feeding a parking meter, he launched a one-man crusade that made North Dakota the nation’s only state that bans the meters on all public...
View ArticleLawmakers reject plan to expand casinos in North Dakota
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Republicans who control the North Dakota House rejected their leader’s plan Thursday to more than double the number of casinos in the state, a push some lawmakers viewed as a...
View ArticleAfter student death, North Dakota aims to protect informants
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota legislators are close to enacting new protections for drug informants, more than three years after a 20-year-old college student working undercover was found dead in...
View ArticleSigns of oil boomlet in North Dakota after pipeline finished
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — There are hundreds more jobs than takers in the heart of North Dakota’s oil patch. Finding a hotel room, parking space or table at a restaurant is no longer easy. More than two...
View ArticleKeystone XL operator reassessing interest of U.S. producers
BISMARCK, N.D. — TransCanada Corp. is reassessing whether oil producers in North Dakota and Montana are still interested in shipping crude through its long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline now that they...
View ArticleTop officials unaware pipeline security operated illegally
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s governor, top law officer and military leader all said Wednesday they were unaware that a private security firm hired by the developer of the disputed Dakota Access...
View ArticleNorth Dakota may halt rail inspections aimed at derailments
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The end of the line may be in sight for a North Dakota safety program aimed at lowering the risk of disastrous train derailments involving the state’s crude oil. The pilot...
View ArticleOil pipeline developer ends private security in North Dakota
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The developer of the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline said Wednesday that it no longer has private security personnel in North Dakota, including a firm that state regulators...
View ArticleWant a governor’s mansion? You’ll need to move it
BISMARCK, N.D. — If you want to live in a governor’s mansion without being elected, North Dakota has a deal for you. With a catch. The state wants to preserve the 10,000-square-foot home that has...
View ArticleTrump denies disaster declaration for Dakota Access pipeline
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Trump administration rejected North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum’s request for a “major disaster declaration” to help cover some of the estimated $38 million cost to police...
View ArticlePanel: Dakota Access-style protests could become commonplace
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Well-funded and organized protests like the one involving the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline may become commonplace, officials said Wednesday as they urged the industry to...
View ArticleNorth Dakota gets no takers on old governor’s mansion
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota governor’s mansion will meet the wrecking ball after no one offered to buy the building and move it to a new location. The state wanted to preserve the...
View ArticleCosts, calendar could avert North Dakota veto showdown
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota legislators may be having second thoughts about suing the new governor over his veto powers, concerned that a costly legal battle could crowd out other legislative...
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