Western North Dakota, Bismarck, Minot, Williston and Dickinson http://www.kxnet.com//en-usCopyright 2009 KXNet.com1800Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:22:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=471027http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=471027<p> A North Dakota utility regulator is praising new computer software that's intended to help utility ratepayers reduce their energy use. Public Service Commissioner Tony Clark says the Microsoft Hohm (Home) software may help development of the so-</p>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:14:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=468974http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=468974<p> Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem and North Dakota higher education officials are discussing how to respond to a judge's order that bars a change in the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux nickname. Stenehjem said he talked over the issue</p>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:26:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=468799http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=468799<p> North Dakota regulators have dropped a complaint against Falkirk Mining Co. for illegally removing topsoil to build a road. Public Service Commission inspectors had recommended a $350 fine against Falkirk. On Thursday the commission voted 2-1 to</p>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:51:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=465171http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=465171<p> Energy West Inc., a natural gas and energy marketing company in Great Falls, has bought 83 percent of the outstanding shares of Cut Bank Gas Co., a natural gas utility serving Cut Bank. The deal, which was announced Thursday, was approved earlie</p>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:03:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=464786http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=464786<p> A NorthWestern Energy executive says two $1,000 checks the company gave Public Service Commissioner Brad Molnar were meant to fund legitimate conservation education events. William Thomas, who oversees accounting for NorthWestern's conservation </p>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=464589http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=464589<p> Family members and teammates of three Dickinson State University softball players threw roses and softballs into the pond where the students were found dead inside their Jeep. The group of about 30 people who gathered today also tried to get some sen</p>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=464586http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=464586<p> Family members and teammates of three North Dakota college softball players have thrown roses and softballs into a pond where the students were found dead inside their Jeep. The bodies of 22-year-old Kyrstin Gemar, of San Diego; 20-year-old Aft</p>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:51:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=464396http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=464396<p> North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Brian Kalk predicts renewed interest in railroads. Kalk says investor Warren Buffett must see an opportunity if his company is willing to put up $34 billion for the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad. </p>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:05:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=463834http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=463834<p> The search has resumed for three missing Dickinson State softball players. Dickinson Police Officer Thomas Grosz says at least three airplanes are being used. He says the Dickinson Rural Fire Department is taking a boat out to check Patterson La</p>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:06:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=463778http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=463778<p> The father of one of three missing college students in southwestern North Dakota says the women often went star gazing in the Dickinson area, and he says police don't suspect a crime in their disappearances. Lenny Gemar told ABC's &quot;Good Morning Ameri</p>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:31:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=463475http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=463475<p> Flathead County officials say a 52-year-old man has died in a trailer house fire in Evergreen and the blaze is being investigated as a possible arson. The fire in Evergreen, near Kalispell, was reported at about 8:15 a.m. Monday. Sgt. Jim </p>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:22:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=463352http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=463352<p> Some telephone companies and the Montana Public Service Commission are criticizing a stimulus proposal that would fund a Bresnan Communications project to expand high-speed Internet service in the state. Gov. Brian Schweitzer has urged the feder</p>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:44:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=463286http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=463286<p> Constellation Energy Group and France's EDF have agreed with conditions set by Maryland regulators to move forward with a $4.5 billion joint nuclear venture. Constellation announced Monday it had received approval from its board and that the Bal</p>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:37:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=461877http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=461877<p> Maryland regulators have approved a $4.5 billion joint venture between Constellation Energy Group and France's EdF with conditions. The Maryland Public Service Commission announced the approval Friday. The conditions include a one-time, $110.5 m</p>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:24:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=460858http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=460858<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/9/10/28/tbn_30_2009-10-28-news6-4011312501157435303.jpg"/>Public service commissioners are making quite the fashion statement today at the Capitol. And it's all to benefit the United Way. The commissioners paired with United Way to raise money and bring awareness. People can donate money and g<br clear="all"/></p>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=460745http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=460745<p> Federal prosecutors say a Mandaree man has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for a drunken driving crash that killed three people near New Town last year. Randolph Lone Fight was charged with involuntary manslaughter after the October 2008 crash o</p>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=460742http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=460742<p> North Dakota regulators have delayed a decision on an Otter Tail Power Co. electric rate settlement so they can look more closely at a proposed economic development fund. Otter Tail wants a 3 percent rate increase as part of the settlement. It i</p>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:54:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=460580http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=460580<p> North Dakota regulators have delayed a decision on an Otter Tail Power Co. rate settlement so they can look more closely at a proposed economic development fund. Otter Tail is proposing a 3 percent rate increase as part of the settlement. The ut</p>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:14:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=459717http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=459717<p> It's a top ranking Bismarck might not be so proud of. Transportation Department figures show Bismarck was the leader among North Dakota's largest cities last year in the number of vehicle crashes per 1,000 people. It had 34. Minot was next</p>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=459477http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=459477<p> Health officials say North Dakota's first death related to swine flu was a man older than 60 who had underlying medical conditions. They say he was from northwestern North Dakota. The state has more than 1,200 confirmed flu cases, and state officials</p>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:35:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=459397http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=459397<p> A proposed settlement of an Otter Tail Power electric rate case includes about $673,000 in refunds to North Dakota customers. North Dakota's Public Service Commission may approve the settlement Wednesday, although the action could be delayed. </p>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:12:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=455515http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=455515<p> The Army Corps of Engineers has narrowed a list of possible flood control options for the Fargo-Moorhead area to three. The corps says those alternatives include a diversion channel through Minnesota, a diversion channel through North Dakota and</p>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:55:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=455479http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=455479<p> Xcel Energy says it has reached a settlement with family members injured in a natural gas explosion that destroyed a south Fargo home last fall. Xcel spokeswoman Bonnie Lund says terms of the settlement are confidential. Luul Omar was seve</p>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=453343http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=453343<p> Officials at Fargo's MeritCare hospital say a government health care plan could cost their hospital, the state's largest, tens of millions of dollars. MeritCare CEO Roger Gilbertson says North Dakota's Medicare reimbursement rates are among the </p>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:54:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=452919http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=452919<p> North Dakota regulators have set a hearing to explore whether trains should be required to blow their horns at seven private, rural railroad crossings. Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad officials have asked the PSC to consider a warning requ</p>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:05:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=451925http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=451925<p> Montana wildlife officials are considering changes to the state's inaugural wolf hunt because most of the kills have been in an area just outside Yellowstone National Park. Seven of nine wolves killed in Montana came from a small portion of the Absar</p>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:40:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=445497http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=445497<p> A Constellation Energy Group executive says the company and its partner Electricite de France will save more than $1 billion in taxes over 15 years under the new terms of a nuclear power transaction Constellation's Vice President of Integration Jo</p>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:01:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=444846http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=444846<p> North Dakota regulators have approved a new 75.9-megawatt wind power project. Minnesota Power wants to build 33 wind turbines north of New Salem, almost 30 miles west of Mandan. North Dakota's Public Service Commission approved a constructi</p>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:16:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=444400http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=444400<p> Kevin Cramer says he won't seek the Republican endorsement to run for the U.S. House next year. Cramer is now president of the state Public Service Commission. He ran unsuccessfully for Congress twice during the 1990s, and he's been considerin</p>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:07:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=435474http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=435474<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/9/9/11/tbn_6_2009-9-11-newsmin10-4006612502314826710.jpg"/> The next big election is 14 months away and already ALREADY campaigning has started... Donnell Preskey looks into why the early push... If it looks like a campaign ad... And sounds like a campaign ad.. It's probably a campaign a<br clear="all"/></p>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:43:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=434400http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=434400<p> A 51-year-old man from Canada is dead after his motorcycle went out of control and went off a 30-foot drop in Glacier National Park in northern Montana. Park rangers say the Alberta resident was riding along Going-to-the-Sun Road, about a half mile w</p>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:39:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=434380http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=434380<p> Philadelphia's city controller says a plan by Mayor Michael Nutter to lay off about 3,000 city workers isn't workable. City Controller Alan Butkovitz wrote to the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority, which must approve the budg</p>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:39:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=434376http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=434376<p> The Public Service Commission is taking comments on a plan to reveal the pay of executives working at publicly regulated utilities. PSC vice chairman Ken Toole is seeking a change of policy. The agency in the past routinely granted &quot;protective o</p>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:33:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=434016http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=434016<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/9/9/9/tbn_11_2009-9-9-newsNoon-4006412500000029003.jpg"/> The next big election is 14 months away and campaigning has already started... Donnell Preskey looks into why the early push... If it looks like a campaign ad... And sounds like a campaign ad.. It's probably a campaign ad... But wait.<br clear="all"/></p>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:48:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=433898http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=433898<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/9/9/9/tbn_11_2009-9-9-newsNoon-4006412500000029003.jpg"/> The next big election is 14 months away and campaigning has already started... Donnell Preskey looks into why the early push... If it looks like a campaign ad... And sounds like a campaign ad.. It's probably a campaign ad... But wait.<br clear="all"/></p>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:14:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=433567http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=433567<p> Authorities say they found weapons, thousands of rounds of ammunition, gas masks and anti-government literature in the vehicle of a man who disrupted a Mandan church service before parishioners tackled him. Police say 43-year-old Jan Malina of J</p>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:41:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=433358http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=433358<p> North Dakota's Public Service Commission is moving to streamline an insolvency case against a Hankinson ethanol factory that is already under bankruptcy protection. The commission wants a federal bankruptcy judge to allow it to be appointed trus</p>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:34:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=433354http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=433354<p> North Dakota's Public Service Commission is moving to streamline an insolvency case against a Hankinson ethanol factory that is already under bankruptcy protection. The commission wants a federal bankruptcy judge to allow it to be appointed trus</p>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:12:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=433147http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=433147<p> A 3-year-old boy drowned over the weekend during a family outing at Patterson Lake in Dickinson. The Stark County sheriff said Jordis Hunter Peterschick was believed to be of Dickinson. He was initially reported as being abducted on Sunday </p>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=430041http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=430041<p> The chief executive officer of Fargo's Prairie St. John's psychiatric center says the 89-bed facility has been acquired by Psychiatric Solutions, Inc., and plans to expand its staff and services. Dr. Emmet Kenney Jr., said he will remain as CEO </p>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:54:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429866http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429866<p> North Dakota regulators have assigned staff members to look into whether Xcel Energy violated state natural gas pipeline safety rules. The case arose from a September 2008 explosion in Fargo that destroyed a duplex and injured 13 people. A</p>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:12:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429843http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429843<p> North Dakota regulators have assigned staff members to look into whether Xcel Energy violated state natural gas pipeline safety rules. The case arose from a September 2008 explosion in Fargo that destroyed a duplex and injured 13 people. T</p>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:00:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429722http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429722<p> Authorities have secured an area near Berthold where a vehicle used to carry missile parts from the Minot Air Force Base overturned. Officials said the vehicle carried no nuclear materials, but they worried that rocket fuel might spill. They said t</p>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:14:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429647http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429647<p> Firefighters have been battling a blaze at the Cavendish Farms french fry plant just east of Jamestown. Officials say no one was hurt. The fire was reported about 1:30 this afternoon. Black smoke was spotted coming out of the building's vents.</p>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:45:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429637http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429637<p> The long-awaited Northstar commuter rail system will make its first run Nov. 16. The 40-mile line runs from downtown Minneapolis northwest to Big Lake. Commuters will have five morning trains from Big Lake to Minneapolis, with five evening train</p>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:43:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429534http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429534<p> The state Public Service Commission is continuing a discussion of whether to change bonding requirements for grain elevators. The issue came to a head after a Northwood processing facility went bankrupt. The company had only had a $50,000 bond, </p>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429417http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429417<p> The state Public Service Commission will be going over a report on a natural gas explosion that demolished a Fargo duplex and injured 13 people last fall. The report says a natural gas leak appeared to come from part of the pipe serving the duplex. T</p>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:12:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429263http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429263<p> Officials in south central North Dakota's Emmons County say there is a lot of work still to do as the county recovers from spring flooding. Emergency Manager Shawna Paul says road repairs in the county won't get finished this year. And she says </p>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:44:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429250http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429250<p> Regulators in Minnesota and North Dakota have approved Xcel Energy's plans for developing wind power in both states. The North Dakota Public Service Commission recently certified the utility's plan for a 150-megawatt project in Dickey and McInt</p>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:30:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429244http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429244<p> Regulators in Minnesota and North Dakota have approved Xcel Energy's plans for developing wind power in both states. The North Dakota Public Service Commission recently certified the utility's plan for a 150-megawatt project in Dickey and McInt</p>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:39:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429146http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429146<p> North Dakota utility regulators will begin exploring whether to penalize Xcel Energy for a Fargo natural gas explosion that demolished a Fargo duplex and injured 13 people. Public Service Commission Chairman Kevin Cramer says the commission has </p>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:39:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429144http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=429144<p> North Dakota utility regulators will begin exploring whether to penalize Xcel Energy for a Fargo natural gas explosion that demolished a Fargo duplex and injured 13 people. Public Service Commission Chairman Kevin Cramer says the commission has </p>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:31:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=428112http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=428112<p> Two electric consumer groups have sued Wisconsin regulators alleging they followed the wrong process when they approved a giant wind farm in Minnesota. The Public Service Commission in July approved Wisconsin Power &amp;amp; Light's plan to build a </p>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:22:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=427269http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=427269<p> North Dakota regulators plan to review an outside examination of Xcel Energy's billing procedures, and they say they may demand changes. The Public Service Commission is meeting with Xcel Energy officials in Bismarck to go over the consultant's </p>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:14:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=427229http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=427229<p> Federal statistics show North Dakota and Minnesota car dealers ranked high in their participation in the &quot;cash for clunkers&quot; program. The two states were in the top five in a per-capita tabulation of money requested through the program, which en</p>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:01:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=426858http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=426858<p> A utility is planning construction of a 22-mile power line to feed wind-generated electricity into North Dakota's transmission system. The state Public Service Commission has agreed to shorten the time Minnesota Power must wait before filing a s</p>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:39:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=423094http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=423094<p> Public Service Commission leaders are asking Qwest to take another look at a federal grant aimed at bringing broadband Internet to underserved areas like rural Montana. PSC Vice Chairman Ken Toole says a new $4 billion federal grant could help </p>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:14:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=421824http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=421824<p> Hundreds of schools nationwide are heeding the government's call to set up flu-shot clinics this fall, and preparing for what could be the most widespread school vaccinations since the days of polio. An Associated Press review of swine flu plann</p>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:09:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=421711http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=421711<p> North Dakota's Public Service Commission is starting a discussion of the state's grain bonding rules this week. State law says grain elevators have to carry a bond. The amount of the bond depends on how much grain the elevator can store. The bo</p>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:43:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=420695http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=420695<p> A spokesman for the Keystone oil pipeline says crews have finished filling seven sinkholes in the scenic Pembina Gorge that were formed after horizontal drilling to bury pipe. Spokesman Jeff Rauh says the North Dakota Forest Service and the sta</p>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:36:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=419974http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=419974<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/9/8/12/tbn_5_2009-8-12-newsmin6-4003612502314829010.jpg"/> North Dakota's Public Service Commission has approved two new wind power projects that will produce about 300 megawatts of power. The PSC OK'd the projects today. One is in Dickey County. The other is just south of Minot where Basin Electric wants to <br clear="all"/></p>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:14:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=419864http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=419864<p> A judge says North Dakota's only abortion clinic does not have to provide audio of a fetal heartbeat for women who want to end their pregnancies. Judge Douglas Herman ruled today in a challenge to a new state law. It requires the Red River Women</p>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:29:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=419748http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=419748<p> North Dakota regulators have approved the construction of two new wind projects capable of generating almost 300 megawatts of power. Basin Electric Power Cooperative wants to build a 115-megawatt wind farm about 12 miles south of Minot. Co</p>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:40:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=419718http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=419718<p> North Dakota regulators have approved the construction of two new wind projects capable of generating almost 300 megawatts of power. Basin Electric Power Cooperative wants to build a 115-megawatt wind farm about 12 miles south of Minot. Ro</p>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=418711http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=418711<p> Theodore Roosevelt National Park says its preferred method for reducing the park's bloated elk herd is teams of shooters that will include volunteers. That was one of several options the park studied to reduce the elk herd in the park's south un</p>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:16:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=418585http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=418585<p> State regulators say they won't hold another hearing to debate the siting of a wind farm in east-central North Dakota. The Public Service Commission says it will ask the wind project's developer to move four of the project's 80 wind turbines to</p>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:21:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=415634http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=415634<p> A man has pleaded not guilty to an aggravated assault charge stemming from a golf course argument. Fifty-seven-year-old Donald Sauvageau (sav'-ah-joe) is accused of hitting another man in the head with a golf club at Fargo's Rose Creek Golf Cour</p>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:03:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=415585http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=415585<p> An environmental group is asking state regulators to keep 86 acres of cropland out a wildlife habitat deal between Falkirk Mining Co. and the North Dakota Department of Transportation. The Dakota Resource Council says the land where coal was min</p>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:14:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=409799http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=409799<p> A regional Park Service official says elements of the security system at Mount Rushmore weren't working as intended when Greenpeace activists scaled the mountain and unfurled a banner about global warming. Acting Regional Director David Given wo</p>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:06:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=409557http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=409557<p> A federal bankruptcy judge has granted a request by General Motors to drop its precious metals contract with Montana's Stillwater Mining Company. Stillwater attorney Garry Graber says the cancellation was approved Wednesday following a hearing i</p>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:48:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=409388http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=409388<p> Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. says a small power plant that turns a natural gas compressor station's waste heat into electricity has begun generating power. The plant west of Bismarck near Glen Ullin uses waste heat from a huge compressor that is</p>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:48:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=409386http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=409386<p> Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. says a small power plant that turns a natural gas compressor station's waste heat into electricity has begun generating power. The plant west of Bismarck near Glen Ullin uses waste heat from a huge compressor that is</p>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:47:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=409383http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=409383<p> Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. says a small power plant that turns a natural gas compressor station's waste heat into electricity has begun generating power. The plant west of Bismarck near Glen Ullin uses waste heat from a huge compressor that is</p>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:23:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=405475http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=405475<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/9/7/14/tbn_4_2009-7-14-newsmin6-4000712500000029009.jpg"/>The Cap and Trade environmental policy that has passed the U.S. House would be detrimental to North Dakota's economy and would increase electricity bills for a family of four in the state by about four hundreds of dollars a month. Those words came from N<br clear="all"/></p>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:31:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=404555http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=404555<p> A southern Montana member of the state Public Service Commission is vowing the kill a proposed NorthWestern Energy transmission line into Idaho, saying it will be used to drain power from Montana for use in other states. Brad Molnar, a Republica</p>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:36:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=402786http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=402786<p> State regulators have given a Wisconsin utility permission to build a giant wind farm in southern Minnesota. Wisconsin Power &amp;amp; Light Co. plans to build the farm on 32,500 acres just north of Albert Lea in Freeborn County. The first phase of</p>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=402280http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=402280<p> Fargo police blocked off streets and evacuated the area around an apartment building where a man was believed holed up with a number of guns. The man was believed to be alone in a second-floor apartment. His son told Fargo's KFGO radio that hi</p>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:53:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=402189http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=402189<p> North Dakota regulators have approved a new wind farm in the east central part of the state despite complaints about noise. North Dakota's Public Service Commission concluded most of the proposed wind towers in Griggs and Steele counties will b</p>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:22:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=402147http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=402147<p> A developer is planning a $1 billion wind farm in McIntosh County in south central North Dakota. Competitive Power Ventures Inc. says the project would be north of Ashley and would cover about 37,000 acres. It includes 212 wind towers to generat</p>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:54:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=402135http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=402135<p> State regulators have approved a new wind farm in east central North Dakota despite complaints about noise. North Dakota's Public Service Commission concluded most of the proposed wind towers will be far enough away from homes to meet federal no</p>