Western North Dakota, Bismarck, Minot, Williston and Dickinson http://www.kxnet.com//en-usCopyright 2010 KXNet.com1800Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:27:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=623116http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=623116<p> Authorities are identifying the Burlington Northern-Sante Fe rail employee who was struck and killed by a train on the Northstar Commuter Rail Line. He's 53-year-old Andrew K. Weaver of Fridley. The Anoka County sheriff's office says he was not </p>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:52:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=622814http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=622814<p> The operator of the Northstar Commuter Rail Line in Minneapolis says a rail worker was struck and killed Wednesday morning along the train route. Metro Transit spokesman Bob Gibbons says the male worker was hit at an intersection between the Coo</p>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:47:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=622731http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=622731<p> A meeting about a project to silence train horns at a Bismarck railroad crossing has been postponed to give the city and railroad more time to reach an agreement. Officials with the National Guard, the city and BNSF Railway met at the site near </p>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:05:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=618882http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=618882<p> Police say two medical marijuana caregivers have been arrested for illegally selling more of the drug than allowed. The Hi-Line's Tri-Agency Drug Task Force says the task force first started buying marijuana from patients before tracing the dis</p>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:41:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=618867http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=618867<p> Police say two medical marijuana caregivers have been arrested on charges of illegally selling more of the drug than allowed. While running the Ganja Gardens, Lainie Fitzpatrick and Malisa Fitzpatrick are accused of selling illegal marijuana to under</p>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:52:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=618612http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=618612<p> The Lincoln County sheriff's office has been unable to determine how the body of an Amtrak passenger ended up near the tracks in northwestern Montana. A BNSF track crew discovered the body of 51-year-old Agostinho Carlos Sadi of La Crosse, Wis.,</p>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:46:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=618536http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=618536<p> The Lincoln County sheriff's office has been unable to determine how the body of an Amtrak passenger ended up near the tracks in northwestern Montana. A BNSF track crew discovered the body of 51-year-old Agostinho Carlos Sadi of Lacrosse, Wis., </p>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:45:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=618259http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=618259<p> An engineering firm that consulted on the Minneapolis bridge that collapsed in 2007 has agreed to pay $52.4 million to victims. San Francisco-based URS Corp. had been sued by more than 100 people. They accused the company of missing warning sign</p>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:43:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=618169http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=618169<p> Duluth police are investigating the death of a 48-year-old woman whose body was on the railroad tracks near the New Page Paper Mill. The body was found Monday morning on the BNSF tracks near the paper mill on the Duluth harbor. Police are not re</p>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:16:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=618140http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=618140<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/10/8/23/tbn_6_2010-8-23-newsmin6-4041212502314829004.jpg"/>It was at least 10 years in the making... 'It' is the Port of North Dakota the intermodal moving facility just east of Minot. Today it officially opened for business. 90 containers have been delivered by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway...con<br clear="all"/></p>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:16:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=616886http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=616886<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/10/8/17/tbn_3_2010-8-17-newsmin6-4040612500000029014.jpg"/>A plan more than ten years in the making is about to become reality. The Port of North Dakota will accept its first intermodal shipping containers on Monday. As Jim Olson reports, a celebration and ribbon cutting will be held to mark the milestone in th<br clear="all"/></p>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:41:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=613465http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=613465<p> Warren Buffett's company reported a 40 percent drop in second-quarter profit because largely unrealized derivative losses of $1.4 billion outweighed improvements at Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s operating companies. Berkshire reported $1.97 billion </p>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:26:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=612470http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=612470<p> North Dakota's Public Service Commission plans to ask about the slow progress of silencing train horns at a railroad crossing near the National Guard's state headquarters in west Bismarck. In mid-May the commission said the BNSF trains wouldn't </p>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:41:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=611216http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=611216<p> Authorities are investigating the shooting of a 17-year-old Billings-area boy. Billings Police Sgt. Kevin Iffland says the teen was standing in the doorway of a private house on the city's south side when several shots were fired from outside at</p>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:46:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=609645http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=609645<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/10/7/30/tbn_10_2010-7-30-newsNoon-4038812501157414502.jpg"/>The state's largest producer of crude oil is expanding in North Dakota.. EOG Resources pumped out an average of 25,000 barrels of oil per day from North Dakota last year. And that number continues to grow. That's why EOG has built a multi-million d<br clear="all"/></p>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:14:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=609208http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=609208<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/10/7/29/tbn_3_2010-7-29-newsmin6-4038712502314835304.jpg"/> The state's largest producer of crude oil was celebrating the expansion of its operations in Stanley this afternoon. EOG Resources pumped out an average of 25,000 barrels of oil per day from North Dakota last year. And that number continues to grow. <br clear="all"/></p>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:41:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=606895http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=606895<p> Officials with the Bitterroot National Forest in western Montana say a wildfire has burned 75 to 100 acres in steep timber about 12 miles northeast of Hamilton. Public affairs officer Todd McKay says 20 firefighters, four engines and four helico</p>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:45:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=606725http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=606725<p> Officials in northwestern Montana say the Whitefish River will be blocked and the flow piped downstream so crews can vacuum toxic sludge off the riverbed. The plan is the second part of a three-part cleanup of old railroad pollution being carrie</p>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:15:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=604221http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=604221<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/10/7/16/tbn_8_2010-7-16-newsmin6-4037412502314835315.jpg"/>A well-known oil company is hoping to expand it's operations, but first their plans must gain the approval of North Dakota's Public Service Commission. Today, a meeting was held in Berthold to discuss Enbridge Pipelines' proposed &quot;Berthold Station Upgrad<br clear="all"/></p>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:34:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=602651http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=602651<p> Gov. Mike Rounds and Attorney General Marty Jackley say South Dakota is joining other states in supporting state government authority over immigration enforcement. The federal government is challenging Arizona's immigration law, saying immigrati</p>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:32:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=602535http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=602535<p> A Waubay man who was hit and killed by a train over the weekend in the northeast South Dakota community was apparently sleeping on the tracks. Day County Sheriff Barry Hillestad says the BNSF Railway train could not stop in time and hit 29-year-</p>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=602277http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=602277<p> A former western North Dakota sheriff's deputy dispatcher has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for having child pornography. Acting U.S. Attorney Lynn Jordheim says 55-year-old Wayne Freidig of Center was sentenced Monday in North </p>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=602275http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=602275<p> Residents of Yankton are happy about the arrest in the Bahamas of the fugitive known as the &quot;Barefoot Bandit.&quot; Colton Harris-Moore was arrested over the weekend, after two years of staying ahead of the law by allegedly stealing cars, powerboats a</p>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=602096http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=602096<p> BNSF Railway officials are still trying to determine what caused a coal train derailment east of Bismarck on Saturday. No one was hurt in the wreck, which sparked a grass fire and tipped 29 rail cars on their sides spilling coal. FARGO, N.D</p>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 05:12:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=601936http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=601936<p> A state district judge has dismissed a lawsuit about the use of North Dakota taxpayer money to benefit private businesses. Minot businessman Robert Hale and his attorney, Lynn Boughey (BOO'-ee), say they plan to refile. The dispute centers</p>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:51:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=601927http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=601927<p> Authorities have identified a Madison woman killed when a boat broke free from a pickup truck that was hauling it and hit the truck she was riding in. Forty-six-year-old Rebecca Hopf died after the crash Sunday afternoon on U.S. Highway 81 north</p>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:03:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=601858http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=601858<p> The Day County Sheriff's Office says a Waubay man was hit and killed by a train over the weekend in the northeast South Dakota community. The pedestrian was struck by the BNSF Railway train about 6 a.m. Saturday. Authorities did not immediatel</p>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:21:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=601843http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=601843<p> BNSF Railway is cleaning up after a coal train derailment east of Bismarck. Thirty-one-cars went off the track Saturday afternoon, and 29 of them tipped on their sides. No one was hurt. The wreck sparked a small grass fire. Railroad spokes</p>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:14:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=601722http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=601722<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/10/7/11/tbn_6_2010-7-11-newsmin10-4036912502314835314.jpg"/>Work continues today near Bismarck following a train derailment yesterday afternoon. Around 30 cars went off the tracks east of Lincoln. While no one was injured, the incident sparked a small grass fire, and caused a big holdup for Burlington Northern. <br clear="all"/></p>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:07:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=601714http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=601714<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/10/7/11/tbn_4_2010-7-11-news10-4036912500000035309.jpg"/>Dozens of workers plow through the night... to clean up this mess. Around 30 cars went off the tracks during a coal train derailment southeast of Bismarck yesterday. While noone was injured... This sparked a small grass fire, and caused a big holdup fo<br clear="all"/></p>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:44:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=601436http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=601436<p> President Barack Obama on Saturday declared Hill County and the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation a disaster area due to severe storms and flooding that occurred in June. The declaration means federal money will be available to state and eligible l</p>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:02:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=601309http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=601309<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/10/7/10/tbn_4_2010-7-10-news6-4036812501157435313.jpg"/>A train derailment causes a grass fire in south Bismarck. Emergency responders react to a train derailment south of Bismarck.... which in turn, causes a grass fire. Calls of a Burlington Northern train going off the tracks near Creekside Drive came in <br clear="all"/></p>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:47:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=601092http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=601092<p> BNSF officials say crews will have to clean up about 50 tons of spilled grain after several train cars derailed in Kershaw, west of Fort Benton. BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas says the train was loaded with grain at the Kershaw elevator and was goin</p>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:45:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=596572http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=596572<p> Math scores are up and reading scores holding steady for Minnesota students who took the 2010 Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments standardized tests. But there's been little progress in closing the state's achievement gap between white students </p>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:44:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=594055http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=594055<p> Yellowstone County's emergency coordinator says insurance is expected to cover most or all of the rebuilding costs caused by this week's tornado. Emergency Coordinator James Kraft said Friday that uninsured damage from the disaster is unlikely t</p>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:51:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=593861http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=593861<p> Rail workers have cleared a rock slide in northwestern Montana that derailed a freight train and blocked a high-traffic corridor for nearly two days. BNSF Railway Co. spokesman Gus Melonas says trains started moving this morning. Melonas says wor</p>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:56:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=593758http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=593758<p> Rail workers have cleared a rock slide in northwestern Montana that derailed a freight train and blocked a high-traffic corridor for nearly two days. BNSF Railway Co. spokesman Gus Melonas says trains started moving Friday morning. A rock </p>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:41:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=593481http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=593481<p> A Great Falls man charged in the shooting death of his landlord has been found fit to stand trial, and both sides have agreed to hold a bench trial. Mark Frantzich is charged with deliberate homicide in the Sept. 6, 2008, death of 32-year-old Lence M</p>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:23:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=593246http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=593246<p> Rail workers are having difficulty clearing hundreds of feet of track after a rock slide caused a freight train to derail in northwestern Montana. BNSF Railway Co. spokesman Gus Melonas said Thursday that as soon as workers remove some of the de</p>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:12:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592829http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592829<p> Yellowstone County commissioners say the tornado-damaged Rimrock Auto Arena in Billings appears to be structurally sound. Commissioners Jim Reno and John Ostlund said Wednesday that engineers hired by the county's insurance company determined th</p>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:51:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592606http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592606<p> A freight train has derailed after a rock slide slammed into its side in northwestern Montana. A BNSF spokesman says there are no injuries after sixteen cars were pushed off the tracks today about 30 miles east of Libby. Some of the cars are complete</p>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592547http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592547<p> A freight train has derailed after a rock slide slammed into its side in northwestern Montana. BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas says there were no injuries in the derailment, which happened about 30 miles east of Libby on Wednesday. Melonas says</p>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:05:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592179http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592179<p> A Chippewa Cree tribal leader says more than 200 families are without drinking water due to flooding on the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation. Executive Administrative Officer Neil Rosette says the flooding caused a water main break that's left 205 h</p>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:41:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592166http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592166<p> A Chippewa Cree tribal leader says more than 200 families are without drinking water due to flooding on the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation. Executive Administrative Officer Neil Rosette says the flooding caused a water main break that's left 205 homes </p>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:56:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592144http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=592144<p> Crews are fixing a section of track near Power northwest of Great Falls after two BNSF Railway locomotives derailed. The locomotives were at the end of a 125-car train carrying coal from Wyoming to Canada when they derailed just before 3 a.m. </p>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:53:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=591116http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=591116<p> A preservation group in Beach wants to save a piece of World War II history scrawled on the inside wall of the old train depot in town. The group is working with BNSF Railway to possibly save and stabilize a piece of the depot's brick interior w</p>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=581799http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=581799<p> The five Republicans seeking their party's nomination for governor have different ideas on how to balance the state budget, finance schools and bring more jobs to South Dakota. The five appeared Thursday night in a forum broadcast statewide by K</p>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=581534http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=581534<p> People bringing livestock into South Dakota from states where an illness called vesicular stomatitis has been confirmed must now have a health certificate. South Dakota's Animal Industry Board is putting the rule into effect after VS was confirmed in</p>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:46:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=581430http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=581430<p> Sioux Falls police arrested three people for allegedly trying to take nearly a ton of steel from a local rail yard. A police officer Wednesday afternoon noticed a pickup truck riding low and traveling through the BNSF Railway yard. The officer </p>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:22:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=580382http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=580382<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/10/6/1/tbn_15_2010-6-1-newsmin6-4032912502314829008.jpg"/>It's been in the news for weeks. Across western North Dakota, anhydrous supplies are tight. A number of factors have contributed to the fertilizer rush, including an unusually wet spring, anhydrous being one of the least expensive sources of fertilizer<br clear="all"/></p>Sun, 30 May 2010 17:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=579501http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=579501<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/10/5/30/tbn_5_2010-5-30-newsmin10-4032712502314835308.jpg"/>Crews have been working in Hatton to clean up from a train derailment that spilled soybeans and restricted travel through much of the eastern North Dakota town yesterday. Traill County deputy sheriff Conrad Steinhaus says a car on the Burlington Northern<br clear="all"/></p>Sun, 30 May 2010 17:07:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=579496http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=579496<p><img align="left" border="1" width="125" src="http://www.kxnet.com/UserFiles/10/5/30/tbn_5_2010-5-30-news10-4032712501157435308.jpg"/>Crews have been working in Hatton to clean up from a train derailment that spilled soybeans and restricted travel through much of the eastern North Dakota town. Traill County deputy sheriff Conrad Steinhaus says a car on the Burlington Northern Santa<br clear="all"/></p>Sun, 30 May 2010 10:34:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=579381http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=579381<p> Another piece is in place in a $40 million campus project at Sitting Bull College in Fort Yates. The school has scheduled a June 16 open house at the new $1 million financial center. The 3,400-square-foot facility will house eight offices, inclu</p>Sun, 30 May 2010 04:51:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=579241http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=579241<p> Crews have been working in Hatton to clean up from a train derailment that spilled soybeans and restricted travel through much of the eastern North Dakota town. Traill County deputy sheriff Conrad Steinhaus says a car on the Burlington Northern </p>Tue, 18 May 2010 08:07:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=572716http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=572716<p> A train that wrecked last week in the Wind River Canyon derailed for a second time in Cheyenne during its trip from Montana to Denver. Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Corp. Spokesman Gus Melonas says five freight cars derailed Monday afternoon as t</p>Fri, 14 May 2010 04:51:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=571214http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=571214<p> A former Livingston woman has sued Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Corp., alleging environmental pollution caused her cancer. Debra Bickford of Bridger filed the lawsuit Wednesday. It alleges BNSF knowingly discharged contaminants from the Livingst</p>Fri, 07 May 2010 10:41:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=567766http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=567766<p> Berkshire Hathaway says it benefited from an improving economy and investment gains related to its acquisition of BNSF railroad in the first quarter as it rebounded from last year's loss to deliver $3.6 billion in net income. Berkshire said Frid</p>Sat, 01 May 2010 04:23:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=564345http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=564345<p> Berkshire Hathaway has rebounded from last year's first-quarter loss and earned $3.6 billion as the economic recovery began and Berkshire absorbed Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad. CEO Warren Buffett shared preliminary first-quarter results</p>Sat, 01 May 2010 02:52:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=564321http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=564321<p> Billionaire Warren Buffett is showcasing his company's recent acquisition of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad at the start of Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting. Buffett did a series of interviews before a cardboard BNSF locomotive Sat</p>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:02:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=564048http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=564048<p> Warren Buffett and his top Berkshire Hathaway managers got a special glimpse of the company's latest and biggest acquisition before the annual meeting. Buffett and the CEOs of many of Berkshire's roughly 80 subsidiaries toured a Burlington North</p>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:46:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=554755http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=554755<p> General Motors Co. says it has added a California medical school professor to its board. The Detroit automaker says Dr. Cynthia Telles is the company's 13th board member. She has been a medical school faculty member at the University of Californ</p>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:45:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=553919http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=553919<p> School officials have temporarily disabled the Eden Prairie High School Web page after hackers broke into the site. The school's home page was replaced with a vulgarity and a picture of the Turkish flag and a handgun. The hacker's message said </p>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:34:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=553786http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=553786<p> A woman has survived being rear-ended by a freight train as she drove on railroad tracks near Wadena. The Otter Tail County sheriff's office says the 28-year-old New York Mills woman was driving alone on the tracks about 4:30 a.m. Saturday whe</p>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:45:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=551300http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=551300<p> Two natural political allies are getting ready to share a stage in Minneapolis as former Alaska governor Sarah Palin helps kick off Michelle Bachmann's re-election campaign. Palin is making a much-hyped stop Wednesday in Minneapolis to help fel</p>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:27:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=551067http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=551067<p> Authorities say a 35-year-old woman has been struck and killed by a train at the Amtrak station in Detroit Lakes. The Forum of Fargo reports the Detroit Lakes woman was hit by a Burlington Northern Sante Fe train earlier today. Information </p>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:52:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=551048http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=551048<p> Authorities say a 35-year-old woman has been struck and killed by a train at the Amtrak station in Detroit Lakes. The Forum of Fargo reports the Detroit Lakes woman was hit by a Burlington Northern Sante Fe train about 10:40 a.m. Tuesday as she </p>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:42:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=549336http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=549336<p> An investigation into a tax-funded tourism promotion group is focused on the way Custer Country awarded contracts to print its vacation guide. The state Commerce Department began investigating Custer Country's management after Edward Henderson o</p>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:04:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=549279http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=549279<p> Montana's wheat farmers will have to pay more to ship their crops this year. The Montana Grain Growers Association says starting Aug. 1, BNSF Railway Co. will increase its shipping rates between 2 1/2 cents and 4 1/2 cents per bushel. The </p>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:24:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=547648http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=547648<p> Arizona officials say modern-day train robbers tried a pair of hijackings, seeking TVs and computer gear. They say two Mexican nationals have been arrested for allegedly trying to disable freight trains moving through the Flagstaff area. BN</p>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:55:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=547293http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=547293<p> The Montana Highway Patrol says five people were killed and one person was badly injured in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 2 east of Libby. Trooper Bryce Ford says a Dodge Stratus and a GMC Yukon were involved in the crash at about 10 a.m. </p>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:02:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=547115http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=547115<p> The Montana Highway Patrol says five people were killed and one person was badly injured in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 2 east of Libby this morning. Three women, a man and a juvenile girl were killed. A young man survived and has been flow</p>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:03:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=547045http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=547045<p> BNSF Railway Co. says it will put back into service at least 11 miles of rail cars that have sat idle for up to three years on unused track between Helena and Great Falls. BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas said Monday the company has seen increased dem</p>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:52:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=536070http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=536070<p> Warren Buffett brought home less pay than Berkshire Hathaway's chief financial officer again last year, but the company is paying more to protect the billionaire these days. The Omaha, Neb.-based company revealed in documents mailed to sharehold</p>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:28:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=534022http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=534022<p> Burlington Northern Santa Fe workers plan to have the railroad's mainline track reopened Sunday evening after 24 cars from a train carrying corn derailed in Eastern Washington. No one was hurt when the 110-car train traveling from Florence, Min</p>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:49:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=533715http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=533715<p> A 110-car train carrying corn from Florence, Minn., to Seattle has derailed near Wilson Creek, about 50 miles east of Quincy, Wash. Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesman Gus Melonas (muh-LOH'-nus) says the train derailed about 9:20 a.m. Saturda</p>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:13:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=530367http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=530367<p> About 500 North Dakotans would lose their benefits if Congress fails to extend unemployment insurance benefits. The U.S. Department of Labor on Monday released state-by-state estimates of the number of people who would be effected. The Hou</p>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:30:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=530158http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=530158<p> A group of Bismarck residents want North Dakota's Public Service Commission to stop train horns at a railroad crossing near the state National Guard headquarters. The commission held a public hearing on the issue today. Commissioner Tony Clark</p>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:20:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=530123http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=530123<p> A group of Bismarck residents want North Dakota's Public Service Commission to stop train whistles at a railroad crossing near the state National Guard headquarters. A new state law says railroads shouldn't sound warning horns at private crossin</p>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:14:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=526214http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=526214<p> Billionaire Warren Buffett will likely use a few lines in his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders to welcome new investors the company acquired along with BNSF railroad. Buffett's letter and Berkshire's 2009 annual report will be p</p>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:52:00 GMThttp://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=525327http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?s=rss&ArticleId=525327<p> Residents evacuated because of a toxic cloud from a freight train derailment in central California have returned home. Firefighters late Sunday put out a stubborn fire sparked by the accident. The blaze burned for nearly 24 hours after car</p>