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Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 21 2009 2:13AM
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has filed
a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Spirit Lake Sioux tribal
members who want the University of North Dakota to keep its
Fighting Sioux nickname.
Stenehjem filed the motion on Friday. He met with the
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| Sixth cougar killed in western ND Nov 20 2009 2:14PM
Another mountain lion has been killed in
western North Dakota.
The state Game and Fish Department says the 3-year-old, 92-pound
female was shot Thursday by a deer hunter northwest of Grassy Butte
in McKenzie County.
It is the sixth cat tak
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 17 2009 4:13PM
A North Dakota program that distributes
venison to the needy is halfway toward its goal of getting 700 deer
from hunters this fall.
The North Dakota Community Action Partnership, which administers
the Sportsmen Against Hunger Program, accepted o
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| ND pantries reach halfway goal of 700 deer Nov 17 2009 3:46PM
A North Dakota program that distributes
venison to the needy is halfway toward its goal of getting 700 deer
from hunters this fall.
The North Dakota Community Action Partnership, which administers
the Sportsmen Against Hunger Program, accepted o
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| Latest Wyoming news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 16 2009 4:13PM
Ravalli County officials have confirmed
that human remains found on a mountaintop in western Montana belong
to a Wyoming man who was reported missing in September.
Sheriff Chris Hoffman says the remains of 44-year-old Barry M.
Ford of Tensleep
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| Game managers kill unruly grizzly in northern Wyo. Nov 12 2009 6:12PM
A troublesome female grizzly bear has been
killed by state game managers in northern Wyoming.
The bear was shot near Ralston on the Shoshone River on Tuesday.
The area is outside grizzly habitat.
The Wyoming [[kxtopic:nd-game-and-fish-dep
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 12 2009 4:14PM
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
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Elk shot illegally Nov 12 2009 2:16PM
A bull elk was illegally shot in Stutsman County over the weekend.
North Dakota Game and Fish Department district game warden James Myhre is asking for your help.
Myhre said a 6x6 bull elk was shot Saturday, Nov. 7 three miles west and two miles s
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 12 2009 11:05AM
Cirrus Aircraft says it has laid off 58
production employees to put itself in a better position for next
year.
The airplane maker said 32 workers were cut in Grand Forks and
26 at its headquarters in Duluth, Minn. It says the cuts put its
total
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| Officials investigate illegal elk shooting Nov 12 2009 10:02AM
The state Game and Fish Department says a
bull elk was illegally shot south of Woodworth, in Stutsman County.
District game warden James Myhre is investigating. He said the
elk is believed to have been shot sometime Saturday morning, just
southw
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CWD testing Nov 10 2009 11:09PM
Employees at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department are getting their hands dirty.
They are spending much of today extracting the lymph nodes from moose, elk, mule deer and white-tailed deer that have been caught in the state.
The Ga
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Nov 9 2009 2:14AM
A Belcourt man says his son is still
"pretty scared" after being wounded in last week's shooting spree
at a Texas Army base. Patrick Blue III is a sergeant with the 101st
Airborne Division. The 23-year-old was hit in his side by bullet
fragments. He
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 8 2009 4:27PM
A Belcourt man says his son is still
"pretty scared" after being wounded in last week's shooting spree
at a Texas Army base.
Patrick Blue Jr. said Sunday that his son Patrick Blue III is
doing fine physically but remains shaken up by Thursday's
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| Ranchers say livestock not destroying dams Nov 8 2009 2:35PM
Ranchers grazing cattle near two dams in
northwestern North Dakota say livestock are being unfairly blamed
for water quality problems.
Don Anderson and Curt Severson graze cattle along Sather Dam.
Tim Leland works a ranch with his father and u
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 7 2009 4:27PM
A Belcourt man says his son was treated
for wounds from bullet fragments during Thursday's shooting spree
at a Texas Army base.
Patrick Blue Jr., says his son, 23-year-old Patrick Blue III,
was one of the luckier ones.
The younger Blue is
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Deer Season Nov 6 2009 7:10PM
It's opening day of deer gun season.
At noon, tens of thousands of hunters took to the fields.
With a harsh winter and wet spring, hunters will face new challenges
Reporter Kate Schell has more.
It's quite a different sight today than it
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| ND deer season starts Nov 6 2009 5:15AM
Deer hunters may find more challenges
during this year's season, with crops still in the field and deer
numbers down in some areas.
[[kxtopic:north-dakota:t[North Dakota]:t]]'s deer gun season starts at noon and runs through
Nov. 22. The archery
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 4 2009 4:13PM
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
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 4 2009 11:47AM
The Montana [[kxtopic:supreme-court:t[Supreme Court]:t]] has upheld a
state law that allows insurance companies to cut off worker's
compensation payments for those suffering permanent total
disability when the disabled party is of retirement [[kxtopic
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 3 2009 11:34AM
An eastern Montana judge has been named
to preside over the case of state Sen. Greg Barkus, who faces
several charges stemming from a Flathead Lake boat crash that
injured all five people aboard.
District Judge John McKeon of Malta was assigned
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Nov 3 2009 11:05AM
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
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| Report: Barbed wire can be deadly to sage grouse Nov 3 2009 10:51AM
A new report says barbed-wire fence can be
deadly to sage grouse, a chicken-like bird found in 11 Western
states that's being considered for endangered species protection.
A recent Wyoming Game and Fish Department study found evidence
of 146 cas
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| Report: Barbed wire can be deadly to sage grouse Nov 3 2009 10:51AM
A new report says barbed-wire fence can be
deadly to sage grouse, a chicken-like bird found in 11 Western
states that's being considered for endangered species protection.
A recent Wyoming Game and Fish Department study found evidence
of 146 cas
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| Report: Barbed wire can be deadly to sage grouse Nov 3 2009 10:44AM
A new report says barbed-wire fence can be
deadly to sage grouse, a chicken-like bird found in 11 Western
states that's being considered for endangered species protection.
A recent Wyoming Game and Fish Department study found evidence
of 146 cas
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 31 2009 4:13PM
The western North Dakota bishop of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America says he's talked with
pastors about a national church policy that allows gay and lesbian
clergy.
Bishop Mark Narum heads 192 congregations that make up the
Western No
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| Deer head samples sought from ND hunters Oct 31 2009 7:42AM
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department
once again will be collecting deer head samples for its chronic
wasting disease surveillance program.
Officials this year are collecting samples from western and
northeastern North Dakota. The samples al
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Oct 28 2009 4:20PM
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
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Sakakawea Fish Study Oct 24 2009 7:44PM
Fisheries biologists plan to study what effect oil exploration on Lake Sakakawea has on fish.
Oil exploration under and around the lake has been going on since the 1970s, but activity in western North Dakota's oil patch is booming.
Tim Kolke with the Ar
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| Doe licenses remain in ND Oct 24 2009 4:20PM
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department
says it will continue to issue remaining doe licenses through the
end of the archery season.
There is no limit to the number of licenses a hunter can
receive.
Nearly 90 percent of the deer licenses
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 22 2009 3:45PM
The Montana Stockgrowers Association says
it wants to make amends with Gov. Brian Schweitzer for a strained
relationship over the years.
The president of the conservative-leaning organization delivered
an invitation to the Democratic governor Th
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| Proposed Wyo. law may take aim at invasive mussels Oct 22 2009 10:02AM
A draft bill meant to prevent boats from
bringing invasive mussels into Wyoming waters will be reviewed by
the Legislature's Joint Travel, Recreation and Wildlife committee
next month.
Wyoming Game and Fish Department Director Steve Ferrell says
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| Latest Montana news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 19 2009 2:42AM
The federal government is facing a lawsuit
over billions in unclaimed bonds that date back to the patriotic
fundraising efforts of World War II, leading to a showdown between
states who say they should be given the money and that Treasury
Department
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 18 2009 4:34PM
The Army Corps of Engineers has
identified 14 flood control options in the Fargo-Moorhead area,
ranging from levees and flood walls to ditches. To win federal
approval, the benefit to taxpayers must be greater than the cost.
The corps is outlini
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| Antler frenzy leads to possible Wyo. rules Oct 18 2009 10:16AM
The Wyoming [[kxtopic:nd-game-and-fish-department:t[Game and Fish Department]:t]] is
proposing to outlaw antler collecting on public land west of the
Continental Divide between Jan. 1 and April 30.
The reason is so many people are looking for dee
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| Reproduction survey shows abundant young fish Oct 18 2009 6:46AM
The [[kxtopic:north-dakota:t[North Dakota]:t]] [[kxtopic:nd-game-and-fish-department:t[Game and Fish Department]:t]]
says its annual fall survey shows exceptional numbers statewide of
young [[kxtopic:walleye-fishing:t[Walleye]:t]], perch and northern p
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| ND motorists cautioned to watch for deer Oct 17 2009 5:44PM
State wildlife officials are reminding
motorists to keep an eye out for deer.
The Game and Fish Department says caution is even more important
this time of year because young animals are dispersing from their
home ranges.
Big game biologis
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| Moose tranquilized in Fargo Oct 14 2009 11:33AM
Law enforcement and animal experts in the
Fargo area surrounded a young bull moose at a local hotel,
tranquilized it with a dart gun and released it in a wildlife area
in northern Cass County.
Thirteen officers with the Fargo and West Fargo poli
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| Moose tranquilized in Fargo Oct 14 2009 11:33AM
Law enforcement and animal experts in the
Fargo area surrounded a young bull moose at a local hotel,
tranquilized it with a dart gun and released it in a wildlife area
in northern Cass County.
Thirteen officers with the Fargo and West Fargo poli
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 14 2009 11:05AM
The Williams County sheriff's office says
four prisoners in the Williston jail failed in their attempt to
escape.
Detective Lt. Verlan Kvande (KWON'-dee) says the inmates planned
to stab one another with makeshift knives so they would be brought
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| Missouri River ramp to get repairs Oct 14 2009 5:43AM
The Fox Island boat ramp on the Missouri
River in south Bismarck is being closed for repairs.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department says the closure will
last for about three weeks.
The upgrade is similar to what has been done at Kimbal
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Pheasant Economic Impact Oct 10 2009 8:56PM
Despite today's conditions, thousands of people will make their way to North Dakota this hunting season. The North Dakota Game and Fish Department expects around 100-thousand hunters.
Last year, North Dakota saw their highest numbers. One-hun
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Pheasant Economic Impact Oct 10 2009 7:23PM
Despite today's conditions, thousands of people will make their way to North Dakota this hunting season. The North Dakota Game and Fish Department expects around 100-thousand hunters.
Last year, North Dakota saw their highest numbers. One-hun
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Pheasant Hunting in ND Oct 9 2009 11:06PM
Pheasant hunting season opens across the state tomorrow morning.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department expects roughly 100-thousand people to be hunting at some point this year.
Reporter Kate Schell travels to Regent to find out how thos
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Hunting Apprentice Program Oct 9 2009 7:36PM
It's an exciting weekend for upland game hunters, as the first shots of the 2009 pheasant hunting season are fired.
Veteran sportsmen and women will be walking the fields in search of birds, but this season also offers a unique opportunity for first-time
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Hunting Apprentice Program Oct 9 2009 1:26PM
It's an exciting weekend for upland game hunters, as the first shots of the 2009 pheasant hunting season are fired.
Veteran sportsmen and women will be walking the fields in search of birds, but this season also offers a unique opportunity for first-time
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 6 2009 2:13AM
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota has
outlined changes it will make after insurance examiners found
excessive expenses paid with policyholders' dollars.
Commissioner Adam Hamm ordered the state's dominant insurer to
make changes last month
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| 2nd mountain lion killed in western ND Oct 5 2009 5:16PM
A second mountain lion has been killed
this fall in western [[kxtopic:north-dakota:t[North Dakota]:t]].
State [[kxtopic:nd-game-and-fish-department:t[Game and Fish Department]:t]] biologist Stephanie Tucker says
the cat was killed Saturday by a h
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Oct 5 2009 11:12AM
A rash of business burglaries continues
at Devils Lake.
Money was taken in weekend break-ins at two bars Pop's and
Thirsty's. Police believe they're connected to a string of
burglaries that began in early September.
Ten businesses and the
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| Sakakawea to get more salmon this fall Oct 5 2009 9:41AM
The state fisheries department plans to
stock 15,000 salmon in [[kxtopic:lake-sakakawea:t[Lake Sakakawea]:t]] this fall and increase its
salmon stocking in the lake next spring.
Salmon don't reproduce naturally in Sakakawea, so the North
Dakota
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| Dorgan, Hoeven Announce Agreement To Let Volunteer Hunters Thin The Elk Herd At Theodore Roosevelt National Park And Keep The Meat Sep 30 2009 12:00AM
BISMARCK - U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan and Governor John Hoeven announced today the National Park Service (NPS) and the state of North Dakota have reached an agreement in principle for qualified volunteers to help thin the elk herd in Theodore Roosevelt
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 29 2009 11:12AM
The post office in the northeast North Dakota
town of Crary is closing and its future is uncertain.
U.S. Postal Service spokesman Pete Nowacki says the postmaster
resigned and no one applied to fill the job. Service at the post
office was being
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| Rare whooping crane sighted in ND Sep 29 2009 10:02AM
North Dakota wildlife officials say a
whooping crane has been sighted in Ward County, and they're
reminding hunters to be on the lookout for the endangered birds as
they make their way through the state.
Mike Szymanski (shuh-MAN'-skee), migrator
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 28 2009 2:13AM
The Highway Patrol has identified the
victims of a fatal crash involving a pickup and a cement truck
north of Bismarck.
Authorities say the pickup driver, 56-year-old Jeffrey Burgess
of Bismarck, was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene
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| More coyotes spotted in eastern ND Sep 27 2009 5:02PM
Some eastern North Dakota residents have
been spotting more coyotes some as close as their farm yards.
The state Game and Fish Department has done no official surveys.
But Larimore warden Gary Rankin says he can hear the coyotes at his
house,
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Sep 26 2009 7:14AM
Three Fargo police officers are being credited
with helping save people in an apartment building fire that killed
one of the residents. Officers Jared Wagner, Jessica White and Mike
Benton ran through thick, black smoke, pounding on doors and
yelling
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 26 2009 2:13AM
Three Fargo police officers are being credited
with helping save people in an apartment building from a Wednesday
night fire that killed one of the residents.
The fire broke out after 11 o'clock at night, when many in the
building were asleep.
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 25 2009 11:12AM
Authorities have identified a man who died in
an apartment building fire in Fargo.
Authorities say 27-year-old William Nelson was found in the
hallway outside his third-floor apartment late Wednesday. They say
he died as a result of the fire.
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| Sakakawea fish populations rebounding Sep 25 2009 10:02AM
Recently completed test netting of young
fish indicates that fish populations on Lake Sakakawea are on the
rebound, as water levels have risen following years of drought in
the Missouri River basin.
North Dakota Game and Fish Department biologis
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 24 2009 4:13PM
A Dickinson junior high student has been
suspended for 10 days for what authorities are calling a "hit
list."
Police Lt. Rod Banyai (BAN'-y-eye) says the 12-year-old boy also
is being referred to juvenile court, where he might face
terrorizing ch
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| ND zebra mussel effort to include check stations Sep 24 2009 10:51AM
North Dakota wildlife officials plan to
set up check stations in popular duck hunting sites during the
waterfowl hunting season to help guard against zebra mussels.
The striped shellfish that is considered a nuisance species
recently was found i
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| ND zebra mussel effort to include check stations Sep 24 2009 10:51AM
North Dakota wildlife officials plan to
set up check stations in popular duck hunting sites during the
waterfowl hunting season to help guard against zebra mussels.
The striped shellfish that is considered a nuisance species
recently was found i
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| Sandhill crane season opens in ND Sep 19 2009 6:39AM
North Dakota's sandhill crane season is
opening, and the state Game and Fish Department is cautioning
hunters to make sure they properly identify the birds to avoid
shooting endangered whooping cranes.
Rare whooping cranes sometimes fly with san
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 18 2009 11:12AM
The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded
a contract for the removal of temporary clay dikes in Valley City
that Mayor Mary Lee Nielson had said she wanted to remain after
last spring's flooding.
The $1.8 million contract was awarded to Valley Cit
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| Zebra mussels found in Red River Basin Sep 18 2009 7:35AM
Zebra mussels have invaded the Red River
Basin.
North Dakota Game and Fish Department biologist Doug Leier
(leer) says the mussels have been found in Pelican Lake in
northwestern Minnesota's Otter Tail County. He says it's the first
time the in
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| Zebra mussels found in Red River Basin Sep 18 2009 7:35AM
Zebra mussels have invaded the Red River
Basin.
North Dakota Game and Fish Department biologist Doug Leier
(leer) says the mussels have been found in Pelican Lake in
northwestern Minnesota's Otter Tail County. He says it's the first
time the in
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| ND youth hunting seasons opening Sep 18 2009 5:15AM
Two youth hunting seasons are getting
under way in North Dakota.
A 9 1/2-day deer hunting season for youth ages 12 through 15 opens
at noon. The state Game and Fish Department says hunters must
follow certain rules on what and where they can hun
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 15 2009 4:13PM
A new computer system for paying North
Dakota's Medicaid bills is delayed again.
The project is being developed by Affiliated Computer Services
of Dallas. It was supposed to be finished by May.
ACS executive Mark Boxer told legislators Tues
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| ND Game and Fish cleared to buy wildlife land Sep 15 2009 1:53PM
North Dakota's Game and Fish Department
has been cleared to buy more land for wildlife management in Morton
and Grand Forks counties.
The Legislature's interim Budget Section committee approved the
land deals on Tuesday.
Game and Fish depu
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| Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 12 2009 4:34PM
The state Board of Higher Education
will meet next week at the University of North Dakota, but no
discussion of the Fighting Sioux nickname is planned.
Under a settlement with the NCAA, UND must get approval from two
Sioux tribes to continue usi
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| Latest Texas news, sports, business and entertainment:... Sep 12 2009 2:14AM
South Dakota's Sept. 1 corn production
forecast is up 4 percent from last month and up 16 percent from
last year's level.
The South Dakota office of [[kxtopic:usda:t[USDA]:t]]'s National [[kxtopic:agriculture:t[Ag]:t]]ricultural
Statistics Servi
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| Game and Fish: Ferret listing attempt frivolous Sep 11 2009 4:55PM
A top Wyoming Game and Fish Department
official says an endangered species petition for black-footed
ferret populations in three states is frivolous.
Bob Oakleaf, nongame species coordinator for the department,
also says the petition could disco
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| Survey finds ND pheasant numbers down Sep 10 2009 12:15PM
The state Game and Fish Department says
roadside surveys show North Dakota's pheasant numbers are the
lowest in more than five years.
The department says pheasant numbers are down 50 percent from
last year, and brood observations are down 31 per
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Sep 6 2009 2:15AM
Students in the Grand Forks School
District won't see a live broadcast of President Barack's Obama's
speech on [[kxtopic:education:t[education]:t]]. However, principals and teachers have the
option of showing a taped version.
Information fr
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| ND bighorn sheep population remains high Sep 5 2009 6:39AM
The state Game and Fish Department says
North Dakota's bighorn sheep population is in excellent shape.
Big game biologist Brett Wiedmann says a survey earlier this
summer found 309 bighorns, down only seven from last year's record.
Wiedmann
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| ND deer, pronghorn archery seasons open Sep 4 2009 5:15AM
North Dakota bowhunters are taking to the
field.
The state's deer and pronghorn archery seasons open at noon. The
pronghorn season runs through Oct. 4, while the deer season is open
through next Jan. 3.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Depar
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| ND dove season opens Sep 1 2009 5:15AM
North Dakota's dove hunting season has
arrived.
The state Game and Fish Department is reminding hunters to
register with the Harvest Information Program before hunting.
The season runs through Oct. 30. The daily limit is 15 and the
possess
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| Deer, pheasant numbers down slightly Aug 31 2009 5:50AM
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department
says hunters might have to work harder to find deer and pheasants
this year.
Biologists say pheasant and deer numbers are down slightly due
to a harsh winter.
Big game biologist Bill Jensen says No
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Deer Licenses Aug 29 2009 7:37PM
State wildlife officials say more than 35,000 antlerless deer gun licenses are still available in North Dakota.
The Game and Fish Department recently completed its lottery drawing. The remaining licenses will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis
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| ND deer licenses remain Aug 29 2009 6:39AM
State wildlife officials say more than
35,000 antlerless deer gun licenses are still available in North
Dakota.
The Game and Fish Department recently completed its lottery
drawing. The remaining licenses will be issued on a first-come,
first-se
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| Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Aug 29 2009 6:39AM
Investigators from nine Fargo-area law
enforcement agencies have been comparing notes on business
burglaries. Law enforcement officials from North Dakota and
Minnesota say the recent burglaries have cost some businesses
thousands of dollars, and the
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