Feb 22 2010 11:12AM

Record funds are available this year under a North Dakota program that provides grants to counties adversely affected by oil development. The money comes from part of the state's 5 percent oil and gas production tax. The Legislature last year ra

Apr 3 2009 3:03PM

Transportation officials say a truck crashed through a bridge after the driver went around a barricade near Pick City. The driver was not hurt. State bridge engineer Terrence Udland said high water had washed out dirt behind the bridge and chunk

Apr 8 2008 8:33PM

Smoke billowed from a grass fire between Riverdale and Pick City in central North Dakota this afternoon. But the fire that caused that smoke was no accident. Federal and state officials set the fire to burn off vegetation along the embankment of the Gar

Apr 2 2008 3:24PM

The [[kxtopic:army:t[Army]:t]] Corps of Engineers says snow has postponed plans to burn vegetation near the Garrison Dam. Corps engineer Beth Utecht says snow fell in the area Tuesday night, making it too wet for burning. The controlled burn will

Jul 22 2007 4:42PM

Kenneth Moon has his air conditioner on today. The Pick City man says he bought the air conditioner nearly 30 years ago but has only used it four times including today. Moon says the scorching heat prompted him to plug it in. The Nat

Feb 20 2007 7:15PM

A new regional water treatment facility was unveiled in Riverdale today. Senator Byron Dorgan and a representative for Senator Kent Conrad along with Riverdale's mayor participated in the ribbon cutting. Both Conrad and Dorgan helped secure partial fu

Jan 26 2007 7:36PM

Lake Sakakawea fell to an all-time low two years ago. After a modest rise in 2006, the news looks bleak again this year. The lake is just over a foot away from another all-time lowand is forecast to fall even farther. The news li

Oct 24 2006 7:36PM

A new water filtration system will increase the capacity of the Riverdale water plant and make it possible for more people to share in that community's water wealth. We showed you yesterday the high-tech system now being installed in Riverdale. It will

Oct 13 2006 8:39AM

North Dakotans want the Army Corps of Engineers to keep more water in upstream Missouri River reservoirs hit by drought. Governor Hoeven and others spoke at a corps hearing last night in Bismarck. Hoeven says the corps shortens its navigat

Apr 5 2006 12:00AM

A FIRE THAT STARTED JUST BEFORE NOON TUESDAY BELOW THE GARRISON DAM HAD FIRE CREWS FROM NEARLY A DOZEN DEPARTMENTS SCRAMBLING MOST OF THE DAY. WITH LIMITED ACCESS AND TREE LADEN LAND CREWS DECIDED TO FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE TO KEEP THE B

Apr 2 2004 12:00AM

The low water ramp at Fort Stevenson State Park, south of Garrison, will be extended to a bottom elevation of 1,808 feet. That's about two feet lower than it is now. Work is expected to be finished by the end of May. The main ram

Feb 27 2006 12:00AM

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson has presented the 2006 Weed Control Partner Awards to Arvid Anderson, Pick City, an assistant wildlife resource biologist with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, and Tony D. Jacobson, U