BNSF opens $35M railcar service facility in ND

27 January 2012, 10:30 am

BNSF Railway has opened a $35 million railcar service facility in Minot, N.D. The facility was built in part to accommodate the needs of increased rail traffic from crude oil loading sites in western North Dakota's booming oil patch. Gov. Jack Dalrymple says dependable rail service also is criti... Read More »

Heitkamp raises nearly $500,000 for U.S. Senate run in ND

27 January 2012, 6:19 am

WASHINGTON (AP) - The campaign of North Dakota Democrat Heidi Heitkamp's said Friday she raised just under $500,000 for her U.S. Senate bid in the final quarter of 2011.... Read More »

ND board approves bigger oil royalty rate

27 January 2012, 6:19 am

Oil companies seeking to lease drilling rights on state land in seven western North Dakota counties should pay a larger share of their income to a trust fund that benefits schools, a state board decided Thursday.... Read More »

Board delays oil leases on western ND lands

26 January 2012, 1:44 pm

Oil lease sales on some environmentally sensitive land in southwestern North Dakota are being delayed.... Read More »

ND natural gas transport capacity raises concerns

26 January 2012, 6:59 am

North Dakota's natural gas production, which has been rising in step with its booming oil output, may require more pipeline capacity to carry the fuel to markets, a state official says."Is the existing ...... Read More »

ND Tax Help Now Available on YouTube

24 January 2012, 6:39 pm

DEVILS LAKE, ND (WDAZ-TV) - The North Dakota Tax Commissioner is trying to make it easier to avoid some of the headaches that go along with filing a return.  Talk about this topic... Read More »

North Dakota man linked to thefts in ND, MN and MT

24 January 2012, 1:32 pm

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say they have linked a North Dakota man arrested in a large theft of tools to nine other crimes in Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota.... Read More »

APNewsBreak: Broker collapse costs ND state mill

24 January 2012, 12:26 pm

North Dakota's state-owned flour mill likely will lose at least $60,000 because of the collapse of a commodities broker the mill has used to guarantee prices for the wheat it buys, a state audit says.... Read More »

ND's Clark nominated for federal regulatory board

23 January 2012, 5:53 pm

President Barack Obama on Monday nominated North Dakota Public Service Commissioner Tony Clark for an opening on a federal regulatory board that oversees natural gas pipelines, electric transmission lines and the reliability of the nation's power grid.... Read More »

More ND oil will be railed with no US pipeline

20 January 2012, 12:10 pm

North Dakota oil drillers increasingly will rely on trains to move barrels of crude to market after the Obama administration's decision to reject plans for a pipeline that would run from Canada to refineries on the Gulf of Mexico, state and industry officials say.... Read More »