Doug Burgum, former North Dakota governor and businessman is President Donald Trump's pick to be Secretary of the Interior. The confirmation hearing is scheduled for Thurs., Jan 16, 2025.

Burgum made a passionate pitch before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that the Interior Department can steward the nation’s environment — such as protecting national parks — without restricting American energy.

But North Dakota’s economy was dinged by the fall in energy prices and has not yet returned to its 2014 peak. North Dakota dropped 24 spots overall in the Best States rankings since taking the ...

North Dakota and UMKC will play in a matchup of Summit League foes. The teams meet Saturday for the first time this season.

Right now, many small towns in North Dakota are in a tough spot trying to pay for necessary projects. So, Fargo senator Tim Mathern is proposing an idea to put millions of dollars into an

By John Haughey Contributing Writer  Interior secretary nominee Doug Burgum told key senators on Thursday that he’d be aggressive in opening public lands to oil and gas development in efforts to reverse an imbalance in federal leasing policy he said is short-circuiting the nation’s capacity to produce the base-load electricity needed to win “the AI race with China.

Strong winds, blowing snow and icy roads led to travel problems in much of northern North Dakota on Friday.

The overall average breast cancer incidence rate in the U.S. was 131.8 per 100,000 and the overall average breast cancer mortality rate was 19.3 per 100,000. Among women in the U.S., breast cancer accounts for 32% of all cancer cases and 14% of all cancer deaths, the report found.

The president-elect is going to war over turbines. At a hearing Thursday, the nominee for Interior secretary said he would pursue an “all of the above

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for interior secretary told a Senate panel Thursday the U.S. can leverage development of fossil fuels and other energy sources to promote world peace and voiced concerns about the reliability of renewable power sources promoted under the Biden administration.

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling that sustains the creation of North Dakota’s House District 4A, benefiting voters from the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation. The Jan. 13 decision ensures voters in the new majority-Native district will have a fair opportunity to elect state representatives.

BISMARCK — North Dakota lawmakers swiftly rejected a bill that sought to bring back a mandate requiring all retail stores statewide to close between midnight and noon on Sundays.