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North Dakota Ethics Commission makes first finding of violations by public official

By The Dakotan on June 30, 2025

By: Mary Steurer (ND Monitor) The North Dakota Ethics Commission found Rep. Jason Dockter committed three ethics violations related to his ownership of a Bismarck building, but the agency did not hand down any penalties for the lawmaker. The announcement, released Friday evening, marks the first time the commission has declared that a public official engaged […]

As USDA announces plans to repeal ‘roadless’ rule, ND has 250,000 acres that could be affected

By The Dakotan on June 28, 2025

By: Patrick Lohmann and Mary Steurer (ND Monitor) United States Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced this week that her agency intends to repeal a 24-year-old rule that prohibits road construction and timber harvesting on 91,000 square miles of federal Forest Service land. Rollins, speaking Monday at the Western Governors’ Association meeting in New Mexico, said […]

Lawmakers weigh possible legal action, special session to address veto error

By The Dakotan on June 26, 2025

By: Michael Achterling (ND Monitor) Attorneys for the North Dakota Legislature on Thursday rebuked an attorney general’s opinion of a veto error and outlined possible next steps, which could include a special legislative session or legal challenges. Lawmakers asked Legislative Council to research options after an error with a line-item veto Gov. Kelly Armstrong issued May 19 […]

Bank of North Dakota researching ways to aid farmers hit by storm

By The Dakotan on June 26, 2025

By: Mary Steurer (ND Monitor) The North Dakota Industrial Commission is looking for ways to help farmers who lost storage and other infrastructure in last weekend’s severe storm prepare for harvest season. “Harvest is coming, and some of these farms may only have one or two bins left,” Agricultural Commissioner Doug Goehring, who sits on […]

Drones descend on storm-damaged eastern North Dakota to search for personal items

By The Dakotan on June 25, 2025

By: Michael Achterling (North Dakota Monitor) Drones are helping residents of storm-damaged areas in eastern North Dakota find personal items scattered during tornadoes and straight-line winds. Enderlin native Sadie Rudolph posted on social media Monday calling on drone operators to help search for items taken away by the series of storms that rolled across North Dakota on […]

Enderlin tornado that claimed 3 lives is North Dakota’s deadliest since 1978

By The Dakotan on June 24, 2025

By: Mary Steurer (North Dakota Monitor) The weekend tornado that killed three people in rural Enderlin was the most deadly North Dakota has seen in nearly five decades. While North Dakota sees an average of about 23 tornadoes a year, fatalities are rare, National Weather Service data indicates. The last tornado to claim three or more lives in the […]

Lawmaker drops plan to pursue property tax ballot measure

By The Dakotan on June 24, 2025

By: Mary Steurer (North Dakota Monitor) A North Dakota lawmaker says he’ll no longer petition for a ballot measure to make the state fund 100% of the public school system after polling showed homeowners have mixed feelings about his proposal. Property taxes assessed by local governments cover about 27% of the cost of North Dakota’s […]

“Why Not Minot?”: Diving into Minot's Perception Problem-Collom's Column

By K.L. Collom on June 19, 2025

Perception - the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses. Why define this? Because in recent years, Minot has suffered its own version of "death by a thousand paper cuts." A string of small controversies, missteps, and failed projects, none of which are catastrophic on their own, have slowly eroded […]

North Dakota man charged with threatening official after email citing Minnesota shootings

By The Dakotan on June 18, 2025

By: Mary Steurer (ND Monitor) A North Dakota man was charged Monday with threatening at least one federal official in an email that references the Saturday shooting that killed one Minnesota lawmaker. About 5 p.m. Sunday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of North Dakota received a threatening email from St. Thomas resident Charles Dalzell, according […]

North Dakota removes lawmaker addresses from website in response to shooting

By The Dakotan on June 18, 2025

By: Jeff Beach (ND Monitor) North Dakota legislative support staff on Saturday wiped legislators’ home addresses from the Legislature’s website in response to the shootings of two lawmakers in Minnesota. John Bjornson, director of Legislative Council, said he made the decision Saturday morning hearing about the shootings that left one Minnesota legislator dead and another […]

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