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Cyberattack on Major Food Distributor Beginning to Spark Shortages Across North Dakota

By K.L. Collom on June 11, 2025

A cyberattack targeting United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) has disrupted grocery supply chains across the upper midwest, particularly impacting rural and small-town stores in North Dakota. UNFI, a major food distributor supplying around 60 of the state’s 138 grocery stores, disclosed in a regulatory filing that it had shut down parts of its IT network […]

Trump’s tariffs to stay in place while legal fight goes on, appeals court orders

By The Dakotan on June 11, 2025

By: Ashley Murray WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs can go forward while the administration fights to overturn a lower court’s trade decision that ruled the global import taxes unlawful, according to a U.S. appeals court order late Tuesday. The two cases filed by a handful of private businesses and a dozen Democratic state […]

Catholic employers can’t be forced to provide gender-affirming care, federal judge in ND rules

By The Dakotan on June 11, 2025

By: Mary Steurer (ND Monitor) A North Dakota federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission cannot force a group of Catholic employers to administer or pay for gender-affirming medical care. The case concerns two rules published by the federal agencies. The Department of […]

Low-carbon jet fuel company foresees huge investment in western North Dakota

By The Dakotan on June 11, 2025

By: Jeff Beach (ND Monitor) WEST FARGO, N.D. — The demand for jet fuel is going up. The demand for gasoline is going down. That’s the simple explanation from Chris Ryan, the president and chief operating officer of Gevo, on why the company plans to add a sustainable aviation fuel plant to the corn-based ethanol […]

Drug maker sues over new North Dakota pharmaceutical law

By The Dakotan on June 10, 2025

By: Mary Steurer (ND Monitor) North Dakota is being sued over a new law that requires drug manufacturers to sell more of their medications at a discount. House Bill 1473, signed by Gov. Kelly Armstrong in April, primarily affects drug companies participating in a federal program called 340B. A drug manufacturer has filed suit over […]

ND Ethics Commission has no authority to punish officials violating ethics laws, state leaders argue

By The Dakotan on June 9, 2025

By: Mary Steurer and Jacob Orledge (ND Monitor and ProPublica) This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the North Dakota Monitor. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. Ever since North Dakota voters created an ethics watchdog agency seven years ago, dubious lawmakers have pushed back against giving it […]

Army Corps upgrading Garrison Dam spillway after historic 2011 flooding

By The Dakotan on June 9, 2025

By: Jeff Beach (ND Monitor) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working on shoring up Garrison Dam’s spillway, which is used to release water from Lake Sakakawea when water levels are high. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., announced in a news release Friday that the Corps was spending $24 million for dredging and the placement […]

‘Prudent remedy’ for veto error is special session, Legislative Council advises

By The Dakotan on June 9, 2025

By: Michael Achterling (ND Monitor) Legal staff for North Dakota’s legislative branch concluded the “prudent remedy” to correct an error with Gov. Kelly Armstrong’s line-item veto would be for the governor to call a special session, according to a memo issued Friday. But Attorney General Drew Wrigley, who is working on a separate opinion, maintains […]

Minot Early Voting Not Included with Mayor Election

By K.L. Collom on June 6, 2025

Minot residents heading to the polls this summer for the city’s special mayoral election will face a tighter window to cast their ballots. Unlike any recent local contests, there will be no early voting offered ahead of the August 5 election, raising concerns about the impact on the city’s already low voter turnout. The decision, […]

North Dakota adding alerts for missing Native, endangered people

By The Dakotan on June 6, 2025

By: Michael Achterling (ND Monitor) Members of North Dakota law enforcement updated the public on new alerts that will go into effect Aug. 1 to help locate members of Native communities and other adults who are reported missing. During the seventh annual Government-to-Government conference in Bismarck on Thursday, a member of the state Highway Patrol […]

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