BISMARCK — The North Dakota House killed a bill Wednesday, Feb. 20, seeking to put the entire state under Central Standard Time.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Residents of a largely rural corner of North Dakota are fiercely opposing a plan that would move them into the same time zone as the rest of the state.

Last weekend in Bismark, swimmers from around North Dakota battled against one another at the state meet. This weekend in Fargo, 56 of them qualified to swim in this competition.

North Carolina has observed Eastern Standard Time for nearly 80 years. But that didn’t stop the curious from wondering whether the state is one of the few that is in more than one time zone.

At the time, Michigan was on Central time, but the sun was setting before 7 p.m. on summer evenings. And the club wanted to do something about it, according to nighttraintodetroit.com .

On-time planting and timely rains have created high potential for solid yields for spring wheat crops in central North Dakota. Photo taken July 21, 2022, in Wilton, North Dakota.

North Dakota’s early mountain lion season in Zone 1 closed Sunday, Nov. 21, and the late season, when hunters can pursue lions with dogs, is open. During the early season, hunters took one cat ...

Tennessee's two time zones, it turns out, are not that unusual. In all, 15 U.S. states have more than one time zone.

The North Dakota House killed a bill Wednesday seeking to put the entire state under Central Standard Time. Lawmakers defeated House Bill 1486 in an 81-11 vote. Currently, 11 southwestern counties ...

Tennessee's two time zones, it turns out, are not that unusual. In all, 15 U.S. states have more than one time zone.