Howard County (1873-1883) was created on Jan. 8, 1873 on the western boundary of present-day North Dakota, directly south of the Missouri River. It was named in honor of William A. Howard, the ...

A roughly 30-mile (48-kilometer) stretch of U.S. Highway 85, a major route through North Dakota's oil field in the western part of the state, was closed for more than 12 hours Wednesday evening to ...

Unseasonably warm weather early this week led to record heat in southwestern North Dakota and boosted snowmelt, leading to some minor flooding and swamped roads in the west.