Slope County was officially established on Dec. 31, 1914, after voters approved separating from the southern portion of Billings County. It remains North Dakota’s least populated county, with ...

Cities and counties have the ability to raise fines for local speed limit violations after North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum signed a bill Wednesday allowing them to do so. Senate Bill 2304, sponsored ...

Unless North Dakota lawmakers get an 11th-hour reprieve, they will miss the deadline to redraw a legislative map that, according to a federal judge, violated the rights of Native American voters.

AMIDON, N.D. — A federal agency has listed seven North Dakota counties as “sanctuary jurisdictions,” a distinction that a group of sheriffs is calling “misinformation and a ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - UPDATE (10/16/2024 at 12 p.m.): Mercer County has declared a Fire Emergency and Burn Ban effective immediately until rescinded until conditions improve. What’s included ...

North Dakota's legislative redistricting plan violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by illegally diluting Native American voting power, a federal judge ruled Friday.

North Dakota regulators say counties can't restrict Summit carbon pipeline route. 'It's not likely to be a popular decision,' a commissioner says.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Several North Dakota counties have implemented burn bans because of abnormally dry conditions. The National Weather Service has issued a fire weather watch Saturday for ...

FARGO, N.D. — Almost two months after Minnesota toughened its deadly force law, Cass County, N.D., Sheriff Jesse Jahner has asked the state to amend the statute so North Dakota law enforcement ...

North Dakota Century Code now only allows cities to impose franchise utility fees, not counties. In 2022, the city of Grand Forks collected more than $3.3 million in fees from utility companies.