BISMARCK, North Dakota, Nov. 2 -- The North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party issued the following news release: Local motivational speaker Frederick Edwards will receive the Hometown Hero Award at the 13th Annual Democratic-NPL Burdick Dinner. The dinner will feature keynote speaker, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on Saturday, November 4, 2023, at the Four & Four in Fargo. Edwards is the founder of FredsDissonance and currently operates Umoja Writing Workshops, 16-week leadership programs in the F-M a  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Nov. 3 -- North Dakota Attorney Drew Wrigley issued the following news: Attorney General Drew Wrigley announced today that a three-judge panel for the United States District Court for North Dakota upheld the legislatively drawn boundaries for state legislative districts 4 and 9. In 2021, the Legislature redrew the state legislative districts - a process required after every federal census. As part of the 2021 redistricting plan, the Legislature created subdistricts enco  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Oct. 31 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news: Gov. Doug Burgum has accepted the resignation of North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission Executive Director Nathan Davis, effective Nov. 13, thanking him for his leadership in fostering state-tribal relations. Davis, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, indicated he is seeking a better fit for his family closer to home. Burgum appointed Davis to the executive director position in June 20  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Nov. 1 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on Oct. 31, 2023: Gov. Doug Burgum today announced the members of the Task Force for Teacher Retention and Recruitment created through executive order (https://www.governor.nd.gov/sites/www/files/documents/Executive%20Order%202023-08%20Teacher%20Retention%20and%20Recruitment%20Task%20Force.pdf) in September to address the state's chronic teacher shortage. The 15-member Task Force consists of Burgum an  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Nov. 3 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on Nov. 2, 2023: Gov. Doug Burgum has appointed Brad Hawk to serve as interim executive director of the North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission, effective Nov. 14. Hawk has served as deputy director of the Indian Affairs Commission since January and previously as the Commission's Indian health systems administrator since July 2013. Prior to joining the Commission, Hawk served for 11 years in various ro  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Oct. 31 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on Oct. 30, 2023: Five-time world champion Virgil Hill stepped into the Bismarck Event Center boxing ring one more time today to receive the North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award from Gov. Doug Burgum. Hill is the 48th recipient of the Rough Rider Award, the state's highest commendation for its citizens. Family members, friends and boxing fans attended the ceremony for Hill, who was raise  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Nov. 2 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on Nov. 1, 2023: The Governor's Office and other North Dakota state officials today urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to allow the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) to maintain its current route and continue to safely transport North Dakota crude oil as it's been doing for more than six years. The Corps is holding public meetings today and Thursday in Bismarck to collect comments on its Draft Environ  more

FARGO, North Dakota, Nov. 1 -- North Dakota State University issued the following news: Mary Thrond, NDSU lecturer in Spanish, received the Emma Birkmaier Award for outstanding language educator from the Minnesota Council on the Teaching of Languages and Cultures at their annual conference on Oct. 28. The award, which referred to as the "Emma," is considered the lifetime achievement award. She was nominated by former colleagues, administrators and students. The Emma Birkmaier Award recognizes   more

FARGO, North Dakota, Nov. 4 (TNSres) -- North Dakota State University issued the following news: A paper published in Scientific Reports on the lifespan of some freshwater fish co-authored by a current NDSU graduate student and a recent NDSU graduate recently was featured on the pop-science website phys.org. Jeffrey Lackmann, an environmental and conservation sciences doctoral student, co-authored the paper with Alec Lackmann, who earned his doctorate from NDSU in 2019. Their study, which cen  more

FARGO, North Dakota, Nov. 1 (TNSres) -- North Dakota State University issued the following news: The work of a team of NDSU researchers, led by Sangita Sinha, NDSU Jordan A. Engberg professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been featured as a cover story of Volume 62, Issue 20 of Biochemistry, an American Chemical Society publication. The research is funded by Sinha's recent National Institutes of Health R15 award and it investigates how a protein from a specific virus can interfere with a   more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Nov. 1 -- Bismark State College issued the following news on Oct. 31, 2023: Today, the Aspen Institute named Bismarck State College (BSC) - North Dakota's Polytechnic Institution - as one of the 150 institutions eligible to compete for the $1 million Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation's signature recognition of high achievement and performance among two-year colleges. This is the third consecutive cycle BSC has been chosen as an Aspen Prize Top 150   more