BISMARCK, North Dakota, May 3 -- Bismark State College issued the following news: Former Bismarck State College president Dr. Larry C. Skogen will soon have a building named in his honor on the college campus he served for 13 years. On Wed., May 8, at 1:30 p.m., BSC will hold a ceremony to name LEA Hall after the college's sixth president. Skogen served BSC from 2007 to 2020. The decision to name the hall after him is a reflection of how his passion, dedication, leadership, and commitment to a  more

MINOT, North Dakota, April 30 -- Minot State University issued the following news release: Minot State University announced Thursday its new data science program has been approved by the Air University Associate-to-Baccalaureate Cooperative (AU-ABC). This program, tailored to the unique needs of the military community at the Minot Air Force Base, on campus, and throughout the world, offering two certificates, a major and a minor, ultimately leading to a Bachelor of Science in Data Science. Ac  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, April 30 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on April 29, 2024: * * * Svihovec to Serve As Interim * * * Gov. Doug Burgum today thanked Governor's Office General Counsel Ryan Norrell for his service to the state of North Dakota after Norrell announced he is resigning effective June 17 to return to the private sector. Burgum also announced state Labor Commissioner Nathan Svihovec will serve as interim general counsel while he continues to lea  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, May 4 -- The North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: Representative Jason Dockter (R-Bismarck) was found guilty of a criminal conflict-of-interest charge today. The conflict-of-interest charge stemmed from the lease of a Bismarck building to the Attorney General's Office under former Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem. Dockter became part owner of the building after the lease agreement was signed. The building resulted in a cost-  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, May 3 -- The North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Today is the second anniversary of the leak of the Supreme Court's decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which opened the floodgates to Trump's extreme abortion bans across the country. Democratic-NPL Chair Adam Goldwyn remarked, "Two years ago today, women across North Dakota learned that our trigger law would lead to a total abortion ban. Republican law  more