High-profile coal mine closures in other states have left hundreds of acres in unreclaimed mine lands and no one to pay for the clean up. North Dakota coal companies, lawmakers and regulators assure ...

People hike on April 11, 2025, in Three Affiliated Tribes National Park on the Fort Berthold Reservation in western North Dakota. (Fawn Fettig via AP) BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A new tribal national park ...

In the aftermath of fires that swept through her area, Lisa Gafkjen says everyone who drives around has the same description of the landscape. “It’s just black and dusty and gone. Everything’s gone,” ...

GRAND FORKS - University of North Dakota professor Sebastian Braun points at a satellite map of Fort Worth, Texas, with small white lines and dots splayed thickly across it like veins on the dark ...

Celebrate the Blooms with Inaugural National Sunflower Day on August 5 BISMARCK, N.D., July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In late July and into August, vast fields of brilliant yellow sunflowers blanket ...

The other day I ran across a travel story about hitting the road for scenic fall drives. I wasn't too surprised that North Dakota wasn't included in the suggestions of places to go, but that our ...

Hard to believe, but Hawaii didn't top this list. Feb. 21, 2014— -- North Dakota is booming with oil and its residents are brimming with happiness. The Midwest state is so content that it even ...

I've always thought the old saying about North Dakota was unfair. You've surely heard it: North Dakota isn't the end of the world, but you can see it from there. Spoken by smug folks from elsewhere, ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A new tribal national park in North Dakota’s rugged Badlands is opening a little-seen area of the dramatic landscape to hikers and other outdoors enthusiasts, part of a Native ...