Bismarck News

A year ago today, thousands of people in Bismarck and Mandan were filling up sandbags, preparing for record releases from the Garrison Dam.

Work has already begun repaving Riverwood Drive near Southport marina in Bismarck.

Dickinson police are searching for a man they say went missing last week. Police say 30-year-old Eric Haider from Bismarck was last seen at around noon on Thursday.

Measure 2 scares me, as it should scare every North Dakota voter. If Measure 2 passes, residents are going to have to live with decisions that should be made locally by city and county commissions, school and park boards and so many other locally appointed/elected boards being made by a state Legislature that meets for only 80 days every two years.

The Northern Plains Commerce Centre is almost full and bouncing back after several down years, Bismarck Mayor John Warford says.

Lynn Helms, director of the North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources in Bismarck, reported the new record in his May Director's Cut, a monthly report on North Dakota oil and gas developments.

After 34 years with the North Dakota High School Activities Association, Minot native Sheryl Solberg is retiring next month.

North Dakota's Game and Fish Department says most public boat ramps on the Missouri River are usable this Memorial Day weekend.

Bismarck Police are reminding both motorists and bicyclists to share the road. With the start of summer, more people will be riding bicycles and using the new routs in Bismarck.

It`s become a troubling trend, more patients in Bismarck hospitals are coming in uninsured, traveling more miles for medical care.

Bismarck residents got a little taste of the Medora Musical today. Performers for the summer concert got together at Kirkwood Mall to give a preview of what`s to come in the historical town of Medora.

School`s out for the summer, or getting close, but parents of young children are already being encouraged to think about saving for college.

The City of Bismarck announced three street projects that will start next week. Starting at 6:00 in the morning on Tuesday, May 29, traffic lanes on Main Ave.

The head of the Bismarck police department is turning in his badge. Today is the last day on the job for Keith Witt, who started his career at the department 31 years ago as a patrol sergeant.

Bismarck police are looking for a man they say walked into a hotel room occupied by teenage girls in the middle of the night and kissed one of them on the cheek.

A group of hotel owners wants to put a measure on the November ballot to expand the Bismarck Civic Center, a project that the city's mayor said could cost $50 million and likely would be paid for largely by out-of-town visitors.

A group of Bismarck hotel owners wants to put a measure on the November election ballot to expand the Civic Center.

As more people move into the Bismarck-Mandan area, just about every industry is feeling the effects of the growth, including the medical community.

Brigadier General John McMahon spoke Wednesday at a meeting in Bismarck, North Dakota with representatives of eight Missouri River states, including Nebraska.

BISMARCK, N.D. &#8212 North Dakota could double its oil production by 2015 to more than 1 million barrels daily, putting it on par with Texas "if everything goes our way," the state's top oil regulator told industry and government officials Wednesday.