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Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment ND SNOW Snow prompts no travel advisory for northwest ND BISMARCK, N.D. The state Transportation Department issued a no travel advisory Saturday morning for portions of western North Dakota because of drifting snow.

Flowers are now blooming in the front yards of some North Dakota homes even though temperatures remain well below freezing and snow still blankets the entire state.

BISMARCK A new oil and gas study by the North Dakota Geological Survey and N.D. Department of Mineral Resources reports the results and methods used to estimate the original oil in place and expected ultimate recovery of oil reserves in the Three Forks portion of the Bakken pool in North Dakota.

A new farmbill brings a new program. The Conservation Stewardship Program pays farmers and ranchers for taking care of their land.

Farmers and ranchers in the central and eastern portion of the state will be eligible for emergency loans from the federal government after the Secretary of Agriculture agreed on Wednesday to issue a weather-related disaster declaration.