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Conrad has been holding public meetings around the state to get comments from health care providers, business leaders and patient advocates, and to push his plan for private cooperatives as an alternative for health insurance.

Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press... Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press FARGO, N.D. Fargo voters have overwhelmingly approved a half-cent sales tax increase to help pay for flood protection.

A dry Sunday couldn`t slow the latest weather issue in eastern North Dakota: more flooding! You can blame all of the heavy rain that`s fallen recently.

Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press MILES CITY, Mont.

The jury has reconvened deliberations this morning in the Joseph Moncada and Billy Joe Aguero double murder trial in Grand Forks.

Pam Shmidl, operations manager for the industry group U.S. Custom Harvesters in Hutchinson, said Wednesday many cutters found all the labor they needed long before harvest started because of the nation's unemployment situation.

In court Thursday, James Garceau extended his lanky right arm, pointed two fingers like a gun, closed his eyes and cocked an imaginary hammer with his thumb.

Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment: PIPELINE-SINKHOLES Sinkholes appear along pipeline route Walhalla , N.D. Sinkholes have developed in the Pembina Gorge of northeastern North Dakota along the route of TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone pipeline, and some of them have swallowed pine trees.

Grand Forks County prosecutors are seeking the extradition of a man in a Mississippi jail, in connection with a bank robbery in Gilby last month.

Officials say the new Ashtabula Wind Energy Center will generate enough electricity to power more than 36,000 homes a year.

The third annual Red River International Bike Tour kicks off today. Organizer Mike Kellogg says about 60 people are taking part in the five-day ride, from as far as New York, Florida and California.

Mario Czarnomski, a 26-year-old Grand Forks, N.D., man, won the Paynesville Triathlon on Sunday, completing the 1/3-mile swim, 16-mile bike and 5-kilometer run course in 1 hour, 13 minutes and 8 seconds.

Gun owners can dig out the family heirloom and have it evaluated by firearms experts in Medora.

Neighbors of a man police call a "person of interest" in a bank robbery say they're stunned by his arrest.

GRAND FORKS, N.D.: The University of North Dakota is flying high. The school recently won its 15th National Intercollegiate Flying Association championship.

Windmill blade maker LM Glasfiber announced Monday it will lay off about 80 workers because it does not have enough orders.

Public Service Commission er Tony Clark says the credit crunch hitting companies worldwide may have slowed North Dakota 's wind energy industry, but he says it's not at a standstill.

By Chuck Haga Friday, June 5, 2009 GRAND FORKS, N.D. a ' As the NAACP marks its 100th anniversary this year, the nation's oldest, largest and most widely recognized civil rights organization has extended its presence into a final frontier: North Dakota.

A spokeswoman for Rep. Earl Pomeroy says he`s marrying Grand Forks teacher Mary Berglund next month.

The Energy & Environmental Research Center at the University of North Dakota announced today that the preliminary program for the upcoming Biomass '09: Power, Fuels, and Chemicals Workshop is now available.