Marmarth News

Glance around the Badlands, and the lush green scenery makes it tough to imagine 2,400 acres were up in flames last August.

Visitors to the Bismarck Airport get a grand welcome from prehistoric times. The State Historical Society of North Dakota is moving a triceratops fossil to the waiting area at the airport.

As the flooding threat continues to dwindle throughout most of the state, there are still areas under high alert.

North Dakotans battling floodwaters had more problems from a spring blizzard that hit the state Tuesday, dumping more than a foot of snow in some areas and leading to fears of more flooding later.

Students at the Marmarth school in southwestern North Dakota will be watching a rerun of President Obama`s inauguration today.

North Dakota paleontologists are planning for a busy summer. The state`s paleontologist says four public fossil digs are planned.

People who would like to apply to take part in the 2009 public fossil dig program can contact John Hoganson, Bismarck, state paleontologist with the North Dakota Geological Survey, at 328-8006 or e-mail him at ...