Burleigh County News

Considering the devastating Souris River flood and the ongoing housing crunch in Minot, it's a positive sign that enrollment at Minot State University has stayed as strong as it has this school year.

Grocery shopping without a list is one of the easiest ways to rack up a long receipt at the checkout aisle.

Nearly six months after the Missouri River dropped below flood stage, many home owners are still not back in their houses.

DNA testing helped solve a nearly seven-year-old arson case in Bismarck. Elijah Hopkins, 21, was charged with one count of arson and two counts of burglary this afternoon.

Homes along the Missouri River sell at a premium. That`s been the case for decades.

Last year was a tragic one for law enforcement officers in the Bismarck-Mandan area.

Bismarck Burleigh Public Health is looking for your opinion. Residents of Bismarck or Burleigh County are invited to provide public input for the Bismarck Burleigh Community Health Needs Assessment.

A Bismarck teacher and jazz musician was charged Thursday afternoon with three counts of corruption or solicitation of a minor in Burleigh County Court.

These procedures request that all landowners, equipment operators and outdoor enthusiasts take precautions when burning.

The individual whose name appears on this notification has been convicted of a crime against a child or an attempted crime against a child, or has pleaded guilty to a sexual offense.

The Southwest Bismarck Regional DUI Task Force will be conducting heightened DUI enforcement in early February.

A jury is deliberating the fate of a man accused of stabbing and killing another man in Lincoln last April.

An attorney for state District Judge Cynthia Feland contends the former Burleigh County assistant state's attorney had no reason to withhold evidence from a former state workers' compensation director whom Feland prosecuted for misspending state funds.

Usually those meetings take place in the spring but this year they were moved up in order to eliminate some confusion about topics like the 30 day purchase window for flood insurance.

Burleigh County Sheriff Pat Heinert said that 22-year-old Melissa Jans died in her jail cell on January 14th, a day after she was arrested on drug charges.

It`s the most dangerous thing most people do every day. Drivers get inside their cars and head out on the road, assuming they`ll reach their destination safely.

Six North Dakota U.S. House candidates declared their support for spending cuts, dumping the new federal health care law and overhauling the income tax during a debate Friday sponsored by a group of conservative organizations.

There was a time when seeing a sheriff`s deputy at a school usually meant someone was in trouble, but that`s no longer the case.

Jurors heard parts of a recorded interview with John Unruh during the second full day of testimony in his murder trial.

The Lincoln police chief has testified in a Burleigh County trial that murder suspect John Unruh told him a prostitute stabbed Randall Albaugh to death in April.