Jack Dalrymple News

Governor Jack Dalrymple met with local officials in Cavalier, Crystal and Grafton on Wednesday as part of a regional tour of flood conditions in Pembina and Walsh counties.

BISMARCK A remembrance ceremony at the Memorial to the Fallen in the Global War on Terrorism will honor two additional North Dakotans who were killed in action last December.

Jack Dalrymple is requesting a federal disaster declaration to help 16 counties and the Spirit lake Reservation recover from spring flooding.

Jack Dalrymple is appointing a new state transportation director. Dalrymple scheduled a midmorning news conference on Wednesday to announce his appointment.

The entire town of Cavalier is being evacuated. As much as eight inches of rain has fallen in Pembina County.

Jack Dalrymple has appointed an interim chief for the state Information Technology Department.

Governor Jack Dalrymple announced today that additional funds will be available for Minot and Ward County residents who were affected by the 2011 Mouse River flood.

Governor Jack Dalrymple announced today that additional funds will be available for Minot and Ward County residents who were affected by the 2011 Mouse River flood.

SB 2305 [text PDF], passed [JURIST report] in March, restricts abortion providers to those doctors recognized by a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic.

Governor Jack Dalrymple has appointed a new labor commissioner to serve, after the previous commissioner, Tony Weiler stepped down.

Abortion rights activists on Wednesday filed the first of what they expect will be several legal challenges to laws recently approved in North Dakota that would make that state the most restrictive in the country for women to terminate their pregnancies.

All government agencies are to fly American and North Dakota flags at half-staff tomorrow from sunrise to sunset to honor law enforcement officials who have died in the line of duty.

Republican governors backing an expansion of Medicaid continue to hit headwinds in those efforts, and it is unclear what lessons can be drawn from the outcomes experienced by two of their colleagues.

Dickinson residents could be asked to ration their water use as western North Dakota continues to grapple with population growth.

Bobcat Company has officially broken ground on its $20 million renovation and expansion to create the Acceleration Center in Bismarck, N.D. When complete, the Acceleration Center will be a modern complex for advancing innovation where professionals utilize technology and modern design.

Although spring flooding in North Dakota wasn't as bad advertised in some areas, officials who are totaling the damages say the costs are piling up.

NEW NITROGEN FERTILIZER PLANT TO BE BUILT IN NO. DAKOTA May 13, 2013 Source: Northern Plains Nitrogen news release Northern Plains Nitrogen leaders announced their plans today to build and operate a $1.5 billion nitrogen fertilizer production facility near Grand Forks, N.D. The world-scale production facility will include a 2,200 ton per day ... (more)

"The Governor wanted to fish at 12:01 a.m., the first legal moment to cast a line into Minnesota waters," said the Governor's fishing host, Jason Durham,"The Governor didn't have a real good track record going into this event, he's had two previous Governor's fishing openers and had yet to land a walleye, and we did it today." Gov.

North Dakota has the highest rate of worker deaths in the nation, due in large part to the oil boom in the western part of the state in recent years, according to a report from the BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota has the highest rate of worker deaths in the nation, due in large part to the oil boom in the western part of the state in recent years, ... (more)

As Minot legislators and local officials looked over his shoulder, Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed an appropriations bill Thursday that includes $61 million in flood protection assistance for Minot and Ward County.