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    April 19, 2019
    Grand Forks students win awards in North Dakota Juried Student Art Show
    Three Grand Forks students received top awards for their entries in the 2018-19 North Dakota Juried Student Art Show, sponsored by the Taube Museum of Art in Minot. Each spring, North Dakota students submit artwork for the competition. This year, 676 entries were submitted by students...
    newsApril 19, 2019 - 7:00am
    March 27, 2019
    North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speaks during an editorial board meeting at the Bismarck Tribune on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. Mike McCleary / Bismarck Tribune
    Burgum declares winter storm emergency for 11 counties and Standing Rock tribe
    BISMARCK — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum signed an executive order Tuesday, March 26, declaring a winter storm emergency for 11 counties and...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 27, 2019 - 9:46am
    March 23, 2019
    Mary Jodock works on a class project at Northern Cass School that is a finalist in a national contest sponsored by Samsung. The project involves an app that helps first responders communicate with 911 callers. Submitted photo
    Eastern North Dakota students reach national contest finals after designing app to give 911 callers options
    HUNTER, N.D. — An eighth-grade social studies class has already secured $50,000 worth of technology for being among 10 finalists in a national...
    news/educationMarch 23, 2019 - 6:17am
    March 20, 2019
    The Clearwater County Sheriff's Office shared this photo taken from inside a vehicle of a bear at the intersection of Clearwater Lake Road and 169th Avenue, the intersection in front of the Clearbrook-Gonvick School. The sheriff's office is asking that parents in the area not let their children walk to school until further notice.
    Clearwater County authorities issue bear alert for area near Clearbrook-Gonvick school
    BAGLEY, Minn.—The Clearwater County Sheriff's Office is asking parents with school-age children in the Clearbrook-Gonvick school district...
    sports/outdoorsMarch 20, 2019 - 9:13am
    March 18, 2019
    Senate committee to hear higher ed funding bill
    The Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday will hear budget priorities for the North Dakota University System and UND. The system office and...
    news/educationMarch 18, 2019 - 7:00am
    March 13, 2019
    Grand Forks public schools, UND closed for blizzard
    Grand Forks Publics Schools has canceled school for Thursday in anticipation of a major blizzard moving into the area. The school district announced...
    news/weatherMarch 13, 2019 - 4:31pm
    February 17, 2019
    Joe Henry of Lake of the Woods Tourism talked about his career as a promoter of Lake of the Woods in early January to students in teacher Lance Sage's Outdoor Careers Education class at Warroad High School. He also showed off the trophy he landed the previous day after winning the "Walleye Wars" fish-off promotion between Lake of the Woods and Devils Lake. (Photo courtesy of Joe Henry)
    DOKKEN: Warroad High School elective class sheds light on outdoors careers
    WARROAD, Minn.—Students in teacher Lance Sage's social studies class at Warroad High School are getting an opportunity during this year's...
    sports/outdoorsFebruary 17, 2019 - 7:12am
    February 13, 2019
    Senate rejects bill to allow person with 'documented disability' to teach
    The North Dakota Senate on Wednesday rejected a bill that would have allowed a person with a "documented disability" to teach in areas where...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 13, 2019 - 4:33pm
    February 8, 2019
    Nickel Trophy
    Resolution urging UND, NDSU to create new rivalry trophy passes Senate
    A Senate Concurrent Resolution urging students at UND and North Dakota State University to develop a new Nickel Trophy passed the Senate on Friday....
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 8, 2019 - 2:56pm
    January 11, 2019
    Traffic moves along University Avenue between the English Coulee and Columbia Road on Thursday. Construction may be happening later this summer from the coulee to Columbia Road. photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
    Fast track for campus construction
    An overhaul of University Avenue through UND campus may be in the works this summer, putting construction for the road "on the fast track," city...
    news/government-and-politicsJanuary 11, 2019 - 6:00am
    January 5, 2019
    Mark Sanford, ND House Representative from District 17 play button
    Meet State Rep. Mark Sanford of District 17
    Before joining the North Dakota House in 2011, Mark Sanford had spent 26 years working as a superintendent for Grand Forks Public Schools. This...
    news/government-and-politicsJanuary 5, 2019 - 9:00am
    Left to Right, Mark Sanford, Jake Blum, Emily O'Brien, Scott Meyer, Steve Vetter, Curt Kreun, Ray Holmberg, Mary Adams, Matt Edison and JoNell Bakke. Photo by Will Kincaid for the Herald
    Funding and collaboration priorities for Grand Forks legislators
    They've heard requests from city leaders, state agencies and the governor —now, it's time for lawmakers from Grand Forks to leave and represent...
    news/government-and-politicsJanuary 5, 2019 - 6:42am
    Mark Owens, candidate for ND House from District 17play button
    Meet State Rep. Mark Owens of District 17
    Mark Owens, chair of the state House Education Committee, said he has always been "solely focused" on education and its funding. "With our budget...
    news/government-and-politicsJanuary 5, 2019 - 6:00am
    December 27, 2018
    Zurina Parker, 5, and Jadika Parker, 7, in Pflugerville, Texas, walk in their neighborhood on March 21 shortly after their school was reopened after being put on lockdown earlier in the day while police searched the nearby Austin home of a bombing suspect. Washington Post photo by Carolyn Van Houten
    Numerous school lockdowns are traumatizing kids
    Locked behind their green classroom door, MaKenzie Woody and 25 other first-graders huddled in the darkness. She sat on the vinyl tile floor...
    news/educationDecember 27, 2018 - 8:10am
    December 15, 2018
    House Democrats elected Rep. Melissa Hortman to the position of Minnesota House Speaker Thursday, Nov. 8, in St. Paul. Dana Ferguson / Forum News Service
    Minnesota legislative leaders strike early deal, set up a clash on key issues
    ST. PAUL --Minnesota legislative leaders this week huddled with lawmakers in their political parties to decide their top goals for the 2019 legislative...
    news/government-and-politicsDecember 15, 2018 - 7:53am
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