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Wildlife group sues for bat-disease documents

A wildlife advocacy group sued the U.S. Forest Service Wednesday for the release of documents on how the agency plans to keep a disease that has already killed millions of bats in the U.S. and Canada from spreading to the Northern Rocky Mountains.

ND higher ed board member Smith leaving early

North Dakota Board of Higher Education member Richie Smith has resigned, leaving a pair of vacancies on the panel two months before the board's new top administrator is to begin his job.

ND gets about $71,000 in Skechers USA settlement

The North Dakota attorney general's office says the state's share of a multistate settlement with the Skechers USA Inc. footwear company is nearly $71,000.

Grand Forks area agent ordered to stop business

North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm has ordered a Grand Forks area agent to stop doing business in the state.

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