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BISMARCK — The "surge" is on the verge of becoming law. Senators voted 46-0 to pass Senate Bill 2103, a $1.1 billion package designed to address critical road and infrastructure needs primarily in North Dakota's Oil Patch but also across the state. The House approved an amended...

BISMARCK -- House lawmakers overwhelmingly approved Friday the $1.1 billion "surge" funding bill that aims to address critical needs in the Oil Patch. The House voted 90 to 2 to approve amended Senate Bill 2103, which includes the full $450 million requested by the Department of...

WILLISTON -- A proposed pipeline from the same company behind the Keystone XL would connect Bakken crude with markets now reached only by rail. TransCanada plans to seek approval for the $600 million Upland Pipeline that would carry oil from south of Williston and head north to...

BISMARCK -- House budget crafters endorsed a modified $1.1 billion "surge" funding bill Thursday that includes the full $450 million requested by the Department of Transportation while cutting the amount of money for cities, counties and townships. The full House is expected...

The slowdown in North Dakota's Oil Patch is not a sky-is-falling calamity. Despite a spate of hand-wringing and worry, the evidence on the ground thus far is that the oil and gas industry and oil-impacted communities are weathering an oil price collapse that has not translated into...

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WILLISTON, N.D. — Cleanup crews have removed nearly 6 million gallons of water from the site of a pipeline rupture north of here, but a large amount of that water is believed to be snowmelt and freshwater from Blacktail Creek. Meadowlark Midstream, a subsidiary of Summit...

BISMARCK, N.D. -- Supporters of a bill meant to reduce flaring of natural gas told lawmakers Friday additional restrictions would improve air quality and provide more money to mineral owners and the state. Opponents of Senate Bill 2343 countered before the Senate Energy and Natural...

BISMARCK — A House committee gave a unanimous thumbs-up Friday to what members said is a "landmark" bill that will strengthen North Dakota's regulation of oil and saltwater gathering pipelines and help to clean up past spills. House Bill 1358 combines parts of four other...

The oil slowdown is here. Is it long lasting? Will prices bounce back by the end of 2015? Or, will North Dakota's Oil Patch cities suffer long-lasting economic impacts? No one can answer those questions because no one can predict the future. History has shown, however, that oil...

WILLISTON -- Temperatures that reached into the 50s here Tuesday hampered cleanup efforts at the site of a massive pipeline leak, making the contamination spread more quickly into the state's waterways, officials said. Melting snow and increased flows made it difficult for cleanup...

MANNING, N.D. — Dunn County and three other western North Dakota counties must pay for damages from summer storms themselves after the federal government has denied emergency aid, not only once but twice. In an appeal — which also was rejected — Gov. Jack Dalrymple addressed...

WILLISTON, N.D. -- Legislators will work with industry to come up with better safeguards for saltwater lines in North Dakota after a 4-inch line caused the biggest saltwater spill of this oil boom. The magnitude of that spill -- 3 million gallons -- may put more focus on these...

FARGO -- The snow is dirtier in the Great Plains, especially in North Dakota's Oil Patch, than in many other places in North America, a recently released snow survey has found. That could have implications for the regional climate, according to Sarah Doherty, a University of Washington...