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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...

The Dickinson Press There is no reason to panic about the coming oil production plateau. Barring a complete fallout in oil prices, North Dakota and its oil industry will be fine in the long run.

WATFORD CITY, N.D. -- A vehicle collision led officers in McKenzie County in northwest North Dakota to arrest three Mexican nationals for allegedly trafficking 30 grams of methamphetamine. State radio dispatch received a report of a property crash at the intersection of Highway...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- A new electronic book, written by retired Grand Forks Herald publisher Mike Jacobs, examines present-day North Dakota and explores the challenges that lie ahead for the state. The book, "A Birthday Inquiry: North Dakota at 125: A collection of essays," is...

WASHINGTON -- It was late summer in 1979 when Zachary Harper drove into Watford City in a dirt-covered Jeep, looking for work on an oil drilling crew. He had a name — just one name to go on — and his cousin's voice urging caution as he walked into a bar in the...

DICKINSON, N.D. -- In 2014, North Dakota made significant strides in capturing more natural gas in the Oil Patch. However, there are different opinions as to whether enough is being done. "I couldn't be happier," Lynn Helms, director of the state Department of Mineral Resour...

WASHINGTON -- The new Republican-controlled U.S. Senate's first act in January will be approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. Soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters the bill would be based on a measure that failed in the Senate last month that was co-sponsored...

BISMARCK — Oilfield waste with elevated levels of radioactivity could be dumped in North Dakota's landfills instead of having to be trucked out of state, under proposed rules being announced today by the state Department of Health. The rules strive to set a reasonable standard,...

BISMARCK — Two spills involving saltwater and oil were contained on site in northern North Dakota in recent days, the state Department of Mineral Resources' Oil and Gas Division reported. Petro Harvester Operating Co.

GRAND FORKS -- Falling oil prices are on the minds of many in North Dakota, where the industry has brought unprecedented wealth and state revenue. And while government officials and economists anticipate some sort of effects, it remains to be seen how long it might take for prices...