Grand Forks County Commission signs off on tax abatements for proposed development projects
Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski, City Administrator Todd Feland and City Council President Dana Sande appeared before the commission to ask for approval of the multi-million-dollar projects. 8:38 pm, Jan. 19, 2021 ×
The Grand Forks County Office Building, photographed on Nov. 23, 2015. Photo by Nick Nelson/Grand Forks Herald
The Grand Fork County Commission, at its regular meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 19, voted to lend its support to four large Tax Increment Financing proposals developers are planning to carry out in the city.
Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski, City Administrator Todd Feland and City Council President Dana Sande
Frontline medical workers and residents of long-term care facilities will be vaccinated in the first round. 8:23 pm, Dec. 15, 2020 ×
The Grand Forks County Office Building, photographed on Nov. 23, 2015. Photo by Nick Nelson/Grand Forks Herald
Altru Health System in Grand Forks is receiving doses of a recently approved vaccine for the coronavirus, and frontline employees there are expected to be vaccinated starting Wednesday.
According to Debbie Swanson, director of the Public Health Department, the state received an initial allotment of 6,825 doses of the vaccine made by biotech company Pfizer. Those doses will be followed by another 7,800 and 9,700 in the coming weeks. The state is also set to receive 13,000 doses manufactured by Moderna, should that vaccine receive U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval later this week.