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The Fort Berthold Rural Water System and North Dakota Water Education Foundation will host the Providing for the People Tour on June 29. Participants will le

Editor’s Note: This weekend’s Progress edition features the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation (Three Affiliated Tribes). This is the final edition of 2023

The volume of wasted natural gas, chiefly from flaring, on federal and tribal lands in North Dakota was exceeded only by New Mexico. according to a study for the Environmental Defense Fund.

When Jay Hennessy saw the bull calf raised on the Hennessy ranch near Des Lacs, N.D., in the spring of 2020, he knew the calf had potential.    “He had the look,” he said. “He had...

North Dakota District Court opens files on plea deal sealed during last four years

The murder of Brandon Bentley remains unsolved. Bentley was a businessman linked to Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation tribal operation

Before the Garrison Dam was built, the Missouri was a wily river. Its greedy undercurrents had proven treacherous on several occasions. On this date in 1955, painter Donald Ryland of New Town was working 135 feet above the river on the Four Bears Bridge when he lost his balance reaching for a paint stick. He managed to grab a steel beam, but before others could reach him, he lost his grip and fell into the rising reservoir.

(New Town, ND) -- Officials are identifying the body found in Lake Sakakawea over the weekend. Authorities on the Fort Berthold Reservation say the body belongs to Charles Bearstail. Bearstail is a kayaker who went missing in April. The 64-year-old's truck was found days after he went missing at Four Bears Point.

NEW TOWN, N.D. - Authorities are working to identity a body that turned up in Lake Sakakawea on Saturday. An angler found the body along the eastern s...

(Bismarck, ND) -- Authorities are continuing to work to identify a body found in Lake Sakakawea. The Mandan, Hidatsa, and Ankara Nation Emergency Operations Center says an angler found the body Saturday morning along the eastern shoreline about three miles south of Four Bears Bridge. Authorities have been searching for 64-year-old Charles Bearstail, whose truck was found at