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Gov. Doug Burgum on Thursday put the National Guard on standby to help fight wildfires if needed, with extreme drought now covering nearly half of the state. All of North Dakota is in some form of drought, and extreme drought -- the second-worst of four categories -- now covers almost all of western North Dakota, including the Bismarck-Mandan region, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor map, posted Thursday.  "Another dry week along with strong winds on March 29 resulted in a slight expansion of extreme drought ... across North Dakota and northern South Dakota," wrote Climate Pr...

MORNING REPORT/RNZ A legal expert says he is disappointed the Corrections Minister won't acknowledge a judge's finding that treatment of Auckland Women's Prison inmates was degrading, cruel and inhumane. As a boy, Rue-Jade Morgan was given shandy and made to wear a dog collar and got used to seeing his alcoholic, drug-addicted mother lying on the floor in a bruised pulp. As a teen, Morgan was told he wasn’t crying properly so banged his head against the wall so hard that he gave himself trauma which affects his speech to this day, and was given only newspaper to wipe up the blood.

Wildfire season started early in North Dakota this year. Due to dry and warm conditions, burn bans already are in effect in many counties.