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Dylan Sherman BISMARCK -- North Dakotans between 65 and 70 could soon be able to renew their driver’s license online, should House Bill 1102 pass in the Senate The bill would increase the age of online renewal from under 65 to under 70 for every other renewal cycle. Brad Schaffer, director of drivers licenses for the North Dakota Department of Transportation, said on Feb. 11 that North Dakotans over 65 had asked for the ability to renew online during the pandemic. The department “received many calls from concerned citizens from the high-risk age group, as to why they could not renew onlin...

House Bill 1102 would extend the ability for North Dakotans to renew their driver's licenses online up to the age of 70.

manich@leaderherald.com JOHNSTOWN — A Gloversville woman involved in a knifepoint robbery in 2020 was recently sentenced in Fulton County Court to time served and probation. Deanna W. Bleyl-Garza, 24, of 9 Fox St., was sentenced by County Court Judge Polly A. Hoye Feb. 9 as part of a plea arrangement. She received credit for unspecified time served, as well as five years probation, restitution and an order of protection was granted for her victim. The sentence was based on her Aug. 17, 2020 guilty plea to third-degree robbery. Gloversville police arrested Bleyl-Garza and a co-defendant — ...

Moving driver's licenses into the digital realm is coming, according to the North Dakota's driver's license division director.

1:26 North Dakota drivers who want the new Real ID Driver’s License have until Oct. 1, 2021 to get it. That deadline was moved from 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Currently, we have 36 percent of North Dakota drivers and ID holders who have the Real ID," said North Dakota Department of Transportation Drivers' License Director Brad Schaffer. He said North Dakota is an "opt in" state, so it may not get 100 percent of drivers with Real ID. "Right now, we're at a 70 percent rate of people that are coming in and getting the Real ID," Schaffer said. "So we're picking up some steam now."