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Seeking Bids from experienced trail contractors: The Maah Daah Hey Trail Association (MDHTA) is seeking bids for trail surfacing projects on the MDH trail located south of Coal Creek campground and east of Andrews Creek on the Buffalo Gap Trail southwest of Medora, North Dakota. The work consists of excavation and removing topsoil to re-establish the trail tread and placing gravel surfacing on approximately 2.5 miles of trail at each location. Contract documents, including plans and specifications, for 2022 Maah Daah Hey -Buffalo Gap Surfacing and Coal Creek surfacing are available from Curtis...

Downed power lines turned a statewide Red Flag Day into an evacuation of the popular resort town of Medora Thursday. The fire, which burned approximately 3,000 acres to the west of the community on Interstate 94 also closed the four-lane highway for several hours April 1. The Medora fire is under control, but the extreme fire conditions have continued to impact the western part of the state. The fire conditions in the region are extreme, according to a National Forest Service spokesperson. “Another fire was reported on USDA Forest Service national grasslands on Saturday that started burn...

A wildfire blazing in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park has grown to nearly 8 square miles, but fire crews have made progress on boxing it in and protecting threatened structures. The Horse Pasture Fire on Tuesday was estimated at 5,000 acres and 45% contained, according to Beth Hill, acting outreach and education manager for the North Dakota Forest Service. The cause was still under investigation, though authorities think it likely was caused by a person. Fire crews have used back-burning -- eliminating vegetation with controlled burns -- to create a fire perimeter ...

Shortly after 1 p.m. MDT, the Medora command center and firefighters were pleased to report 100% containment and an estimated 2,276 acres burned in the wildfire lasting 5 days surrounding North Dakota's western tourism capital.