Long days and favorable conditions helped producers make substantial planting gains during the final week of May. .

How the Highway 1 project is affecting township roads, farmers and rural communities What began as a reconstruction project on Highway 1 between Langdon and Nekoma has become a source of growing frustration for area residents, farmers, truck drivers, township officials and local businesses who say deteriorating road conditions and increased traffic on local roads are creating costly and potentially dangerous situations across the area. Residents, agricultural businesses and local officials say the project's timing, road conditions and lack of suitable alternate routes have shifted heavy traffic onto county and township roads that were never designed to handle sustained commercial truck traffic.

North Dakota’s 2025 upland bird harvests were down for pheasant, sharptailed grouse and gray partridge compared to 2024. “We were not surprised by a decrease in pheasant harvest in the fall of 2025 based on decreases of chicks in our late summer roadside counts.

BISMARCK — As North Dakotans head to lakes and rivers for Memorial Day weekend recreation, the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality is reminding residents to watch for blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, which can develop in warm-weather conditions.

As children head outdoors for summer fun, a recent tragedy in western North Dakota serves as an important reminder about scooter safety. According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, a female juvenile in Dickinson died following a scooter crash on May 23.

Bismarck, ND - North Dakota is launching a new rural healthcare suicide prevention initiative aimed at strengthening follow-up care and closing critical gaps after suicide risk is identified. The effort follows recommendations from the North Dakota Suicide Fatality Review Commission and supports the Zero Suicide framework across rural and tribal healthcare systems.

Highway 1 project awaits next construction phase As of May 26, the Highway 1 reconstruction project between Langdon and Nekoma remains in a holding pattern as crews wait for frost to leave the ground and final stabilization mix designs to be completed. Project officials told the Borderland News Center that work could still be a couple of weeks away from entering the next phase. Despite the delay, North Dakota Department of Transportation officials say the project remains on schedule for completion sometime in July. Motorists are encouraged to slow down and use caution while traveling through the work zone.

North Dakotans are encouraged to learn how to recognize and prevent Medicare fraud during Medicare Fraud Prevention Week, which runs June 1-5. According to the North Dakota Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP), Medicare fraud is estimated to cost the program approximately $60 billion annually.

The Langdon Area School hosted graduation for 32 area seniors on Sunday in the high school gymnasium. The Langdon Area students were very fortunate to have their hard work recognized through local and other scholarship awards. The graduates received more than $70,000 in local scholarships, along with nearly $180,000 in state and university scholarships.