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Sen. Tim Mathern, D-Fargo, speaks on the Senate floor during a special session of the Legislature on Sept. 3, 2026. Photo by Michael Achterling/ North Dakota Monitor

Sen. Tim Mathern, D-Fargo, speaks on the Senate floor during a special session of the Legislature on Sept. 3, 2026. Photo by Michael Achterling/ North Dakota Monitor

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Data center nondisclosure bill dies in North Dakota Senate vote

Jeff Beach, North Dakota Monitor
Thursday, September 10, 2026
North Dakota legislators on Thursday, Sept. 3 rejected a push to ban the use of nondisclosure agreements between government entities and developers of data centers and other industrial projects.
HHS encourages connection, support during Suicide Prevention Month

HHS encourages connection, support during Suicide Prevention Month

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HHS encourages connection, support during Suicide Prevention Month

News Staff
Thursday, September 10, 2026
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Health and Human Services is encouraging communities across the state to strengthen connection, compassion and support during Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month in September.

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DAKOTA DATEBOOK: How Fruit Pits Helped Win the Great War

News Staff
Thursday, September 10, 2026
World War I made a shambles of the European economy. Starvation was a real threat as farms became battlefields and agricultural workers became soldiers. When the United States entered the war in 1917, the country became an active partner with the allies, and Americans faced shortages of their own.

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Borderland BRIEFS

News Staff
Thursday, September 10, 2026
Climatologists watch El Nino Climatologists across North America are watching conditions over the Pacific as a supercharged El Nino has been developing over the last several months.
Bulk tanks at Farmers Union Oil in Ellendale supply massive amounts of farm and highway diesel. Most recently the company provided tends of thousands of gallons of diesel to supply the back up generators at the Applied Digital data center near the town. Photo by Ken Smith

Bulk tanks at Farmers Union Oil in Ellendale supply massive amounts of farm and highway diesel. Most recently the company provided tends of thousands of gallons of diesel to supply the back up generators at the Applied Digital data center near the town. Photo by Ken Smith

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As harvest starts, ND farmers facing perfect storm of uncertainty

Michael Standaert, North Dakota News Cooperative
Thursday, September 10, 2026
High costs for diesel, fertilizer, renewed trade war adds to challenges With sky-high diesel and fertilizer prices, along with a renewed trade war with Canada, North Dakota farmers are in a heightened state of uncertainty going into the harvest season.
Jimmy Emmons, Darrel Oswald and Dave Bauer evaluate soil structure, residue distribution and infiltration indicators in a wheat field near Regan, N.D., while Jarvis Keney observes. The Aug. 25 tour was held to highlight regenerative agriculture and conservation planning ahead of the Advancing Soil Health Summit.

Jimmy Emmons, Darrel Oswald and Dave Bauer evaluate soil structure, residue distribution and infiltration indicators in a wheat field near Regan, N.D., while Jarvis Keney observes. The Aug. 25 tour was held to highlight regenerative agriculture and conservation planning ahead of the Advancing Soil Health Summit.

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NRCS assistant chief highlights Regenerative Agriculture during central North Dakota field tour

U.s. Department Of Agriculture
Thursday, September 10, 2026
REGAN, N.D. — Assistant Chief Jimmy Emmons of USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service joined North Dakota producers, local partners and NRCS staff for an agricultural field tour highlighting how voluntary conservation programs, technical assistance and regenerative agriculture practices...
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