North Dakota's decades-long efforts to aid farmers by reshaping the weather through “cloud seeding” is facing fierce opposition in the state Capitol, where legislation could outlaw the practice, which is used across the West and has drawn global interest to one of the nation's least populous states.

The Lava Ridge project, spanning 57,447 acres across south-central Idaho’s public lands, is paused until further review.

When thinking of winter camping, North Dakota may not come to mind, but the state is ranked third in accessibility and affordability.

The college went before the commission on Tuesday with several reported improvements that it hopes will keep its accreditation standing.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A trial in a lawsuit seeking to strike down North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors began Monday, more than a year after families of transgender children and a doctor filed the suit that argued the law violates the state’s constitution.

The agency expects a minor or greater geomagnetic storm—a disturbance of Earth’s magnetic field—on Saturday, which increases the likelihood of northern lights displays being visible to more people, as the effects of a recent coronal mass ejection reach Earth, according to NOAA’s three-day forecast.

A crew of four from the Northern Lakes Fire District returned on Tuesday after being deployed to LA to help fight the devastating wildfires.

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order temporarily stopping the Lava Ridge project, among others.

Idaho ranks ninth among U.S. states with the busiest airports in December, according to a new analysis of passenger traffic data. The findings, compiled by vacation rental company Cabo Villa Vegas Dave,

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline 10 states fund prisons using stolen Indigenous lands on Jan 28, 2025.

A first-of-its-kind investment gives an ethanol producer in North Dakota $205 million for stashing emissions underground. The EPA and Justice Department reached a settlement with Marathon Oil, resolving alleged Clean Air Act violations at the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota.

Dakota Wesleyan University recently released its fall 2024 dean's list which includes 22 graduate students and 381 undergraduate students. To qualify for the graduate dean's list, students must have completed nine hours of graded coursework with a term GPA of 3.