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    March 30, 2018
    The ice on the Yellowstone River near Cartwright, N.D., near the border with Montana broke up on Thursday. Submitted photo
    Yellowstone River gets moving in N.D. but ice jam potential remains
    WATFORD CITY, N.D.—Two ice jams on the Yellowstone River in northeastern Montana have moved on while the river has now broken up in North...
    news/science-and-natureMarch 30, 2018 - 5:24pm
    January 21, 2018
    Least terns, shown above, are an endangered species that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is trying to boost through a project to create more sandbar habitat on the Missouri River near Washburn. Bismarck Tribune file photo
    Corps considering $2 million sandbar project on Missouri River for plovers, terns
    WASHBURN, N.D.—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is aiming to build up a sandbar on the Missouri River near Washburn, about 40 miles north...
    newsJanuary 21, 2018 - 7:04am
    December 7, 2017
    ND man, 70, dies after falling through ice near boat landing on Missouri River
    BISMARCK --- A 70-year-old man is dead after falling through the ice into a canal near a boat landing on Hoge Island on the Missouri River about...
    news/accidentsDecember 7, 2017 - 10:23pm
    November 29, 2017
    This aerial photo taken July 10, 2017, shows the site of a proposed day park along the Missouri River south of Bismarck. It would be North Dakota's first new state park in more than 25 years. The field on the left would separate the park from the Missouri River Correctional Center. File Photo / Bismarck Tribune
    Missouri River Day Park development on hold until new budget cycle
    BISMARCK — North Dakota Parks and Recreation is aiming to secure operational funding before turning its eye to development of the Missouri...
    news/government-and-politicsNovember 29, 2017 - 11:10am
    November 12, 2017
    With Joy, John Lindgren's Llewellin setter holding point, Sandi Restine of Delano, Minn. and Lindgren move in to flush a rooster pheasant during a South Dakota hunt near the Missouri River. Sam Cook / Forum News Service
    Missouri River roosters: Minnesota hunters find plenty of pheasants along the river in South Dakota
    GETTYSBURG, S.D. — Joy was sure she had the rooster locked up. John Lindgren's Llewellin setter held a rock-solid point, her nose riveted...
    sports/outdoorsNovember 12, 2017 - 11:59am
    November 6, 2017
    McClusky Canal Photo courtesy of Garrison Diversion Conservancy District
    ND officials: Optimism builds over $1 billion water pipeline to serve Red River Valley, central ND
    FARGO—The push to deliver water from the Missouri River to the Red River Valley is gaining momentum and officials are optimistic that construction...
    newsNovember 6, 2017 - 9:57am
    June 16, 2017
    An aerial view of the Lake Audubon embankment, which separates lake Sakawea, to the west, and Lake Audubon. Lake Audubon is the preferred source of water for the Red River Valley Water Supply Project, which would divert Missouri River water to the Red River Valley in times of prolonged drought. Photo special to The Forum.
    Reservoir embankment's potential to collapse poses new hurdle for Red River Valley Water Supply Project
    FARGO — Safety concerns over the potential failure of a reservoir embankment have emerged as a new complication confronting a proposed...
    newsJune 16, 2017 - 8:15pm
    May 30, 2017
    Family of missing man finds body along Missouri River
    MANDAN, N.D. — The family of a man who has been missing since May 11 found a body while searching along the Missouri River on Tuesday morning, May 30. According to the Morton County Sheriff's Department, the body is undergoing an autopsy and has not yet been positively identified....
    newsMay 30, 2017 - 8:27pm
    May 12, 2017
    A North Dakota Game and Fish boat. Submitted photo
    Authorities look for boater who may have drowned on Missouri River in ND
    MANDAN, N.D. -- The Morton County Sheriff's Department is looking for a 57-year-old Mandan man, who may have drowned near the Fort Rice boat...
    newsMay 12, 2017 - 2:51pm
    April 19, 2017
    An oil well is pictured along the shoreline of Lake Sakakawea in Williams County, N.D., on Wednesday, April 11, 2017. Amy Dalrymple / Forum News Service
    Legislature approves Lake Sakakawea mineral bill
    BISMARCK — The North Dakota Legislature has approved a bill clarifying that the state does not own minerals under Lake Sakakawea, setting...
    newsApril 19, 2017 - 8:00pm
    April 6, 2017
    A drilling rig is pictured near Lake Sakakawea near New Town, N.D., on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016. Some fear that uncertainty about who owns the minerals under the lake will deter oil development in the area. Amy Dalrymple/Forum News Service
    House approves Missouri River mineral leasing bill estimated to cost $187 million
    BISMARCK — House lawmakers voted 79-11 Thursday, April 6, to approve a plan that will change how minerals under Lake Sakakawea and the...
    newsApril 6, 2017 - 9:10pm
    March 11, 2017
    John Bluemle, of Bismarck, surveys the erosion along the Missouri River at Double Ditch on Saturday, March 11, 2017. Bluemle is a former North Dakota state geologist. Tom Stromme / Bismarck Tribune
    Double Ditch funding faces erosion
    BISMARCK — A site where thousands of American Indians once gathered to trade along the Missouri River is eroding fast. And legislators...
    newsMarch 11, 2017 - 7:56pm
    February 23, 2017
    With higher than normal temperatures, the ice covering the Missouri River west of Platte, S.D., is beginning to breakup. Some officials worry about raising water levels with the water coming down from the north. Matt Gade / Forum News Service
    No flooding expected for mighty Missouri River
    MITCHELL, S.D — After unseasonably warm temperatures in February melted much of the snow in the Dakotas, experts don't expect the Missouri...
    newsFebruary 23, 2017 - 5:12pm
    January 14, 2017
    A drilling rig is pictured near Lake Sakakawea near New Town, N.D., on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016. Some fear that uncertainty about who owns the minerals under the lake will deter oil development in the area. Amy Dalrymple/Forum News Service
    Bill seeks to resolve uncertainty over mineral ownership
    BISMARCK — Watford City attorney Dennis Johnson generally sues oil companies. But the attorney who represents private mineral owners stood...
    newsJanuary 14, 2017 - 2:32pm
    December 18, 2016
    U.S. President Barack Obama talks to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairman David Archambault II (L) as they attend the Cannon Ball Flag Day Celebration at the Cannon Ball Powwow Grounds on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota, June 13, 2014. To match Insight USA-PIPELINE/NATIVEAMERICANS-INTERVENTION REUTERS/Larry Downing/File Photo
    Standing Rock's 'Little Dave' leads fight against Big Oil
    FARGO — Those who know him well still call David Archambault II Little Dave to distinguish him from his father. But Little Dave, the chairman...
    newsDecember 18, 2016 - 8:00am
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