This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the North Dakota Monitor. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. During Doug Burgum’s two terms as North Dakota governor,

Several people submitted testimony that kratom, which comes from a tree that grows in southeast Asia, has helped with chronic pain.

The Vault podcast series, "Is there a cult in North Dakota?," goes behind-the-scenes with Forum reporters who investigated the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church in Neche, North Dakota

Emilie Hessinger had hoped to attend a waterfowl brigade camp in North Dakota. That camp got canceled, but what happened next turned out to be even better than she had imagined.

The South Dakota men’s basketball team won on the road 102-93 over North Dakota Thursday night in the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. The Coyotes are now 3-3 in Summit League play and 12-9 on the season.

North Dakota lawmakers are likely to reject a bill that would require counties to put the question of converting elected auditors to appointed positions on the ballot for voter approval.

Campaign showcases the state's friendly people, welcoming communities and abundance of uncrowded outdoor adventures.

North Dakota lawmakers will consider a resolution Thursday that would establish a statewide Dark Sky Week to combat light pollution and protect migrating birds. Senate Concurrent Resolution 4004, which would designate April 21-28 as Dark Sky Week,

North Dakota voters will not have an opportunity to vote on the issue during the 2026 general election, which House Concurrent Resolution 3002 proposed.

Rep. Ben Koppelman, R-West Fargo, speaks about term limits during a committee hearing on Jan. 23, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A North Dakota legislative committee advanced a bill Thursday that makes a change to lawmaker term limits approved by voters in 2022.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (North Dakota Monitor) – During Doug Burgum’s two terms as North Dakota governor, the state repeatedly sued the U.S. Department of the Interior, attempting to rip up rules that govern federal lands in his state and across the country.

A resolution to encourage people to turn off at least some of the some of the lights in North Dakota failed to make it past the state Senate on Friday. Senate Concurrent Resolution 4004 calling for North Dakota Dark Sky Week in April was voted down 29-17.