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Meet Kent Hups, the teacher behind a major T. rex footprint discovery

Kent Hups, a Colorado high school teacher and amateur fossil hunter, was looking for an easier route out of a narrow, rocky valley in North Dakota's badlands in 2025 when he noticed something unusual protruding from the ground. To Hups, who had spent about 30 years searching for ancient footprints…

The Times of India

US woman falsely charged with bank theft sues for $10m over AI facial recognition

Angela Lipps, 50, alleges in suit that Fargo police wrongly relied on AI facial recognition to arrest and charge her

The Guardian - US

One giant step: first known adult T rex footprints found in North Dakota

The 23ft-long trackway, consisting of four three-toed footprints, two left and two right, date from 66.5m years ago

The Guardian - US

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Northern Lights: Visual treat likely for 20 US states tonight; here's how to get the best view

The northern lights, or aurora borealis, that recently illuminated skies over North Dakota, Canada and Iceland followed geomagnetic storms triggered when charged particles from the Sun interacted with gases in Earth’s atmosphere.

The Economic Times

2026 Week 2 Mountain West College Football Previews

he Mountain West sees its second conference game of the season in Week Two when North Dakota opens conference play

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In 1973, a North Dakota couple bought a 4,800-acre ranch getting just 10 inches of rain a year; 53 years later, beavers are back and 270 acres are being restored to native grass

In one of North Dakota’s driest corners, where annual rainfall averages just 10 inches, John Lee and Ellen Njos have spent more than five decades showing that working land and conservation can go forward together. Since buying the 4,800-acre Coyote Creek Ranch near Rhame in Bowman County in 1973, the…

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In 1989, teacher Gary Greff returned to his shrinking North Dakota hometown and learned to weld; his plan to lure travelers became a 32-mile highway of giant sculptures, including a Guinness world record

Gary Greff transformed his struggling hometown of Regent, North Dakota, into a roadside attraction with giant scrap-metal sculptures. A former teacher and principal, Greff returned home in 1989 and learned welding from local farmers before creating the Tin Family. His vision eventually became the 32-mile Enchanted Highway, drawing travelers from…

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In 1995, North Dakota's Richland County SCD began monitoring Antelope Creek for bacteria. 10 years later, a watershed project tackled septic, livestock and farm sources to cut bacteria

Antelope Creek and Wild Rice River saw reduced bacteria levels after conservation efforts. Best management practices addressed animal feeding operations and failing septic systems. These efforts included septic repairs, well decommissioning, and livestock facilities. Water quality data showed declining bacteria trends over two decades. This indicates progress toward restoring recreational…

The Economic Times

The FCS Dynasty Is Moving Up: Inside North Dakota State’s FBS Leap and Statement First Win

The Bison are leaving behind an unprecedented run of dominance for the unknowns of the highest level of college football, but nobody in Fargo is interested in taking a small step.

Sports Illustrated

The first blueprints of American Democracy: state constitutions

Welcome to the Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, Brew.

Ballotpedia

Voters to decide on at least eight statewide measures on the initiative and referendum process in 2026 — the most since 2000

Welcome to the Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026, Brew.

Ballotpedia

At least eight ballot measures in 2026 will address state initiative and referendum processes, the highest number since 2000

In 2026, voters will decide on at least eight ballot measures related to the initiative and referendum process. Seven measures would add requirements or restrictions to the process, including two that voters decided earlier in the year in North Dakota and Missouri. One measure would expand constitutional provisions related to…

Ballotpedia

In 1988, USDA scientists released flea beetles in North Dakota to fight a stubborn weed; their descendants spread across America and restored rangelands

In 1988, researchers working with the United States Department of Agriculture released a small population of European flea beetles onto infested rangeland near Valley City, North Dakota, hoping the insects might help control a plant that had been quietly overrunning the Northern Great Plains for decades. That plant was leafy…

The Times of India

North Dakota Pulls All Kratom from Shelves as States Split Over an Unregulated Product

North Dakota banned all kratom products by executive order, going beyond concentrated 7-OH extracts and diverging from states that chose regulation.

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North Dakota Mum Kailey Erhart, 22, Charged After Allegedly Cutting Her Three Children's Throats, Two Daughters Killed

Kailey Erhart, 22, from North Dakota, faces multiple murder charges after allegedly killing her two daughters and injuring her son. The tragic incident followed a domestic dispute with her estranged husband.

The Times of India

In 2007, North Dakota biologists tagged an 87-pound paddlefish; 18 years later, an angler caught the same fish weighing 98 pounds

An impressive paddlefish, initially tagged in 2007, made headlines when an angler recaught it after an astonishing eighteen years. This ancient species revealed invaluable long-term growth data to scientists, adding eleven pounds and increasing its length by three inches. Such recaptures are pivotal, offering critical insights into fish survival and…

Medical Daily

North Dakota Confirms First Human West Nile Case as Five Counties Report Positive Mosquitoes

A Cass County resident was hospitalized with West Nile virus, North Dakota's first human case of 2026, with positive mosquitoes in five counties.

Ballotpedia

State lawmakers enacted 37 bills on ballot measures and direct democracy through mid-2026

States have enacted 37 bills and resolutions concerning the three powers of direct democracy in the U.S. — the ballot initiative, referendum, and recall election — in 2026, through Aug. 5, 2026. The average number of bills and resolutions enacted per year from 2018 to 2025 was 41.

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American Truck Simulator is headed to North Dakota in its latest DLC

Next stop: the Peace Garden State.

The Independent UK

Welcome to the national park that gives you an hour back

Tucked into the North Dakota Badlands, Theodore Roosevelt National Park offers roaming bison and canyons carved by water

Salon

Red state socialist institutions thrive

North Dakota has a long history of policies and institutions that could be considered socialist

The Independent UK

Heat dome expands across the central United States, creating dangerous conditions for millions

A heat dome is set to expand across much of the central United States, pushing temperatures above 100 degrees from Dallas to North Dakota

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Man fishes with sonar in North Dakota lake. Then he pulls up a ‘1-in-a-billion’ bright golden catch

He considered keeping it, but decided to let it go.

The Times of India

Two North Dakota men discover they were switched at birth, raised by each other's families for nearly four decades before a Christmas gift changed everything

What began as an ordinary Christmas gift turned into a discovery that reshaped the lives of two North Dakota men and their families. Kyle Bylin and Jeremy Morrison learned in 2024 that they had been switched at birth nearly 38 years earlier after an at-home DNA test revealed they had…

The Times of India

After 38 years, DNA test reveals two US men were switched at birth; families sue North Dakota hospital

A Christmas gift has led to a life-changing discovery for two families in the United States after DNA testing revealed that two men were accidentally switched at birth nearly four decades ago. The families are now suing a North Dakota hospital, saying they were deprived of the lives they should…

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