North Dakota Integrates Digital IDs into Apple Wallet as 11th State

In a move that underscores Apple’s expanding footprint in digital identity solutions, North Dakota is set to become the latest U.S. state to integrate driver’s licenses and state IDs into the iPhone’s Wallet app. This development, announced...

Raythan Robbins eager for his Anchorage homecoming with Bemidji State

BEMIDJI – Raythan Robbins remembers Olivier Mantha’s difference-making performance against North Dakota vividly. On Oct. 7, 2017, Mantha, a senior goaltender for Alaska Anchorage at the time, stopped 32 shots in a 1-1 tie against UND. Jordan...

From the publisher’s pen: Scribbles from a North Dakota hiking trail

North Dakota airports report sixteenth straight month of record passenger traffic

Kyle C. Wanner, Executive Director | North Dakota Aeronautics CommissionKyle C. Wanner, Executive Director | North Dakota Aeronautics Commission North Dakota airports continued to see strong summer air travel demand in August, with seven of the...

New COVID Variant That Mutates & Attacks Spiking In ND

Are we facing another time in our lives where we will see people wearing masks everywhere again? I'm pretty sure most of us remember the year 2020 like it was yesterday. I had just moved to Bismarck, North Dakota, and about a week later, in late...

Carthage’s Hooper wins bareback riding competition in North Dakota

MANDAN, N.D. (KLTV) - Carthage bareback rider Tilden Hooper won first place at the North Dakota Roughrider Cup in Mandan, North Dakota. The 17th-ranked bareback rider in the world has earned $118,547 this season. Hooper scored 90 points on a horse...

Apple just added another state ID to Apple Wallet — what you need to know

The days of needing to carry around a physical ID seem to be on their way out, especially with the likes of Apple and Google working with various U.S. state governments to add mobile passports and driver's licenses to their respective Wallet apps....

NDSU Volleyball Hosts North Dakota on Saturday

The North Dakota State (NDSU) volleyball team (6-4) is gearing up to host North Dakota (3-8) for their Summit League opener on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. at Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse. Following three losses at the Razorback Invitational, the Bison look...

North Dakota has a new commissioner of higher education

Sanford had been appointed as the “interim Chancellor,” after Mark Hagerott stepped down. Some North Dakota Legislators have objected to the term “Chancellor,” saying it implies that the head of the University System has a lot of power over the...

‘No Such Thing as Moderates’: North Dakota Governor Urges Cross-Partisan Housing Reform

Above, Kelly Armstrong NEW HAVEN, CT—The self-described deeply conservative governor of a ruby-red Midwest state travels to an enclave of the liberal coastal elite. Speaking to an audience full of left-leaning activists and policy wonks, he...

North Dakota’s running and biking events boost health, tourism and local spirit

Each year, streets in communities big and small across North Dakota fill with the shuffle of feet as runners pound the pavement, volunteers pass out water, and families cheer on their runners from the side of the road. For the marathons, it is...

Western North Dakota monk provides monastery and public with 'our daily bread'

RICHARDTON, N.D. — Once a week, Brother Alban Petesch gets up at 3 a.m. to bake bread. It’s so dark and still outside that even the crickets seem asleep. Even so, Petesch is already at work in the immaculate commercial kitchen of the Assumption...

North Dakota officials urge drivers to avoid distractions, stay in lanes

FARGO — State and local law enforcement are reminding drivers of the dangers of careless and reckless driving. Highway Patrol statistics from 2024 to 2025 show drivers are being pulled over for careless behavior at the same rate as 2024. "We do...

North Dakota universities could hire presidents without searches under proposed policy change

FARGO — The board that oversees the North Dakota University System will consider a policy change stating presidential vacancies at colleges and universities may be filled without doing a search. The amendment to be voted on by the State Board of...

What Makes The Sakakawea Scenic Byway A Must-Drive In North Dakota?

The outdoor adventure website Thrillist recently published an article on "The Most Scenic Drives" in every state. We have a few tucked-away roads that are truly breathtaking in North Dakota. More on that in a moment. Fall is the perfect time for...

Community health workers expand access to care in rural North Dakota

Dr. Andrew Armacost, President | University of North DakotaDr. Andrew Armacost, President | University of North Dakota Community health workers are playing an increasingly important role in rural North Dakota, acting as a link between patients and...

Dunn Country Injury Crash September 30

On Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at approximately 7:14 a.m. MT, a 2023 Hino Straight Truck driven by a 29-year-old male of Heidlberg, MS was traveling westbound on ND Highway 200 near mile marker 101.5. At the same time, a 2014 Freightliner truck...

‘I’ve always loved this state’: Berthold woman visits every town on North Dakota map

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - There are 372 cities and towns in North Dakota. A Berthold woman has visited all 372. It started sort of by accident, but once Peggy Person realized how many communities she’d visited, she made it her mission to get to...

Be wary of the weary: Hard to pick against the acclimated Vikings against the jet-lagged Browns

LAS VEGAS — Jacksonville had an established relationship with playing games in England. In 2023, though, it upped the ante by becoming the first NFL squad to play there on consecutive weekends. The moment the schedule was released, Long Island...

Tigirlily Gold partners with North Dakota Tourism to promote new anthem "Call It Home

North Dakota Tourism has announced a partnership with Tigirlily Gold, a country music duo originally from Hazen, North Dakota. The collaboration centers on the release of their new single, “Call It Home (A Song for North Dakota),” which aims to...