BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The state Board of Higher Education has revised a tuition rate plan that had been in place only a few weeks. The board approved a plan earlier this month allows colleges the option of increasing tuition at various rates, from 2.13 percent at Lake Region State College to 6.63 percent...

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) Valley City State University will offer a new undergraduate major in software engineering beginning fall semester 2013. The announcement comes after the North Dakota Board of Higher Education approved of the move at a board meeting earlier this year. “Valley City State University is excited to provide the first undergraduate...

FARGO, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) The North Dakota Highway Patrol will be conducting a saturation of Barnes County on May 24th, 25th and 26th to include a sobriety checkpoint during the overnight hours of May 25th, 2013 at a predetermined location within Barnes County.  In 2012, 87 people lost their lives in alcohol related crashes.  So...

CAVALIER, N.D. (AP) – The mayor of flood-threatened Cavalier says residents are “breathing an enormous sigh of relief.” The 1,300 residents in the northeastern North Dakota city were evacuated Tuesday night because of fears that floodwaters from days of steady rain would overwhelm the Renwick Dam on the Tongue River east of the city....