North Dakota

A second late-season snowstorm shut down interstate travel over the weekend in parts of the Dakotas (video forecast included).

As a blizzard continues in the northern Plains, officials have shut down a large section of Interstate 94 (video forecast included).

Calls for the Canadian government to head off a strike at Canadian Pacific are coming from both sides of the U.S.-Canada border.

North Dakota, spurred by the closure of key delivery companies, is looking at several steps to increase the number of CDL holders in the state.

Two truck drivers were turned over to North Dakota authorities after CBP officers discovered $4.5 million of marijuana during an inspection of a truck at the U.S.-Canada border crossing in Pembina.

North Dakota will begin giving COVID-19 vaccines to cross-border truckers from Manitoba as Canada contends with a slower vaccination rollout.

“North Dakota must be prepared to respond to wildland fires,” said Gov. Doug Burgum after a grass fire closed part of Interstate 94.

Intermodal containers arrived this week at North Dakota’s first and only intermodal facility in Minot.

The agencies’ report, which uses findings from Sandia National Laboratories, says a crude oil’s vapor pressure shouldn’t factor into deciding whether certain types of crude oil can be transported via rail.

Container equipment shortage exacerbated by COVID-19 pandemic stresses upper-Midwest soybean exporter trying to fill his springtime customer orders to Asia.

“The weather has not been kind to farmers this year. It’s been blow after blow after blow.” Downward pressure on prices hurting growers.

“We’ve only harvested 40% of our acres and still have about 60% in the ground.” Tens of millions of dollars of potato crops damaged.

“I’m expecting massive crop losses – as devastating as we’ve ever seen…A lot of the standing stuff is flattened to the ground.”

Torrential downpours, several inches of rainfall may flood areas from Texas to the Carolinas next few days.

Up to three feet of snow Friday through Saturday for parts of Dakotas, Minnesota. Fierce winds, blizzard conditions.

Two feet of snow possible for parts of Dakotas, Minnesota as powerful early season storm stalls over northern Plains.

A new partnership between Xcel Energy and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) allows drones to inspect power lines out of human sight in eight states – Colorado, Michigan, MInnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin.

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden’s (D-Oregon) new bill would require the railroads to supply information on crude volumes to emergency responders, and it would mandate that the railroads share crude-by-rail data annually.

North Dakota filed a petition on the afternoon of July 17 asking the federal government to block the state of Washington from enforcing a law that would restrict crude oil-by-rail […]

North Dakota’s lawmakers are fighting Washington state’s new crude-by-rail law, saying it could curtail shipments of state-produced Bakken crude oil.

North Dakota has no restricted air spaces, a favorable climate for testing drones, and a government that is keen on growing its UAS industry.

Historic flooding has caused around $1 billion dollars in agricultural damage in Iowa, Nebraska. Roads, rails still out of service.

Targa Resources Corp. (NYSE: TRGP) has agreed to sell a 45 percent stake of Targa Badlands LLC (Badlands), the entity which holds all of Targa’s assets in North Dakota, to investment funds owned by GSO Capital Partners and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities.

In an attempt to ease Permian bottlenecks, Vista Proppants has partnered with JupiterMLP to transload crude oil from truck to rail at Vista’s Pecos, Texas facility to launch a new crude-by-rail facility.

The boost in one sector of the economy ultimately leads to boosts in other sectors, either directly or indirectly. This is the case with oil extraction in North Dakota and it has helped drive the growth of trucking services in that region and nearby Canada.