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  • North Dakota Officials Outline Plan To Expand Testing Capacity For COVID-19

    Apr 22, 2020

    BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Doug Burgum and Maj. Gen. Alan Dohrmann, director of the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services, today outlined a plan to significantly increase testing capacity for COVID-19, a critical component for protecting vulnerable populations and reopening businesses in the state. “Widespread rapid testing is one of the key elements for our step-by-step plan for a North Dakota Smart Restart,” Burgum said. “We’re grateful to our State Lab and partners across the state who are working to expand testing capacity and contact t...

  • Commissioners Fight to Keep Safer Radioactive Waste Disposal Rules

    Tom Halvorson|Apr 22, 2020

    For four years, the Board of County Commissioners of Richland County (Duane Mitchell, Loren H. Young, and Shane Gorder) has been in the fight to protect us from the risks of radioactive waste material. The material is called TENORM, an acronym meaning "technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material." In our area, the very great bulk of this material is a solid waste produced in oil and gas development. The agency that regulates disposal of TENORM in Montana is the Department of Environmental Quality. The DEQ began ordinary...

  • Burgum To Lift Business Restrictions, Implement New Guidelines For Operating During COVID-19 Pandemic

    Apr 22, 2020

    BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Doug Burgum today announced he will lift restrictions that were placed on businesses to slow the spread of the coronavirus, while implementing new guidelines and standard operating procedures for businesses as they resume or continue operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are well-positioned for a North Dakota Smart Restart,” Burgum said. “We would not be in this position if not for the great people of North Dakota finding a way to practice hygiene and social distancing and the work of the fantastic Team ND members...