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Applied Digital Shares Jump as Company Announces $3 Billion Polaris Forge 2 AI Campus in North Dakota
Benzinga
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Applied Digital Inc. APLD shares are trading higher Monday after the company announced plans to break ground in September on a $3 billion AI data campus in Harwood, North Dakota. What To Know: The site, named Polaris Forge 2, will be a...
Applied Digital Announces Groundbreaking for $3 Billion AI Factory in North Dakota
Times News Global
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August 18, 2025
DALLAS, Aug. 18, 2025 — Applied Digital (Nasdaq: APLD) has unveiled plans to break ground on its Polaris Forge 2, a $3 billion, 280-megawatt (MW) artificial intelligence factory near Harwood, North Dakota, this September. The facility, designed to...
North Dakota's Largest State Park Is A Mirror Image Of Yellowstone, Only Better
The Travel
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August 18, 2025
One of the oldest national parks in the U.S., Yellowstone National Park is perhaps the most beloved and popular national park in the country. Whether people travel for the incredible wildlife, wide open spaces, or for the explosive Old Faithful...
Ethics candidates to face questions on agency’s role in North Dakota government
KFGO - North Dakota
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August 18, 2025
Senate Majority Leader David Hogue, left, talks to Gov. Kelly Armstrong on May 3, 2025, after lawmakers adjourned. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor) By: Mary Steurer BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – Officials tasked with selecting...
Where is marijuana legal?
InForum - North Dakota
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August 18, 2025
Some states have legalized medicinal and decriminalized marijuana. DISA provides a list of these states, as well as more details and information regarding the legalization of marijuana from state to state. Minnesota: Fully legal North Dakota:...
Q+A with Rotary district governor Lydia Wells
The Suffolk Times - New York
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August 18, 2025
Lydia Wells has traveled the world, seeing new places and meeting new faces, but also doing good along the way. Ms. Wells has served as the president of the Greenport Rotary Club for three terms, as well as secretary, club membership chair and...
North Dakota coal and oil industries join forces
Aberdeen News - South Dakota
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Senator John Hoeven encourages North Dakota's coal and oil industries to collaborate for mutual benefit and meet energy demands. The proposal involves using carbon dioxide from coal plants to enhance oil recovery in the Bakken shale formation....
Fedorchak praises individual meetings, decries town halls as ‘political theater’
740 The Fan - North Dakota
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August 18, 2025
By: Michael Achterling BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – U.S. House Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-N.D., said she plans to continue holding one-on-one meetings with North Dakotans going forward, but poured cold water on the possibility of a public...
Pesticide politics: Inside the corporate push to limit liability
Investigate Midwest
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August 18, 2025
Unyielding is a University of Missouri School of Journalism project for Investigate Midwest. With billions of dollars at stake, Bayer has gone on the offensive. Billboards along major highways. A social media offensive. Tens of thousands of...
SCOTUS may review Obergefell ruling. Where does Oklahoma law stand?
The Oklahoman
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The U.S. Supreme Court has officially been asked to overturn the 2015 decision that granted equal marriage rights to LGBTQ+ couples, causing concern for many around the nation and in Oklahoma. Kim Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk who refused...
Almost a dozen North Dakota children, teens have disappeared in 17 days
The Jamestown Sun - North Dakota
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August 17, 2025
BISMARCK — On July 29, 14 year-old Dashira Chapple went missing in Fargo. A total of 11 more North Dakota children and teens have gone missing since, according to the state's missing persons website. Dashira Chapple, 14. Last seen in Fargo on July...
Underrated, But Worth Visiting In 2025: North Dakota's Secret National Park Gateway
The Travel
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August 16, 2025
North Dakota is brimming with natural marvels. Located east of the state is the Red River Valley, the Missouri Plateau to the west, the Badlands to its southwest, and the Great Plains, which covers nearly half of North Dakota. This geographic...
North Dakota launches concealed weapon license validation tool for firearms dealers
Peace Garden News - North Dakota
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August 15, 2025
Attorney General Drew H. Wrigley | North Dakota Attorney General's OfficeAttorney General Drew H. Wrigley | North Dakota Attorney General's Office Attorney General Drew Wrigley has announced the introduction of a new Concealed Weapon License (CWL)...
Judge Donovan Foughty, soon to retire, says he's 'awfully lucky' to serve North Dakota, tribal nations
Grand Forks Herald - North Dakota
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August 16, 2025
DEVILS LAKE – After serving as a judge for 37 years and contributing to national and state examples of state-tribal relationships and partnerships, Ramsey County Presiding Judge Donovan J. Foughty has decided to retire. In his words, Foughty was...
North Dakota State Lawmakers Weigh new Legislation After Governor Veto Confusion
KNOX Radio - North Dakota
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Emily Thompson, right, legal division director for Legislative Council. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor) (North Dakota Monitor) – Lawmakers are considering a bill to clarify the legislative veto process after Gov. Kelly Armstrong’s office...
North Dakota ethics attorney calls out AG’s Office; lawmakers call for civility
North Dakota Monitor
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August 15, 2025
A career attorney who assisted in an Ethics Commission investigation told lawmakers that she thinks the Attorney General’s Office is pressuring the commission’s staff to resign. “I believe that what our attorney general is attempting to do is to...
Poll: Voters want to tap Legacy Fund, with limits
North Dakota Monitor
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August 18, 2025
Most North Dakotans support using the state’s Legacy Fund to reduce property taxes even further and to pay for school lunches at public schools, but draw the line at using the sovereign wealth fund to cover private school vouchers, North Dakota...
New poll shows support for using Legacy Fund money to further lower property taxes
KFGO - North Dakota
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August 18, 2025
KFGO file photo BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Cooperative) – Most North Dakotans support using the state’s Legacy Fund to reduce property taxes even further and to pay for school lunches at public schools, but draw the line at using the sovereign...
Hennen: North Dakota’s energy advantage: Powering innovation at GrandSKY
InForum - North Dakota
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August 16, 2025
In the race to attract the industries of the future, one resource is as critical as talent or technology: energy. North Dakota, long recognized for its agricultural strength and oil production, is positioning itself as a national leader in...
Poll: North Dakota voters back tariffs, mixed on impacts of Trump trade policies
The Jamestown Sun - North Dakota
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August 15, 2025
BISMARCK — Most North Dakotans support the use of tariffs as part of trade policy, but responses were mixed regarding how President Donald Trump is handling trade and whether the impacts of tariffs will hit them personally, results of the latest...