By Amy Dalrymple | Editor
The North Dakota Industrial Commission hears about Project Tundra on Aug. 25, 2026. (Photo by Jack Dura/North Dakota Monitor)
By Jeff Beach
The North Dakota Industrial Commission on Tuesday approved $205 million in loans for a project that aims to capture carbon emissions from a coal-fired power plant.
Minnkota Power Cooperative recently partnered with Reliant Carbon Capture & Storage to operate the carbon capture and CO2 delivery system.
The companies will split the loans, $45 million for Minnkota and $160 million for Reliant, which will be issued through the state-owned Bank of North Dakota for Project Tundra.
State Sen. Dale Patten, R-Watford City, co-chairs the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority and is a retired banker.
“I think the risk to the state for loss on these is extremely low,” Patten said, pointing to the size of the assets controlled by Minnkota and Reliant and the potential revenue from the project.
A voter drops off a ballot on primary Election Day at the Salt Lake County Government Center on Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (Photo by Marco Lozzi for Utah News Dispatch)
By Shauneen Miranda
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a procedural victory to President Donald Trump on an executive order to curb mail-in voting, but the administration is still fighting a separate ruling that limits a portion of the order and remains in effect — complicating the administration’s temporary win.
In light of the ruling in the nation’s highest court, the administration late Monday asked U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Massachusetts to vacate her decision from earlier in August that blocks the U.S. Postal Service from carrying out aspects of Trump’s executive order, while the voting rights groups that brought that challenge argued Tuesday the block should remain in place.
Photo of a single dose of the MMR vaccine. (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight)
By Ian Karbal
The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed two measles-related deaths in Lancaster County. Both people, who lived in the county, were unvaccinated.
They are the first confirmed measles-related deaths in the nation this year, and come amid the country’s largest outbreak of measles in decades.
The United States declared measles eliminated in 2000, due to the success of a widespread vaccination campaign. But the country’s measles-free status is now at risk, with 2,777 cases confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control this year so far.
North Dakota reported 38 cases of measles this year, including five that required hospitalization.
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Dolly Parton on stage in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 20, 2025, at the premiere of “Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs in Symphony.” Parton’s songwriting, savvy, charm and philanthropy made her a beloved figure globally. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
By Sam Stockard
Dolly Parton, the personification of Tennessee music, died Tuesday at age 80 after decades of entertaining the world.
Parton’s nephew, Bryan Seaver, delivered the news of her death in a video for the family, sparking mourning from her birthplace of Locust Ridge in the mountains of East Tennessee across the state to Nashville, where she found fame, and around the world, where her name brought people happiness in her deeds and passion for life.
Parton opened doors for generations of singers and songwriters from all walks of life, giving people hope that “anything was possible,” Seaver said.
North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong directed flags to be flown at half-staff until sunset Tuesday.
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