Locator: 50085B.
Quick connects:
• Armstrong, others call for Congress to streamline energy permitting -- North Dakota Monitor
• Oil production dips in December; price up but flat output expected in '26 -- Bismarck Tribune
• ND landowners, state at odds over legal fees in pore space lawsuit -- Bismarck Tribune
• North Dakota operators likely to keep crude output steady this year, regulator says -- Reuters
• "Crack the Code 2.0" Phase One to receive $157M in federal, state, and private funding -- John Hoeven
• Federal court hears arguments on North Dakota data center that raised MDU bills -- Bismarck Tribune
• North Dakota's renewable energy share is on the rise as nearly 40% of state's generation -- KX News
• Minnkota has begun implementing its first formal Wildfire Mitigation Plan -- Minnkota news release
• Judge says he will order Greenpeace to pay $345 million in DAPL pipeline protest case -- Associated Press
• EPA representatives tour Basin Electric's coal-fired Dry Fork Station in Wyoming -- Gillette News Record
• Oliver County to consider data center ordinance as company eyes rural ND for project -- Bismarck Tribune
• Port: Anger over data centers and power lines leads to altercation at GOP District 28 meeting -- Fargo Forum
• North Dakota National Guard's 142nd Engineer Battalion returns from southern border deployment -- KVRR
• North Dakota Democrats are attracting more challengers for legislative seats -- North Dakota Monitor
• North Dakota congressional delegation announces guests for 2026 State of the Union -- Bismarck Tribune
• North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley will run for reelection this year -- Dickinson Press
• Plain Talk: 'The reasonable right needs to stay involved and keep their foot on the gas' -- InForum
• Two more cases of measles have been confirmed in North Dakota, bringing the year's total to 19 -- KFGO
• BNI Energy president Mike Heger joins crowded District 33 race in Mandan area -- Bismarck Tribune
• District 7 candidates bypass endorsement process, use signatures to get on ballot -- Bismarck Tribune
• District 5 legislator Jay Fisher will seek his district's seat in North Dakota Senate in 2026 -- Minot Daily News
• Medora leaders discuss grand opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library -- Dickinson Press
• $81.1M approved to advance next two years of Minot's Mouse River Flood Protection project -- KX News
• Patten: 2027 session will be an 'all hands on deck' battle for western counties -- McKenzie County Farmer
• Native American Bank announces long-term loan supporting MHA's Midi Enterprises -- Minot Daily News
• McKenzie Health named a 'Top 100 Critical Access' hospital nationwide -- McKenzie County Farmer
• Main Street Square redevelopment project aims to boost retail, tourism in Watford City -- KX News
• Weight restrictions implemented amid soft roads from Watford City to ND southern border -- KFYR-TV
• Mercer County Planning and Zoning amend ordinance book to include data center references -- The Beacon
• Hebron and Finley-Sharon school districts celebrate national recognition for academic growth -- NDDPI
• NDUS announces 1.9% increase in enrollment from spring of 2025 to spring 2026 -- KX News
• New federal food guidelines take a bite out of North Dakota public schools -- Dickinson Press
• 'It's going to go from hard to harder,' Grand Forks assoc. superintendent says of cuts -- Grand Forks Herald
• Dickinson State student Eniola Soetan's advocacy making a difference at local & federal level -- KX News
• Hazen Education Association opens applications for 2026 "Future Educator's Scholarship" -- Hazen Star
• Students learning to handle skid steers, heavy equipment through Bakken Area Skills Center -- KFYR-TV
• Williston High School girls learn about first responders, training through firefighting class -- KFYR-TV
• EERC Chief Research Officer Kalk named as semifinalist in BSC presidential search -- Dickinson Press
• When asked whether they'd want to be teachers, students responded 'why would I?' -- North Dakota Monitor
• Trump loosens restrictions on toxic pollution, including mercury and lead, from coal plants -- The Hill
• The truth about coal and mercury, plant emissions are miniscule compared to natural sources -- Forbes
• 4 years into war, Russia's energy revenues drop while country's oil exports increased in volume -- Reuters
• Argentina shale oil resource could be 'another Permian,' US producer Continental says -- Reuters
• 300 actions Trump and Republicans took to unleash America's energy potential -- American Energy Alliance
• Saudi Arabia increasing oil output as part of contingency plan in the event the US attacks Iran -- Oil Price
• Coal power may be unloved by some, but it's a critical component of our energy mix -- RealClearEnergy
• New cross-border U.S. pipeline proposal could revive idle Keystone XL assets: analysts -- Financial Post
• Supreme Court takes up climate case testing state and local lawsuits against oil companies -- Stateline
• David Blackmon: Chris Wright and DOE are delivering lightning-fast progress In Venezuela -- Daily Caller
• Stephen Moore: Was climate the biggest financial scandal in history? -- Committee to Unleash Prosperity
• NY Times cries "end of science" after Trump EPA scraps Obama-era endangerment finding -- Newsbusters
• We've already spent trillions on climate change, the time is now to shut off the spigot -- Issues and Insights
• Repeal of the CO2 endangerment finding has exposed the huge cost of climate overreach -- CO2 Coalition
