North Dakota's highest court has ruled that the state's overturned abortion ban will not be enforced during an appeal of a judge's ruling that struck down the law in September.

The North Dakota Supreme Court on Friday declined to reinstate a near-total abortion ban as the state’s appeal proceeds. In a Friday majority opinion by Justice Daniel Crothers, the court appeared skeptical of several of the state’s core arguments defending the law,

Congratulations are in order to the cities of Mandan, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota. Those two communities have beautiful new high schools.

Aerial applicators treated 5.5 million acres in 2024 in North Dakota, setting a new record. Photo taken in Moorhead, Minnesota, on June 6, 2022.

Abortion remains legal for now in North Dakota, though there are no abortion clinics operating there, after the lead plaintiff in the appeal moved into Minnesota.

Competition for ice time, and efforts to get teams inside, led to Moorhead Sports Center opening 50 seasons ago

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Digital Trust Workforce Inclusion Program (DT-WIP), through a partnership between ISACA and the Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber, is expanding this year’s reach to include North Dakota and Northwest/North Central Minnesot