WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Five State Transportation Departments have submitted a public comment letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) seeking clarity in proposed regulations regarding Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), also known as drones. This public comment letter, addressing Docket No. FAA-2025-1908, urges the agencies to explicitly permit these operations to support state transpo more ST

WACO, Texas, Oct. 6 [Category: Sports] -- The American Football Coaches Association posted the following news: * * * Austin Peay Takes Down West Georgia * Down 30-23 midway through the third quarter, Austin Peay scored 21 unanswered points, including a game sealing 26-yard pick six from Will Middleton to lead the Governors to a 44-30 victory over previously undefeated West Georgia. Austin Peay rises six spots to No. 15 in this week's AFCA FCS Coaches Poll, presented by Hudl, while the Wolves more PR

MERRIFIELD, Virginia, Oct. 8 [Category: Environment] -- The National Wildlife Federation posted the following news release: * * * Congress Shouts Down Local Voices by Striking Down Western Land Management Plans * DENVER -- The U.S. Senate's votes to cancel land management plans in Montana and North Dakota invalidates plans shaped by local stakeholders, undermines multiple-use strategies, and bars public land agencies from crafting future, similar stewardship strategies. The Senate's votes fo more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Cramer Questions Air Force Chief of Staff Nominee General Wilsbach on Importance of Airborne ISR, Modernizing Nuclear Triad * ***Click here to download video. Click here for audio. WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing today to discuss the nomination of General Ken Wilsbach, former Air Combat Command (ACC) leader and fighter pilot, to be the 24th U.S. Air Force C more PR

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Oct. 9 -- The North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party issued the following news release: * * * Democrats are fighting to lower healthcare costs for American families, while Republican lawmakers lie about the shutdown National Republican lawmakers like JD Vance and Tom Emmer are lying about Congressional Democratic demands for the shutdown. Many Republican lawmakers have regurgitated the lie that this has something to do with immigration. US law already bars immigrants here i more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Fedorchak announces Minot office hours for constituent meetings * Minot, ND -- Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) will host in-person office hours in Minot tomorrow, Tuesday, October 7, to meet directly with constituents. To sign up for a one-on-one meeting with Congresswoman Fedorchak, please click here (link is external). "These office hours are a great opportunity to connect with North more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Fedorchak hosts health care roundtable to discuss rural health investments under Working Families Tax Cuts Act * Bismarck, ND -- Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) brought together state and industry leaders for a roundtable discussion this week focused on rural health care investments and ongoing Republican-led efforts to address the affordability of health insurance premiums. "The Worki more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Hoeven, Cramer Secure Senate Confirmation of Nick Chase to Be U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer today announced the U.S. Senate has confirmed Nicholas W. Chase to serve as United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota. Earlier this year, the senators recommended President Trump nominate Chase to the position an more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Hoeven: Senate Confirms Kirsten Baesler as Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education * WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven today issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate confirmed Kirsten Baesler as Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) at the Department of Education. Hoeven has been working to advance Baesler's confirmation, after recommendin more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2025: * * * House Resolutions to Unleash American Energy Resources Pass in Senate This week, the U.S. Senate passed three Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions reversing Biden-era Resource Management Plans (RMPs), which locked up millions of acres of land in Alaska, Montana and North Dakota. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- The Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS), Grand Forks, North Dakota, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation expressing its views on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) titled "Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations." The letter highlights key aspects of the proposed rule, emphasizing the importance of  more ST

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: * * * SBA Relief Still Available to North Dakota Private Nonprofits Affected by June Storm * Special announcement Senate Democrats voted to block a clean federal funding bill (H.R. 5371), leading to a government shutdown that is preventing the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) from serving America's 36 million small businesses. Every day that Senate Democra more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Passes Cramer, Klobuchar's Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act * ***Click here to download audio.** WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Senate passed legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) to ensure all first responders who die or become disabled due to service-related cancers are covered under the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Safety Officers' Ben more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Passes FY26 NDAA, Invests in National Security and North Dakota's Defense Capabilities * ***Click here for audio. WASHINGTON, D.C. - By a vote of 77 to 20, the United States Senate passed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), authorizing more than $900 billion in FY26 for defense-related initiatives. The annual bill accelerates the rebuilding of the United  more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Passes ND Delegation Resolution to Overturn Biden-Era North Dakota RMP * Resolution Now Advances to President Trump For Signature ***Click here for media resources WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Senate voted today to pass a Congressional Review Act ( CRA ) Joint Resolution of Disapproval to overturn the Biden-era Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Resource Management Plan (RMP) for North Dak more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Statement on Congressional GOP's Targeting Protections for Western Landscapes * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Republicans have approved resolutions to remove safeguards for wildlife, water, and recreation on landscapes across three Western states, including areas vital to Tribal communities. Senate Republicans utilized a dubious interpretation of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 9 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW to Assume Casper Occupational Therapy Doctorate Program from UND The University of Wyoming and University of North Dakota (UND) are collaborating on the transition of the occupational therapy doctorate program UND has long operated in Casper, ensuring continued access to this vital health care training in Wyoming. The program, operated by UND's School of Medicine and Health Sciences in conjunction with  more PR

LONDON, Canada, Oct. 7 (TNSjou) -- Western University issued the following news: * * * Western research helps rate historic EF5 tornado in North Dakota National Weather Service used Northern Tornadoes Project study to re-categorize major severe storm event By Jeff Renaud After weeks of engineering analysis, informed largely by a new technique developed by Western's Canadian Severe Storms Laboratory (CSSL), a tornado that hit Enderlin, N.D. this summer has been officially rated EF5 by the U. more PR