Yearly Archives: 2015

Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a $2 million grant from its Hazard Mitigation program to protect Fargo’s wastewater treatment plant from flooding. The improvements to the city’s wastewater system will minimize the risk of sewer backup into public and private property during a flooding incident.

Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota will formally open its new statewide headquarters at 3911 20th Avenue South in Fargo, on Monday, June 15, starting at 1:30 p.m. Key officials and agency partners will gather to commemorate the start of the next chapter of Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota’s statewide social ministry. Further event details are below

U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today announced a total of more than $1.6 million in federal funding to strengthen and expand programs in high-need communities to address the growing problems of substance abuse among young adults

Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded five grants totaling $8,570,000 to the airport authorities of the City of Fargo, Devils Lake and Dickinson. The awards are as follows

The Industrial Commission of North Dakota today approved $4.4 million in Outdoor Heritage Fund grants for 19 conservation and recreation projects benefiting communities across the state.

U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today announced the Senate unanimously passed her bipartisan legislation to make sure small towns and rural areas have the technical assistance and training they need to help protect and improve their water supplies

Congressman Kevin Cramer joined a majority of the U.S. House of Representatives to pass H.R. 2577, the 2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.  H.R. 2577 provides $55.3 billion in discretionary budget authority for the Departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for fiscal year (FY) 2016

U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today announced more than $35,000 in federal funding to help low-income families, seniors, and Native American tribes across North Dakota cool their homes during the coming summer months.

Continuing the work through her Strong & Safe Communities Initiative, U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today joined local community leaders to discuss the importance of building and expanding roads and bridges across the state to improve safety and keep up with the increase of traffic on the roads

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is providing more than $100 million in loans to build or improve 1,000 miles of electric transmission and distribution lines for rural electric cooperative utilities in four states.

In North Dakota, Slope Electric Cooperative, Inc. has been selected to receive a $12.5 million loan to build or improve 66 miles of line and make other system improvements, including $432,000 for smart grid technologies.