A declining number of employees at the State Crime Lab in Bismarck has limited what evidence can be processed for law enforcement agencies. Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says eight of 23 lab employees have left in the last two years, including five in 2021, because they’ve been offered higher salaries elsewhere, including one employee who left for a position in Georgia where the salary was $30,000 more. The lab has eliminated its firearms and latent fingerprint divisions due to the staffing level. Stenehjem says South Dakota was doing firearms analyses for the lab, but is now overwhelmed and unable to help anymore.
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New GF bar and deer hunt
The Grand Forks council will consider a liquor license for a new north side bar when they meet as a Committee of the Whole Monday night. RG Investments is looking to locate in the old La Cantina site at 1730 13th Avenue North. According to a staff ...
Apr 22, 2024
Grand Forks Air Force Base in lockdown
(KNOX) - The Grand Forks Air Force Base is on lockdown and cars are being turned away at the gate Wednesday afternoon, April 17, following a report of a shot being fired on the base. A spokesperson said that "at about 1 p.m. local time here, Gra...
Apr 17, 2024
319th Commander addresses GFAFB lockdown
(KNOX) - Colonel Tim Monroe, commander of the 319th Reconnaissance Wing, took to social media Thursday to reflect on Wednesday's lockdown at Grand Forks Air Force Base. The 6-minute video reflected on the reported sound of gun fire that triggered the...
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County swings for the fences and looks to bid Eagle Avenue paving
(KNOX) - Grand Forks County engineer Nick West shared the good news with the County Commission about funding to pave a dangerous six-mile stretch of Eagle Avenue... or County Road 25. The road that straddles the Grand Forks/Traill County line has bee...
Apr 16, 2024
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