All posts tagged "North Dakota"

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  No immediate ruling made on Dakota Access pipeline work

  WASHINGTON — A federal judge said Tuesday that he’ll decide within a week whether to temporarily halt construction of the final section of the Dakota Access pipeline over claims that it violates the religious rights of two...

  • Posted February 28, 2017
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  Pipeline protest camp cleared, but area far from normal

  CANNON BALL, N.D. — Authorities this week cleared the last holdouts from a large Dakota Access pipeline protest camp on federal land in North Dakota, but it will be a while before the region returns to normal....

  • Posted February 24, 2017
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  Police begin making arrests in pipeline protest camp

  CANNON BALL, N.D. — Police in full riot gear began arresting Dakota Access pipeline opponents who remained in a protest camp in North Dakota on Thursday in defiance of orders to leave. Most protesters left peacefully Wednesday,...

  • Posted February 23, 2017
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  Pipeline protesters pray, set fires ahead of camp closing

  BISMARCK, N.D. — The last people remaining at a Dakota Access pipeline protest camp prayed and set fire to a handful of wooden structures on Wednesday, hours ahead of a deadline set by the Army Corps of...

  • Posted February 22, 2017
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  Judge denies request to halt Dakota Access pipeline work

  The drilling work is expected to take about two months. The full pipeline system could be operational within three months

  • Posted February 13, 2017
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  Senator: Army Corps Told to Approve Dakota Pipeline Easement

  "This is a good indicator of what this country is going to be up against in the next four years. So America has to brace itself"

  • Posted February 1, 2017
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  Hiring Picked Up in Just 3 states Last Month, Fell in 5

  In all of last year, half the states reported large job gains, while only two — Wyoming and North Dakota — lost a significant number of positions

  • Posted January 24, 2017
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  North Dakota Pipeline Protesters Vow to Stay Despite Victory

  CANNON BALL, N.D. — Protesters celebrated a major victory in their push to reroute the Dakota Access oil pipeline away from a tribal water source but pledged to remain camped on federal land in North Dakota anyway,...

  • Posted December 5, 2016
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  Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters Told to Leave By Dec. 5

  BISMARCK, N.D. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has set an early December deadline for American Indians and others to leave an encampment in North Dakota where they’ve been entrenched for months protesting the Dakota Access...

  • Posted November 28, 2016
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  Company: Dakota Access Pipeline Could Move Oil in Early 2017

  BISMARCK, N.D. — The company building the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline said Monday that it expects to finish construction by Dec. 1, except for a small disputed section in North Dakota, and could begin moving...

  • Posted November 14, 2016