The main north-south artery in North Dakota’s oil patch is the most dangerous stretch of road in the state, newly released statistics show. U.S. Highway 85 had the most fatal accidents, injury accidents and property damage accidents, according to a …
A volunteer fire department in the western North Dakota oil patch is so busy that it doesn’t have time for its annual Halloween haunted house fundraiser. The fire department in Burlington has hosted a haunted house the past five years. …
A more efficient system must be established to alert residents of danger in North Dakota’s booming oil patch, an emergency manager and residents said, after authorities failed to alert the public for more than six hours when a facility storing …
Investigators headed to western North Dakota on May 27 to assess the strength of a tornado that injured nine people, including a 15-year-old girl who suffered critical injuries, and damaged or destroyed 15 trailers at a workers’ camp in the …
Despite efforts to improve roads and safety enforcement, traffic fatalities in North Dakota’s drilling regions keep climbing while the rest of the state’s roads are getting safer. Traffic deaths in six western counties rose last year to 63, from 54 …
Officials are working to crack down on worker injuries and deaths in the western North Dakota oil patch. The oil boom is drawing people from around the country in search of jobs. Dustin Austin with the North Dakota Safety Council …
The boom in the western North Dakota oil patch has led to a workload increase for the state’s workers’ compensation agency. The number of claims by workers from other states is expected to increase from about 2,700 in 2010 to …
Attorneys and judges in the southwest North Dakota oil patch are struggling to keep up with a climbing caseload. The Dickinson Press reports that cases in Southwest District Court increased more than 9 percent from 2010 to 2011. Some counties …
The North Dakota Highway Patrol is expanding an initiative to increase safety for school buses. The patrol is implementing its Trooper on a Bus program in the northeastern part of the state this week. It involves troopers who ride on …