From railroad tycoons to golden fields, the origins of each county’s name reveal the region’s political, cultural and ...

The Bakken field of western North Dakota and Eastern Montana harbors 3 billion to 4 billion barrels of recoverable oil under today’s technology — 25 times more than the U.S Geological Survey ...

North Dakota's State Board of Higher Education on Monday appointed former Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford as interim chancellor for the North Dakota University System following the retirement announcement ...

Vacuum trucks had recovered 1,170 barrels of crude oil, or 49,140 gallons, as of early Friday, according to PHMSA. The spill occurred in a field north of Fort Ransom, North Dakota, a tiny town in ...

The operator of the Keystone oil pipeline restarted the system Monday after a spill onto farmland in southeastern North Dakota last week ... The spill occurred in a field north of Fort Ransom ...

The FBI opened an office in Sidney last year because of a spike in crime from development around the Bakken oil fields. But now some authorities say the time has come to bring back the agents in North ...

Many oil company executives celebrated Donald Trump's return to the White House. But now expectations of higher profits are fading amid fears of a recession.

North Dakota's underestimated potential as an investor has caught the attention of Kevin O'Leary, who sees it as the Norway ...