Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 13th of August.
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🏘️ Community
Hundreds of local volunteers participated in United Way Day of Caring this Wednesday in Bismarck, Mandan and Linton — helpers cleaned classrooms and spruced up a playground at Missouri Valley Montessori School as part of an effort with roughly 570 participants.
🏛️ Government
The North Dakota Public Service Commission approved the siting application for the Longspur Wind project west of Mandan Wednesday morning, setting up new turbines in coming years.
Meanwhile, rains offer relief to local farms facing lower yields, and legislators heard testimony on kratom's effects after a recent temporary ban.
The Department of Energy announced on Wednesday that it would cancel the Tribal Energy Access Corridor, which was planned to stretch into parts of North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska — local landowners had raised eminent domain concerns.
Memorial Bridge between Bismarck and Mandan will undergo a routine inspection from Aug.
17-19. Motorists should expect daytime single-lane closures + reduced speeds + width limits during inspections.
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