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Gov. Kelly Armstrong presented the North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award to twin brothers Terry Steiner and Troy Steiner, lauding the wrestlers and wrestling coaches for their immeasurable impact on their sport and for bringing honor to their home state.

The North Dakota Children’s Cabinet will embark on a statewide “road show” Friday to share its findings, celebrate regional successes, gather additional stakeholder feedback and build awareness of its priorities and overarching goal of a seamless network of services and supports that meets the needs of every child and family. 

Gov. Kelly Armstrong declared a state of emergency in North Dakota for conditions affecting the supply and availability of diesel fuel and took action to provide temporary relief for farmers by expanding the permitted uses of red-dyed diesel fuel to allow for on-highway use. 

Gov. Kelly Armstrong appointed Minot attorney Christene Reierson to an open judgeship in the North Central Judicial District, effective Nov. 16. 

North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong and the governors of Colorado, Montana, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming sent a joint letter to Congress today opposing an attempt to restrict their authority to use Missouri River water in their states.

Brian Schneider, an agricultural education teacher at Napoleon Public School, has been named North Dakota’s 2027 Teacher of the Year, Gov. Kelly Armstrong and State Superintendent Levi Bachmeier announced.

Gov. Kelly Armstrong announced he has aligned the state’s workforce-related programs and services into a single agency structure and named Katie Ralston Howe, deputy commissioner and director of the Department of Commerce’s Workforce Development Division, to serve as the state’s first workforce commissioner, effective immediately. 

Gov. Kelly Armstrong joined state leaders, legislators and project partners to mark the placement of the final structural beam for the new North Dakota State Hospital in Jamestown, a $300 million, 140-bed facility that will expand and modernize inpatient behavioral healthcare for North Dakotans. 

Gov. Kelly Armstrong appointed Jennifer Turnbow, senior director of business operations and field services at Ulteig Engineers, to lead the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), citing her extensive experience with environmental services and state government during her 23-year career in the private and public sectors. 

Gov. Kelly Armstrong issued a statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it has finalized the repeal of the burdensome Biden-era power plant regulations known as “Clean Power Plan 2.0,” which threatened to destabilize the nation’s power grid by forcing the closure of coal-fired electrical generation plants in North Dakota and beyond.