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Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford, who chairs the Northern Plains Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Authority, joined U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson and other officials to observe the first flight of a large UAS beyond visual line of sight without the use of a chase plane in controlled airspace at Grand Sky technology park.

Gov. Burgum released the following statement after President Donald Trump announced the nomination of former North Dakota Lt. Gov. Drew Wrigley to serve as U.S. Attorney for the District of North Dakota.

Gov. Doug Burgum welcomed U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry to North Dakota, joining him on a tour of North American Coal’s Falkirk Mine near Underwood and highlighting how innovation is providing a path forward for North Dakota’s lignite coal as a low-cost, reliable source of electricity for the nation’s power grid.

Gov. Doug Burgum welcomed news that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved the Northern Plains UAS Test Site in Grand Forks to fly large unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) beyond visual line of sight without a chase plane, a major milestone in the test site’s history.

Gov. Doug Burgum today congratulated project partners at a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new residential substance-abuse treatment center for adults in the Spirit Lake community.

Gov. Doug Burgum today highlighted the state’s prison reform efforts and the need to address addiction as he joined President Donald Trump, administration officials and a small group of fellow governors and attorneys general for a State Leaders Roundtable on Prison Reform in Bedminster, N.J.

Gov. Doug Burgum released a statement after Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s visit to the Grand Sky commercial unmanned aerial systems (UAS) research and development park in Grand Forks. Nielsen held a roundtable with UAS leaders to review developments and receive updates from the facility.

Gov. Doug Burgum has appointed Bismarck attorney and former North Dakota solicitor general Douglas Bahr to a judgeship in the South Central Judicial District, effective Sept. 1.

Gov. Doug Burgum will join President Donald Trump, Senior Adviser to the President Jared Kushner and a small group of fellow governors and attorneys general for a State Leaders Roundtable on Prison Reform in Bedminster, N.J.

Gov. Doug Burgum today welcomed the Prime Minister of Iceland, Her Excellency Katrín Jakobsdóttir, to the 119th annual Deuce of August Icelandic Celebration in Mountain, highlighting the strong ties between North Dakota and the island nation.