North Dakota
Letter: To put North Dakota first, we’re holding China and Russia accountable
When President Trump says we will no longer tolerate foreign “pollution havens” where jobs are offshored, North Dakota knows exactly what the challenge is. This session our Legislature adopted
House Concurrent Resolution 3009
by unanimous voice vote, telling Washington to stop giving foreign polluters a free pass and start standing up for American workers. No nation on Earth produces energy or manufactures goods as cleanly as the United States, yet we keep letting countries China flood our markets with dirt-cheap products made with abysmal standards. That ends when we put America first.
Our economy is 44% more carbon-efficient than the world average, and private-sector innovation (specifically, natural gas and oil development) has helped the United States cut more emissions over the last 15 years than any other country. Meanwhile, Beijing pumps out a third of the planet’s pollution—more than the entire Western world combined—and does it with Communist Party subsidies, stolen technology, and zero regard for basic environmental or labor standards. A widget made in China spews three times the pollution of one made here; Russian goods are even worse. Yet 75% of what we import comes from high-polluting nations that laugh at rules we take seriously.
North Dakotans feel that unfairness implicitly with the sense that we are getting ripped off. Main Street producers know it explicitly, when federal regulators lock up our public lands, block pipelines, and slow-walk permits. Our communities feel it personally when this strips potential billions of dollars from our schools and roads. So why are we forcing the nation to import over 80% of its critical minerals—minerals we could mine right here?
This Resolution demands trade policy that punishes global polluters and rewards American excellence. If China or any other country wants the immense privilege of access to the world’s greatest consumer market, they should meet our standards, or pay a penalty that erases their dirty subsidy. That kind of trade policy would level the playing field, bring supply chains back home, and create good-paying jobs in rural America instead of mega factories in Xinjiang.
China has been waging a trade war for decades with stolen patents, state-owned industry, and environmental cheating. Trump is thankfully addressing that with his America First trade agenda. North Dakota is calling for that to be made more targeted, hitting our competitors where it hurts. We also want to make trade policy durable, with action in Congress, so businesses can predictably know that they will benefit from—not be punished for—doing business cleaner, here in the United States.
HCR 3009 now heads to every member of our congressional delegation. North Dakota has charted a course that aligns perfectly with Trump’s agenda: secure our supply chains, crush foreign pollution cheats, and put American workers back in the driver’s seat of the global economy. Now it’s up to Republicans in Washington and Trump to get the job done.
Rep. Jeremy Olson, R-Arnegard, serves in North Dakota’s House of Representatives.
WALHALLA, N.D. (KFYR) – A new state park is nearing completion right here in North Dakota.
Pembina Gorge State Park, just 6 miles west of Walhalla, is set to open for the season this summer on June 9.
It spans 12,500 acres and features more than 16 miles of trails.
The park will include an Off-Highway Vehicle campground, along with access to rugged terrain, forested hills, hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding.
It’s North Dakota’s 14th state park.
Copyright 2026 KFYR. All rights reserved.
FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol has released the names of four people involved in a three-vehicle crash Thursday night in south Fargo.
Randon Kleppe, 21, of Fargo, was driving a 2009 Chevrolet Impala and suffered serious injuries, according to the Highway Patrol. His passenger, Carter York, 19, of Grand Forks, also suffered serious injuries.
Tracy Myhra, 41, of Fargo, was driving a Chevrolet Equinox and suffered serious injuries, the Highway Patrol said. Rhonda Gatheridge, 53, of West Fargo, was driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee and suffered minor injuries.
The crash happened around 11:45 p.m. Thursday, May 21 at the intersection of 42nd Street South and 52nd Avenue South.
The Highway Patrol said the Impala was headed south on 42nd Street when it ran a red light and hit the Equinox that had just entered the intersection. The Impala hit the driver’s side of the Equinox, causing the Equinox to leave the road and overturn. After the initial impact, the Impala began rotating and was then rear-ended by the Jeep.
Kleppe faces charges of driving under the influence, criminal vehicular injury, open container and no insurance, according to the Highway Patrol. York is facing charges of minor in consumption and open container.
All occupants were taken to Essentia Health. The crash remains under investigation.
Copyright 2026 KVLY. All rights reserved.
The Community Calendar publishes events, meetings and fundraisers in The Jamestown Sun at no charge. To submit an activity, email it to news@jamestownsun.
Saturday, May 23
Buffalo City Group Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m. (open), AA Clubhouse, 518 10th Ave. SE.
James River Alcoholics Anonymous, noon (open) and 8 p.m. (open), AA Clubhouse, 518 10th Ave. SE.
James River Alcoholics Anonymous, 1:30 p.m., women (closed), AA Clubhouse, 518 10th Ave. SE.
James Valley Street Machines Shop Tour 2026. Schedule: 9-9:30 a.m.: Dakota Engine Builders, 2809 U.S. Highway 281; 9:40-10:20 a.m.: Adam Auto Express, 3735 U.S. 281; 10:30-10:55 a.m.: Tom Ravely, 1205 15th St. SW; 11:05-11:35 a.m.: Klein’s Body Shop, 414 17th St. SW; 1-1:30 p.m.: Preferred Transmission, 825 5th Ave. NE; 1:40-2:15 p.m.: Kainz Klassics, 2614 4th St. NE (take 3rd Street Southeast, turn left on 85th Avenue North); 2:30-3:15 p.m., Jon Greeinstein, 1424 Hwy 281 (across from the North Dakota National Guard); 3:25-4 p.m.: Neil Baker, 1142 41st St. NW; 4:10-5 p.m.: Steve Jaskoviak, 500 block 1st Street East (east of Orphan Grain Train, north side of street).
Sunday, May 24
James River Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 p.m. and 8 p.m., AA Clubhouse, 518 10th Ave. SE.
James River Alanon Family, 4 p.m., AA Clubhouse, 518 10th Ave. SE.
Adult Children of Alcoholics, 7 p.m., AA Clubhouse, 518 10th Ave. SE.
Narcotics Anonymous, 4:30 p.m., New Hope Free Lutheran Church, 1545 4th Ave. NW.
Monday, May 25
James River Alcoholics Anonymous, 4:30 (open) and 8 p.m. (closed), 518 10th Ave. SE, (topic).
Celebrate Recovery, 6 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. meeting, Church of the Nazarene, 1306 6th Ave. SE.
Narcotics Anonymous, noon, Clubhouse. 518 10th Ave. SE.
Memorial Day observances in the area:
Jamestown: 9 a.m., Gladstone Inn and Suites, followed by naval ceremony is planned at Nickeus Park, visits to city cemeteries, 11 a.m. Veterans Memorial Wall ceremony. Freewill lunch, 11:30 a.m., All Vets Club.
Gackle: 10 a.m., Gackle Legion Hall Mayer-Morlock Post #250, followed by ceremonies at the Gackle Cemetery, Alfred Cemetery. Potluck lunch after at Gackle Legion Hall.
Kensal: 10:30 a.m., Kensal Public School, followed by ceremonies at Kensal Cemetery and St. John’s Cemetery. Lunch at St John’s Catholic Church.
Medina: 10:30 a.m., Medina High School, followed by visits to Medina Community Cemetery and the Catholic Cemetery. Dinner follows at American Legion.
Pettibone/Woodworth: 9 a.m. at Pettibone Cemetery; 10:30 a.m., at Woodworth Gem Cemetery. Potluck dinner follows at Woodworth Fire Hall.
Pingree: 10:30 a.m., Pingree Community Center. After, meet at the depot and march to the cemetery to decorate military veterans’ graves. Noon meal follows at community center.
Sanborn: 9:30 a.m., rifle volley, Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery; 9:45 a.m., at Fairview Cemetery; 10 a.m., donuts and coffee at the Sanborn Community Center.
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