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BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – North Dakota drivers are one step closer to having blackout license plates as a design choice.
The North Dakota Senate passed an initial bill to allow the plates, and the House followed suit after lowering the fee structure to a $10 initial fee and standard registration charges.
Iowa and Minnesota already have blackout license plates. North Dakota’s blackout plate is still in the design phase.
“This is just another step, in that, to customize their vehicle. And they have become extremely popular in other areas, and we are really anticipating that they are going to be extremely popular here in North Dakota,” said Brad Schaffer, the North Dakota Department of Transportation Driver and vehicle services director.
The bill will be sent back to the Senate for consideration.
If signed by Governor Kelly Armstrong, the DOT expects over 7,500 drivers to choose blackout plates, generating more than $2 million for the state highway fund. The plates would be available in fall 2025.
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North Dakota fired hockey coach Brad Berry on Sunday, after the Fighting Hawks failed to make the NCAA tournament for the second time in three seasons.
Berry won a national championship in his first season as coach at his alma mater in 2015-16, when North Dakota beat Quinnipiac 5-1 in the championship game in Tampa, Fla. But the Fighting Hawks have had little postseason success since, with four NCAA tournament appearances and only one victory, coming in 2021. They have not appeared in the Frozen Four since Berry’s first season, when he took over after Dave Hakstol left to coach the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers.
“Coach Berry has had a tremendous decade run at his alma mater,” UND athletic director Bill Chaves said in a statement. “Not many coaches win a national title and he’s one of a very few. His time will be cherished, but today was the right time to move in a new direction for UND hockey.”
Berry went 227-119-35 with the Fighting Hawks, including 21-15-2 this season, with five NCHC Penrose Cups and one NCHC Frozen Faceoff championship. North Dakota’s season ended Friday with a 4-2 loss to top-seeded Western Michigan in the NCHC semifinals at Xcel Energy Center.
Chaves said Dane Jackson will serve as interim coach while a national search for a replacement will begin immediately.
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