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Pronghorn surveys completed, outlook good for upcoming hunting season

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July 28, 2024

Pronghorn surveys completed, outlook good for upcoming hunting season

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – North Dakota Game and Fish (NDGF) Department big game biologists recently completed the annual aerial survey for pronghorns.

The 2024 pronghorn hunting season will have more opportunities for hunters in North Dakota.

“We’re going to have 1,265 licenses available for this hunting season, and that’s 845 licenses more than in 2023,” said Bruce Stillings, NDGF big game supervisor.

The July aerial survey indicated the overall pronghorn population is up about 30 percent from last year.

“We had higher adult survival and then better fawn recruitment from the fawns that were born in 2023. This year’s fawn-to-doe ratio was 50 fawns per 100 does, which is slightly better than 2023. The buck-to-doe ratio remains stable right at that, you know, 31 bucks per 100 does,” said Stillings.

Weather can play a key role in pronghorn populations.

“The winter of 2022-2023 was one of the most extreme on record, we saw about a 40% population decline, where this last winter was very mild and we saw a nice bump this summer,” said Stillings.

All seventeen pronghorn hunting units will be open in 2024.

“We’ve been able to open the eight units that we closed in 2023. Those northern badlands animals really made a nice jump. And then areas outside the primary range and the secondary range east of Highway 85 also showed some nice increases,” said Stillings.

The aerial survey is conducted using fixed-winged airplanes from July 1 through July 14.

“We cover over 13,000 square miles within about a ten-day period. This year we classified just over 1,200 groups of pronghorn that resulted in about just over 7,000 animals,” said Stillings.

In order to keep pronghorn populations heading in the right direction, we will need nonextreme winters and good fawning habitat.

The application deadline for the 2024 pronghorn lottery is August 7. Applicants can apply online on the Game and Fish Department’s website at gf.nd.gov

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Bankruptcies for North Dakota and western Minnesota published Jan. 10, 2026

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January 10, 2026

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Filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court

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Kaitlyn Grace Lucier, Fargo, Chapter 7

Samuel Todd Hicks, formerly known as Thomas Samuel Hicks, Fargo, Chapter 7

Teresa and Dominik Renwick, Fargo, Chapter 13

Susan Renee Fuller, formerly known as Susan R. Schaffer, doing business as Susie’s Sparkling Cleaning Service, Fargo, Chapter 7

Shannon Lynn Taylor, Fargo, Chapter 7

Jesse Patrick and Jaime Elizabeth Brown, Williston, Chapter 7

Kerri Lee Weishaar, Minot, Chapter 7

Terry Marie Moritz, Valley City, Chapter 7

Joshua Allen Sewill, Hatton, Chapter 7

Bryan Eugene Flecker, Minot, Chapter 7

Anna Marie Rahm, formerly known as Anna Marie Tanner, and Joshua Edward Rahm, Bismarck, Chapter 13

Sherri Rae Fisher, Baldwin, Chapter 13

Heather Lynn McElroy, formerly known as Heather Anderson, Grand Forks, Chapter 7

Kaitlyn Autrey, Grand Forks, Chapter 7

Michelle Lynn Miller, Fargo, Chapter 13

Kimberly Georgeann Callahan, Fargo, Chapter 13

Erin Elaine and Jose Luiz Murphy, Bismarck, Chapter 7

Shelly and Kieth Quimby, St. Thomas, Chapter 7

Minnesota

Bankruptcy filings from the following counties: Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail, Polk, Traverse, Wadena and Wilkin.

David Howard Gilpin, Osakis, Chapter 7

Timothy Virgil Hoag, Moorhead, Chapter 7

Jason Darryl Dykhoff, Ottertail, Chapter 7

Zachary Nicholas Hodgson and Jolynn Beth Warnes, formerly known as Jolynn Beth Hodgson, Kensington, Chapter 7

Riley Matthew Hinman, Alexandria, Chapter 7

Layne Christopher Condiff, Park Rapids, Chapter 13

Thomas Beecher Hoyer, Menahga, Chapter 13

Christine Karen Jakubek, also known as Cristine Anderson, Chapter 7

Chapter 7 is a petition to liquidate assets and discharge debts.

Chapter 11 is a petition for protection from creditors and to reorganize.

Chapter 12 is a petition for family farmers to reorganize.

Chapter 13 is a petition for wage earners to readjust debts.

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Hoeven, Armstrong, Traynor speak on OBBB Rural Health Transformation Fund updates in ND

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January 10, 2026

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Hoeven, Armstrong, Traynor speak on OBBB Rural Health Transformation Fund updates in ND

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – On Friday, North Dakota U.S. Senator John Hoeven, Governor Kelly Armstrong and Health and Human Services Commissioner Pat Traynor explained how the state plans to use millions of dollars from the Big Beautiful Bill’s Rural Health Transformation Fund to transform healthcare across the state.

They spoke extensively about the special session to allocate the funds, and confirmed that it is still tentatively set for Jan. 21.

The Big Beautiful Bill allocated $25 billion for rural healthcare nationwide. North Dakota received $500 million for five years and $200 million for the first year. There is still another $25 billion left to be spent, and North Dakota is hoping to receive an extra $500 million.

“I truly believe that with the plan we’re putting in place and the things we built that line up with that, we’ll get a billion dollars over five years,” said Hoeven.

Federal rules require the state to lock in contracts for the money by October first— a deadline officials say is driving the need for a special session.

In the first year, North Dakota will focus on retention grants to keep existing staff, technical assistance and consultants for rural hospitals, as well as telehealth equipment and home patient monitoring.

A KFYR+ exclusive

Governor Armstrong says the special session will include policy bills tied to how much federal rural health funding the state can earn.

“We’re going to have a physical fitness test for physical education courses, nutrition education, continuing education requirement for physicians, physician assistant licensure compact—which North Dakota has been doing, dealing with that since the heart of the oil boom and moving forward—and then an expanded scope of practice for pharmacists,” said Armstrong.

Hundreds of millions of dollars could reshape healthcare in rural North Dakota, and state leaders say the next few weeks are key to receiving and spending that money wisely.

The governor says he only wants to focus on bills related to the Rural Health Transformation Program during the special session and doesn’t intend to deal with other state issues during that time.

Politicians outline plans for ND Rural Health Transformation Program

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North Dakota officials celebrate being among big winners in federal rural health funding

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January 9, 2026

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North Dakota officials celebrate being among big winners in federal rural health funding

North Dakota U.S. Sen. John Hoeven and Gov. Kelly Armstrong on Friday touted the success of the state’s application for federal Rural Health Transformation Program funding, which landed one of the largest per-capita awards in the nation.

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