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Take a peek at the spring turkey season

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February 3, 2024

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – The spring turkey application deadline is Feb. 14, and there will be more opportunities this spring for turkey hunters in North Dakota.

“We raised turkey tags 10% or just a little over 700 tags this year compared to last year. Populations are doing well. We had good production, and then success has been good. And landowner tolerance is kind of getting down so we need to increase those turkey licenses so we can take more off the landscape,” said RJ Gross, NDGF Upland Game Biologist.

Most of the increases this spring are in western North Dakota where there’s plenty of habitat for turkeys.

“Western North Dakota like units 13, 27, Killdeer, Watford City areas, there’s plenty of turkeys out there. And beautiful area, and landowners are more than willing to let you out there. So we encourage people to go out there,” said Gross.

There are differences between the spring and fall turkey seasons in North Dakota.

“Spring is our recreation season. Bearded, traditionally tom only. Whereas fall is population control, that’s where we can take the hens. Kind of different styles of hunting, mainly in the spring you are using decoys, trying to get them to come to you. Fall, you are kind of chasing them type of thing,” said Gross.

If you harvest a turkey and notice it has a leg band, call the Game and Fish Department at 701-328-6300 and report the band number.

“And then also we have a turkey study going on with NWTF and the University of North Dakota, take a look, if there’s a backpack on there, a little transmitter, the band and a transmitter, and please report those right away,” said Gross.

There are opportunities for youth turkey hunters, too.

“If you’ve never had a turkey tag, and you’re 15 or under, you can get a guaranteed turkey tag. And that’s not unit specific, that’s a statewide tag so you can go anywhere in the state,” said Gross.

Hunters can help biologists better manage turkeys in North Dakota by providing feathers if they harvest a bird.

“If you’re successful, please send in three tips of the longest wing feathers. And then a couple feathers from right along the breastbone. Put those in your envelope and send that into us,” said Gross.

The spring turkey season opens on April 13 and runs through May 19.

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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.

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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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Tony Osburn’s 27 helps Omaha knock off North Dakota 90-79

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January 9, 2026

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Tony Osburn’s 27 helps Omaha knock off North Dakota 90-79

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tony Osburn scored 27 points as Omaha beat North Dakota 90-79 on Thursday.

Osburn shot 8 of 12 from the field, including 5 for 8 from 3-point range, and went 6 for 9 from the line for the Mavericks (8-10, 1-2 Summit League). Paul Djobet scored 18 points and added 12 rebounds. Ja’Sean Glover finished with 10 points.

The Fightin’ Hawks (8-11, 2-1) were led by Eli King, who posted 21 points and two steals. Greyson Uelmen added 19 points for North Dakota. Garrett Anderson had 15 points and two steals.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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