FARGO - A federal human services administrator is urging sweeping steps to correct what he calls bureaucratic "inaction and excuses" in failing to protect endangered children at Spirit Lake Nation.

FORT TOTTEN, N.D. — The Spirit Lake Nation will now be without drinkable tap water until Aug. 22, tribal officials announced Tuesday, July 1. Residents on the reservation have been without drinking ...

Savanna’s Act was signed into law on October 10, 2020, and mandated improved coordination, communication, and data sharing ...

FARGO -- Federal officials are stepping up oversight of the Spirit Lake Tribe's social services programs in response to warnings that children's health and safety are endangered by mismanagement.

Aug. 14—SPIRIT LAKE NATION — After seven years, the Interior Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA) has ruled in favor of the Spirit Lake Tribe and its appeal of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' decision to ...

SPIRIT LAKE, ND (KXNET) — The Spirit Lake Tribe warned residents last week that elevated levels of manganese were detected in the drinking water supply by the Water Treatment Plant. The tribe, in ...

after a rural water line froze. About 40 homes were left without water that day because of the frozen pipes, even though the area was experiencing temperatures above freezing, according to the Red ...

A judge will hold a post-conviction relief hearing in January for Devils Lake man Werner Kunkel, who says prosecutors withheld key evidence in a 1986 murder case.

According to a release from the Spirit Lake Tribe, the Bureau of Indian Affairs received a call of a stolen vehicle in Devils Lake just before 7:00 P.M. Just minutes later, a BIA officer arrived on ...

Legislators attending a Redistricting Committee meeting Dec. 13, 2023, look at maps of different proposals. (Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor) An appeals court will not reconsider its decision ...