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State of Good tracks positive, locally reported news from North Dakota. Below are 4 uplifting stories, pulled directly from North Dakota's newsrooms and community publishers and refreshed every morning.

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More than $50 million available in new rural health grants

Applications are open for a new wave of $50.5 million in Rural Health Transformation Program grants through the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services. New grants are available across an array of topic areas including childcare for rural healthcare workers, technology support and equipment and technology upgrades for rural ambulance services. “These funding […]

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 09:30:43 +0000
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Proposed North Dakota pig iron plant to turn Minnesota mine waste into steel, a first for US

This is the first in a two-part series about North Dakota projects that would process Minnesota mining materials. Read about a potential nickel processing facility here. CALUMET, Minn. – Enormous piles of iron-rich waste sitting dormant in Minnesota are about to see movement for the first time in decades, soon heading hundreds of miles west […]

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:00:56 +0000
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North Dakota mammoth dig unearths ‘rare’ array of bones from beneath garage

A mammoth excavation under a northwest North Dakota garage is unearthing a more complete prehistoric beast than paleontologists had hoped for when the discovery was made in the 1980s. The excavation in Burke County is being spearheaded by the North Dakota Geological Survey, which has used its team, summer interns and some geology students from […]

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:18:27 +0000
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Courts order North Dakota to pay landowners’ legal fees in two lawsuits

A judge this month awarded North Dakota landowners attorney fees in a lawsuit against the state over a property rights law found to be unconstitutional. The ruling means the state could owe nearly $975,000 in legal costs to the landowners and groups behind three related court challenges filed since 2019. “We are grateful that the […]

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:00:41 +0000