BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Xcel Energy has replaced more than a mile of old underground cable in Fargo as part of an effort to help curb a spate of power outages that have bedeviled the state’s biggest city in recent weeks, the utility told North Dakota regulators Wednesday. Several officials from the Minneapolis-based utility met with North Dakota’s Public Service ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Xcel Energy told North Dakota regulators Thursday that it continues working to prevent power outages that have affected Fargo in recent weeks. The five outages in the city since April 22 are the latest in a spate of electrical interruptions over the past few years that have forced the utility to credit inconvenienced customers’ electric bills. ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Retail gasoline prices in North Dakota continue to slide. GasBuddy.com reports that the average price of a gallon of gas in the state has fallen 6 ½ cents in the past week, to $1.66. The national average is down only 2 ½ cents, to $1.80 a gallon. That’s the lowest level in seven years. Petroleum analyst Patrick ...

FARGO, N.D. — The average price of a gallon of gasoline in North Dakota in 2015 was the second-cheapest in the past 10 years due to a worldwide glut of crude oil. AAA reports that the average was $2.40 per gallon, second only to $2.38 in 2009. The 2015 statewide annual average was nearly a dollar cheaper than the previous ...

FARGO, N.D. — Motorists in Bismarck are paying the lowest average for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in more than six years. AAA North Dakota says the last time the Bismarck metro average was lower than Monday’s $1.92 per gallon was in March 2009, when the price dipped to $1.88. The North Dakota statewide average is $2.08, the lowest ...

Former Governor Ed Schafer is slated to deliver the keynote address at the upcoming North Dakota Real Estate Summit in Fargo at the Ramada Plaza Suites September 23. The summit will discuss the state of the real estate market across North Dakota as it is impacted by both the agriculture and energy industries. Sessions include Residential Real Estate Update; Multi-family ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Boardings at North Dakota’s eight commercial service airports in July dropped about 4 percent from the previous year. The state Aeronautics Commission reports Dickinson had the biggest percentage drop, of just under 30 percent. Minot saw the biggest drop in actual passengers, with about 3,700 fewer boardings than in July 2014. Airports in Fargo, Grand Forks and ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Passenger numbers in June at North Dakota’s eight commercial service airports were down 2.6 percent over the same month a year ago. The North Dakota Aeronautics Commission says there were 97,502 boardings in the month, a decrease of 2,613 passengers from June 2014. The agency says airline boardings at Dickinson, Fargo, Minot and Williston were down over ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — The group representing North Dakota’s petroleum industry is holding its annual meeting in the state’s biggest city of Fargo in the hopes that it will give people far from the western oil patch a chance to learn more about drilling activity. The North Dakota Petroleum Council, which represents more than 500 companies doing business in North Dakota, ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota’s taxable sales and purchases increased 11 percent in 2014 to a record $28.2 billion. State Tax commissioner Ryan Rauschenberger (RAW’-shuhn-bur-gur) says the report released Tuesday “shows a continuation of rapid sales growth.” Taxable sales and purchases are a key indicator of economic activity in the state. And Rauschenberger says 10 of North Dakota’s 15 economic ...