BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The owners of the Dakota Access pipeline said Thursday they want the U.S. Supreme Court to review lower court opinions confirming that the project deserves a thorough environmental review and is currently operating without a key federal permit. A Washington, D.C., Circuit Court of Appeals panel earlier this year supported the Standing Rock Indian Reservation and other ... Read More

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge faced with a motion on whether the Dakota Access oil pipeline north of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation should be shut down during an environmental review is giving the Biden administration another chance to weigh in on the issue. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg held a hearing earlier this month to give the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers an opportunity ... Read More

This much is clear about a $2 trillion infrastructure plan released this week by President Joe Biden's administration: Colorado would stand to reap a windfall of federal money -- significant cash potentially paying for highway and bridge fixes, transit expansions, clean energy projects and even the start of a regional Front Range railway. But while state and local transportation leaders marvel ... Read More

Denver City Council cemented the city's pick Monday to do the first major renovation of the 16th Street Mall since it was opened in 1982. PCL Construction Services, which was selected in January, will get the nearly $150 million contract to replace the granite streetscape, consolidate bus lanes in the middle of the mall, expand sidewalks and create "amenity zones," where existing kiosks and ... Read More

Feb. 16—The Grand Forks City Council intends to discuss pending litigation against the city at its meeting Tuesday, Feb. 16. Rice Lake Contracting Corp., a Crow Wing County-based contractor, filed a lawsuit against Grand Forks-based Construction Engineers — US, alleging that the Grand Forks company failed to pay Rice Wing Contracting about $1,065,994 for work done on the Grand Forks Regional ... Read More

It's been more than two years since Chase Baron and Sean Smith, co-founders of Lakewood roofing and construction business Skyyguard, found out they had the attention of international liquor company Campari Group. When they talk about their ongoing trademark dispute regarding their company's logo and that of Campari brand Skyy Vodka, they're still shocked it's actually happening. "Obviously, we ... Read More