Senator Hoeven will help break ground on the Williston Basin International Airport (XWA), a new $231 million facility that will accommodate the enormous economic and demographic growth in the region created by the oil industry. Commercial air service in Williston has grown from fewer than 6,000 passengers in 2005 to more than 100,000 passengers in […]
Senator Hoeven, a member of the Senate Agriculture and Agriculture Appropriations Committees, will address members of the North Dakota Association of Soil Conservation Districts at their annual meeting in Bismarck. The senator will outline his work to ensure conservation measures like CRP, SAFE and EQIP – included in the 2014 farm bill – work for […]
Senator Hoeven will join Fargo leaders in dedicating the city’s new floodwall, which is the first completed potion of the region’s flood protection project. The $40 million project includes a floodwall and road realignments and received federal, state and local funding. It allows greater river flows through the city, up the 35 feet or 17 […]
Senator Hoeven will join the second annual 1 Million Cups Fargo (1MC) Reunion. The senator will outline his efforts to expand North Dakota’s growing technology sector and stress the important role entrepreneurs have in growing the state’s economy and creating jobs. 1MC Fargo is a local chapter of the national series of events and holds […]
Senator Hoeven will outline his work to secure beyond-line-of-sight authorization for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) operations in North Dakota and the latest developments in unmanned air traffic management at the monthly Drone Focus meetup, an event hosted by Emerging Prairie. Hoeven has worked extensively to establish North Dakota as a hub of UAS research, development […]
Senator Hoeven will join state, community and North Dakota National Guard leaders in a send-off ceremony for the 136th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion based in Devils Lake. The unit is preparing for a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan beginning early next year. WHEN: Sunday, December 11 1:00 p.m. CT WHERE: Devils Lake Sports Center 1601 College […]
Senator Hoeven will address students at the North Dakota Association of Student Council’s annual state conference in Bismarck. Hoeven will outline his efforts to ensure that North Dakota is well-positioned to meet the economic and workforce demands of the future. WHEN: Sunday, December 11 5:00 p.m. CT WHERE: Ramkota Hotel 800 S 3rd Street Bismarck
Senator Hoeven will hold a roundtable in Bismarck with Lake Tschida homeowners to outline legislation he authored that enables them to remain on their lots, and limits fee increases for permittees on Lake Tschida, Patterson Lake and Jamestown Reservoir. The provisions were passed by Congress late Friday as part of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for […]
Senator Hoeven will highlight end-of-year legislative accomplishments in a meeting with the Golden Kiwanis Club of Minot. WHEN: Wednesday, December 14 12:00 p.m. CT WHERE: Grand Hotel 1505 North Broadway Minot
Senator Hoeven will discuss NDAA – and key priorities for MAFB included in the legislation – with members of the Minot Chamber of Commerce’s Military Affairs Committee, Task Force 21 and commanders from MAFB’s 5th Bomber Wing and 91st Missile Wing. WHEN: Wednesday, December 14 1:30 p.m. CT WHERE: Minot Chamber of Commerce 1020 20th […]
Senator Hoeven will host a roundtable with the Fargo metro area’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Addiction. Hoeven will hear from the commission on their work to respond to the increase in opiate overdoses and deaths in the region and highlight federal opportunities to advance local efforts to improve and expand prevention and treatment services. WHEN: […]
Senator Hoeven will hold an energy roundtable to outline coal ash recycling legislation he worked to pass as part of the new water bill Congress passed earlier this month. WHEN: Monday, December 1910:00 a.m. CT WHERE: Bismarck State CollegeNECE Building 1200 Schafer Street, Room 335 Bismarck
