N.D. Public Events

Senator Hoeven to Hold Press Conference With Governor Armstrong on Rural Health Transformation Program

January 09 2026 10:30 AM

BISMARCK, N.D. – On Friday, January 9, Senator John Hoeven will hold a press conference with Governor Kelly Armstrong and Pat Traynor, Interim Commissioner of the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services, to discuss plans for advancing the Rural Health Transformation Program. Hoeven will outline how years of effort to build the state’s fiber optic infrastructure and a network of new Critical Access Hospitals have positioned the state to have a head start in this competitive grant program. North Dakota was awarded nearly $200 million from the One Big Beautiful Bill (OB3) for the first year of the five-year initiative.


When: Friday, January 9

            10:30 a.m. CT


Where: Dakota Carrier Network

              4202 Coleman St

              Bismarck

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