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  • Grand Forks firefighters help fight blaze

    Emergency responders from Grand Forks Air Force Base helped battle a massive fire that destroyed a grain elevator in the nearby town of Forest River on Tuesday night, according to base officials.The base deployed a command-and-control package consisting of a 5,000-gallon water tender, crash truck

  • Base pool available for fun, fitness year-round

    As the temperature drops toward freezing, it's obvious that summer is over, the brutal North Dakota winter will soon be here, and it's time to trade in the swim trunks for ice skates. That is unless you are stationed here, where Warriors of the North can enjoy summer fun year-round at the indoor

  • Kids fussing over flu shots? Lead by example

    It's that time of year again, and your kids are throwing a fit about getting the flu shot. But perhaps, if they see mom or dad doing it too, they may go more willingly.Did you know, nine out of 10 healthy people who get a flu shot, don't get the flu? That's according to the Centers for Disease

  • Shhh! Be verwy verwy quiet, I'm hunting deer

    It's that time of year again when the camouflage my relatives have been wearing all year comes back in style. That's right - it's deer season. The woods seem to come alive as hunters push, stalk or lay in ambush of what they hope will become this season's sausage sticks. Remember hunters, there are

  • The Judge's Bench: August UCMJ actions

    The following members of the 319th Air Base Wing were punished under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) in August 2011.Non-judicial punishment actions:· An airman first class from the 319th Logistics Readiness Squadron received an Article 15 for disobeying a lawful order by smoking from a

  • Grand Forks adjusts force protection condition

    Officials at Grand Forks Air Force Base have increased the Force Protection Condition from Alpha to Bravo. The Department of Defense uses FPCONs to recommend preventive actions and responses to threats against its facilities. Force protection safeguards the people and resources required to perform a

  • Grand Forks unveils new firefighting HQ

    Fifty-three years after Grand Forks' original fire station was built, the base unveiled its new state-of-the-art fire emergency services headquarters building here Sept. 7.Ten-thousand square feet larger than the original station, which was last renovated more than a decade ago, the new facility