Patrick Springer

Park officials told Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., that no horses will be removed, but at least some mares will be given a birth control drug that has raised worries of sterility among horse advocates.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park will remove up to 15 horses this fall and is embarking on a new management course that will result in a smaller herd.

The Short family, which has owned a ranch along the scenic Little Missouri River for more than a century, is fighting to keep a bridge off their land.

North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven got the assurances from Shannon Estenoz, nominated to be deputy secretary of interior, at a congressional hearing.

Lawyers work to win parole for Werner Rümmer, investigate new evidence to gain his release.

A purported witness to Gilbert Fassett’s murder gave statements the FBI concluded were “indicative of deception” when disavowing knowledge of the murder.

Two witnesses recanted their trial testimony and some new witnesses came forward after the trial.

A University of North Dakota parasitologist estimated that Gilbert Fassett died on Aug. 1, 1986. A forensic entomologist who has provided analysis for thousands of cases later disputed that timeline.

The use of jailhouse snitches is a common practice, but informants are involved in many wrongful convictions, experts say.

How a notorious double murder near Minot would help snare Werner Kunkel in an unrelated murder case.