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    April 15, 2019
    People gather near the Maria G. Monday, April 15, for the annual ceremony held for the first saltie of the year arriving in the Twin Ports. Steve Kuchera / Forum News Service
    Season’s first saltie lands in Duluth
    DULUTH — The St. Lawrence Seaway is celebrating its 60th year in 2019, and this is the second time in that span that the Maria G has made it...
    business/transportationApril 15, 2019 - 6:24pm
    March 27, 2019
    The average price per gallon of gas was $2.59 Tuesday in Grand Forks. Eric Hylden / Forum News Service
    Prices at the pump expected to continue spring climb
    GRAND FORKS - Gas prices in North Dakota and Minnesota have increased about 8.5 cents per gallon the past week, a trend experts say will continue...
    business/transportationMarch 27, 2019 - 9:54am
    March 25, 2019
    The Kaye E. Barker passes underneath the Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth on Friday afternoon, March 22. The ship was the first to leave port for the 2019 shipping season. Samantha Erkkila / Forum News Service
    Ships head for Duluth as Soo Locks open
    DULUTH -- After surviving a setback that left three ships stopped in ice overnight outside the Twin Ports over the weekend, the start of the...
    business/transportationMarch 25, 2019 - 5:35pm
    March 14, 2019
    The USCGC Mackinaw widens a channel through the ice in 2013 near the docked John G. Munson by steaming along a path it had broken out earlier. Steve Kuchera / Forum News Service
    Coast Guard shares icebreaking plan to kick off Great Lakes shipping season
    DULUTH — The U.S. Coast Guard shared its icebreaking playbook on Thursday, March 14, in advance of the March 25 start to the Great Lakes shipping...
    business/transportationMarch 14, 2019 - 5:30pm
    February 13, 2019
    Proposed train route from Duluth to Minneapolis.
    Rail to Twin Cities draws closer look
    The country’s largest interstate passenger rail provider was in Duluth last week, exploring service possibilities for the proposed line between...
    business/transportationFebruary 13, 2019 - 5:38pm
    February 9, 2019
    Central Cass School students run to their buses after school Feb. 1 in Casselton, N.D. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
    Why don't all school buses have seat belts for kids?
    FARGO — Children are taught to wear seat belts to stay safe in a vehicle, but when they board a large school bus there's no way for them to...
    education/businessFebruary 9, 2019 - 2:41pm
    January 30, 2019
    A portion of a long line of BNSF locomotives are lined up on a curved section of tracks Monday, May 9, 2016, north of the 12th Avenue North bridge over the tracks in Fargo. (Dave Wallis / Forum News Service)
    No need to torch the tracks: This is how BNSF keeps trains running in bitter cold
    FARGO — Commuter rail workers in Chicago have taken to setting tracks on fire to keep trains running smoothly, but on the frigid upper Great...
    business/transportationJanuary 30, 2019 - 9:26pm
    January 8, 2019
    TSA lines at Hector International Airport in Fargo have not been affected by the partial federal government shutdown. Forum file photo
    Airport exec says rumors of longer TSA lines 'overblown'
    FARGO — Alistair McInerny had to wait two hours at a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at the Seattle airport last Friday....
    business/transportationJanuary 8, 2019 - 6:09pm
    January 4, 2019
    Forum News Service file photo
    MnDOT launches new system to help truckers find safe parking
    ST. PAUL — Minnesota and seven other Midwestern states have launched a truck parking information system to help freight drivers find safe places...
    business/transportationJanuary 4, 2019 - 6:00pm
    December 30, 2018
    Dean Peterson, program manager for NRRI’s economic geology group, developed a mapping application MnDOT will use to identify areas where shallow bedrock has the potential to produce acids if disturbed by road projects. Steve Kuchera / Forum News Service
    First-of-a-kind digital map pegs acid risks for MnDOT
    HERMANTOWN, Minn. — In 28 years as a geologist working in and out of industry, Dean Peterson has done his share of field mapping. He loves...
    business/transportationDecember 30, 2018 - 6:00am
    December 12, 2018
    The Duluth Transit Authority parked its fleet of seven electric buses in late November to address issues with hill braking and heat. The buses were introduced in October, and were purchased via federal grant as a way of testing electric technology in Duluth's cold weather and hilly streets.
    Duluth temporarily parks electric buses for braking, heat improvements
    DULUTH - Issues with hill braking and on-board heat led the Duluth Transit Authority to pull its new fleet of electric buses from routes on the...
    business/transportationDecember 12, 2018 - 5:45pm
    November 19, 2018
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    Regional gas prices drop in time for Thanksgiving
    FARGO - Thanksgiving travelers in the region will see lower prices at the pump compared to a week ago, but you will still spend more than you...
    business/transportationNovember 19, 2018 - 5:01pm
    November 15, 2018
    $2B Southwest light rail project cleared to begin construction
    ST. PAUL - A federal agency has given a key approval to the Southwest Light Rail Transit project, clearing the way for the start of construction...
    business/transportationNovember 15, 2018 - 12:38pm
    November 8, 2018
    Tesla chief Elon Musk speaks during a Boring Co. event in Los Angeles, California. Bloomberg photo by Patrick T. Fallon.
    Tesla names a new chairman to replace Elon Musk
    Tesla named Robyn Denholm, the chief financial officer of an Australian telecommunications firm, to the job of being chairman of the electric...
    business/transportationNovember 8, 2018 - 8:18am
    October 25, 2018
    The DTA officially unveiled it first of a fleet of seven electric buses Thursday morning. Attendees of the event got a free ride up to Superior Street and back to the Duluth Transportation Center. Bob King / Forum News Service
    Duluth unveils new electric bus
    DULUTH -- It had that new bus smell. With a shiny metallic ceiling, unscathed floors and even a rear window, Duluth’s newest city bus took...
    business/transportationOctober 25, 2018 - 6:59pm
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