North Dakota utilities could face legal risks during rampant wildfire season
At least two recent wildfires that have prompted evacuations of North Dakota towns have been linked to power lines. Written By: Adam Willis | ×
The North Dakota National Guard helped to fight a wildfire that scorched the Badlands near Medora on Thursday, April 1, 2021. Josiah C. Cuellar / The Dickinson Press
BISMARCK At the beginning of April, North Dakota experienced one of its most poignant wildfire scares in years: A drought-fueled grass fire burned more than 2,000 acres in the Badlands and reached within a mile of the Old West tourist town of Medora.
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Berthold police chief Al Schmidt’s K-9 Hunter alerted to the presence of narcotics on cash found in a car stopped early Thursday morning on U.S. Highway 2, according to a police affidavit. Pamella Johnson, Stanley, was subsequently arrested and charged with Class A felony intent to deliver about one pound of methamphetamine, also reportedly found in her vehicle.
Berthold police say one pound of methamphetamine and nearly $10,000 in cash were seized after a woman was stopped along U.S. Highway 2 early Thursday for driving with an inoperable headlight.
Pamella Jo Johnson, 50, Stanley, is charged in district court in Minot with Class A felony intent to deliver methampehtamine and Class C felony possession of drug paraphernalia.