The Sept. 14 school bus crash involving the Hatton-Northwood volleyball team, as well as its recovery and community support for it, has been named the 2023 Herald story of the year.
Pendleton was convicted in June 2021 on two murder charges in the deaths of Lola Moore, his mother, and Grand Forks Police Officer Cody Holte, in a May 2020 shooting that occurred when officers were serving him eviction papers at his Grand Forks apartment.
Attorney general, who died unexpectedly Friday, graduated from UND and spent years representing the city in the Legislature before moving on to attorney general position.