From left: Kyrstin Gemar, 22, of Grossmont, Calif., Ashley Neufeld, 21, of Brandon, Man., and Afton Williamson, 20, of Lake Elsinore, Calif.

A new youth center on Point Breeze Avenue will offer a variety of programs and aims to point kids in a positive direction.

It`s not that unusual to see a cat that doesn`t belong to you in your back yard, but what if it`s five feet long and weighs more than a hundred pounds? "I was cooking on my stove here, and I came to wash my hands, and I look out and I saw my pheasants eating by the fence and I saw a mountain lion in the back behind them, and I called for my husband ...

Like most hospitals across the state, St. Joseph`s hospital in Dickinson has been treating patients with H-1-N-1 and seasonal flu.

Convention and visitors bureaus are established to spur economic growth in cities and towns.

Latest North Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment: SCHOOL CLOSING Tiny ND school to close at end of academic year EUREKA, N.D. The days are numbered for the little red school house in north-central North Dakota.

ND2nd NewsMinute,0238 Here is the latest North Dakota news from The Associated Press DULUTH, Minn.

A southwestern North Dakota man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for having child pornography on his computer.

Authorities say without those callsthe women ma9 still be missing. It's an area the three women would have been driving in the dark Sunda9 night.

The Senate has voted overwhelmingly to provide the jobless with up to 20 weeks in additional unemployment benefits.

Whatever the weather`s doing, at Oreo`s Animal Rescue in Dickinson, they say it must be raining cats and dogs, since in the past couple of weeks, they`ve become over run with abandoned felines.

The sad news of the three DSU students found dead in Dickinson is the latest in a long list of tragedies Dickinson and its surrounding areas have experienced.

The Civil Air Patrol is crediting a captain in its Arizona Wing with helping find the bodies of three North Dakota college students who died when their vehicle plunged into a pond in a pasture.

Eds: APNewsNow. Moving on general news and sports services. AP Photo NY112 DICKINSON, N.D. Authorities say preliminary autopsy results show drowning as the cause of death for three North Dakota college softball players found dead inside a sport utility vehicle that sunk in a rural farm pond.

The small town of Dickinson, N.D., is grappling with the deaths of three Dickinson State University softball players who were found dead yesterday inside a vehicle that was submerged in a local pond, the Dickinson Press reports .