But the interest doesn’t stop there ... The buzz follows a breakout junior year with North Dakota, where he averaged 18.9 points per game—a leap from his sophomore mark of 14.4. His all ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's decades-long efforts to aid ... which is used across the West and has drawn global interest to one of the nation's least populous states.

North Dakota is among the most solidly Republican states — President Obama lost by nearly 9 percentage points four years ago — and Mitt Romney had no trouble winning this state on Tuesday.

President Trump won North Dakota by more than 35 points, and Heitkamp's opponent, Republican Rep. Kevin Cramer, has already been elected statewide as North Dakota's sole representative.