DIVERSION
Chamber, EDC Urge Members to Join the Flood Fight
Together, the Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber and the Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation (GFMEDC) are urging members, investors and their employees to get involved in sandbaggin...
Posted on 3/28/13 at 1:48 PM
GFMEDC, Chamber Urge Members to Join in Flood Fight
Together, the Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation (GFMEDC) and the Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamberare urging members, investors and their employees to get involved in sandbagging...
Posted on 3/28/13 at 11:19 AM
DIVERSION DISCUSSION: Corps officials: 'Don’t wait’ to lobby for project on Capitol Hill
FARGO Regional officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are advising Fargo-Moorhead leaders to resume their lobbying efforts in Washington as early as this fall. The Diversion Authority suspe...
Posted on 8/26/12 at 9:05 AM
Today's Show Thursday 10/14
Today on The Christopher Gabriel Program: We've got a press conference right off the bat on the 1/2-cent sales tax to pay for the Flood Diversion Project, which will be followed by a discussion with ...
Posted on 10/14/10 at 10:07 AM
Speaker to provide Washington-insider perspective on F-M diversion project
Ed Dickey, former acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Washington, D.C., will share insights on federal water projects on Thursday, Oct. 28, at 11 a.m. in the Memorial Union Hidatsa...
Posted on 10/12/10 at 10:51 AM
County lines measure about representation at heart 
Proponents of Pleasant Township de-annexation want more say regarding diversionFARGO – Voters in Cass and Richland counties will decide Tuesday if a township in southeast Cass County will swap county lines.
By Sherri Richards , November 03, 2012
Diversion Authority postpones alignment choice 
FARGO – The Flood Diversion Authority on Thursday voted 5-3 to postpone a decision on establishing the southern alignment of a proposed diversion project.
By Dave Olson , October 11, 2012
Corps open to Oxbow-area ring dike 
Plan would leave about 30 homes needing buyoutsOXBOW, N.D. – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials say they can accept the idea of a ring dike to protect the Cass County communities of Oxbow, Hickson and Bakke as part of a proposed flood diversion project.
By Dave Olson , October 03, 2012
Moorhead to resell seven buyout houses 
City’s other bought-out homes have been moved or demolishedMOORHEAD – As the city was combing the riverfront here buying up homes and replacing them with levees, riverfront homeowner Jack Christianson said they came to him with an ultimatum – let us build a levee in your backyard, or we’ll put one in front of your house instead.
By Erik Burgess , September 17, 2012
Moorhead home buyouts 
Since the 2009 flood, 206 Moorhead homes along the Red River have been bought out by the city, 24 of them so far this year. The city wants to purchase an additional 61 homes in order to complete a federally certified levee system.
By Source: City of Moorhead , September 17, 2012
Oxbow officially denounces diversion 
OXBOW, N.D. – City officials here have formally announced their disapproval of the Fargo-Moorhead diversion, according to a WDAY News report.
September 17, 2012
Oxbow gets tax break due to diversion limbo 
Cass County officials say they don’t plan to challenge decision FARGO – Oxbow residents will get a property tax break next year over the objection of Cass County officials.
By Dave Olson , September 15, 2012
Diversion Authority, West Fargo work on land purchase 
By Dave Olson , September 14, 2012
New diversion alignment options creates new set of winners and losers 
By Dave Olson , September 13, 2012
FEMA to host public meetings next week 
FARGO – The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the city of Fargo will host public meetings Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the newly revised preliminary flood plain map.
September 07, 2012
Developer sues Fargo for permit denial 
Claims new FEMA flood plain expands to lands formerly slated for developmentFARGO – A north Fargo developer is suing the city for denying building permits on land the company was once able to develop but no longer can because of expansion of the Federal Emergency Management Agency flood plain.
September 05, 2012
Cass County urges state board to deny Oxbow property assessment reduction 
FARGO – The Cass County Commission is urging a state board to not approve a cut in property value assessments for the city of Oxbow over concerns the decision could open a “dangerous can of worms” and set a precedent for other state residents who are inconvenienced by projects like the proposed Red River diversion.
By Ryan Johnson , September 04, 2012
Diversion Discussion: Corps officials say ‘don’t wait’ to lobby for F-M diversion on Capitol Hill 
August 26, 2012
Corps has ‘full confidence’ Red River diversion can withstand legal challenge 
August 21, 2012
Fargo unveils preliminary update to FEMA’s flood plain map 
August 20, 2012
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