February 7, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
The Dickinson Public School Board has several budget concerns in the upcoming school year, and a few more things to add to the 2012-13 budget. Continue Reading
November 13, 2012 in Worthington Daily Globe
Monday blaze didn’t impact student bussing
PIPESTONE A fire that ravaged the Priester Bus Service garage in Pipestone Monday afternoon and destroyed seven of the fleet’s 11 buses has left the business’ owner, Jerry Priester thankful for so many things. Continue Reading
March 27, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Federal safety regulators have begun investigating buses made by Motor Coach Industries Inc. over the past 20 years because the drive shafts can fall out and cause drivers to lose control. Schaumburg, Ill.-based MCI, which says it’s the leading maker of intercity buses in the U.S. and Canada, has an assembly plant in Pembina, N.D. Continue Reading
March 14, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
A torch-light march. Ravioli and meatball dinners. Rides in a funicular railway. A sing-a-long and a dress-up casino evening. Those were some of the things that made last week “mega-cool” for 24 sixth graders at the St. Lambertus school in a hotel in Saint-Luc, high in the Swiss Alps. Continue Reading
March 14, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
A tour bus slammed into a tunnel wall in the Swiss Alps in a horrific accident that killed 22 school children and six adults returning to Belgium from a joyous ski vacation, police said today. Another 24 students were taken to hospitals.
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October 31, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
A federal report says the thriving curbside bus industry, which is based on cheap fares, has a fatal accident rate seven times higher than other types of interstate bus operators. Continue Reading
October 4, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
The parent company of High Point, N.C.-based Thomas Built Buses says it initiated a safety recall campaign and has alerted the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. Continue Reading
September 2, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
The Metropolitan Council recently told Dakota County that funding to operate the buses was a casualty of the state budget deal. With construction well underway and new transit stations already dotting the corridor, officials are now scrambling to find a source of about $1 million annually to operate the transit line, hailed as a cheaper alternative to light rail. Continue Reading
August 15, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
The “Gathering of Buses” runs Tuesday through Thursday. It’s hosted by the Greyhound Bus Museum. Hibbing bills itself as the birthplace of the U.S. bus industry. Continue Reading
May 10, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
The National Transportation Safety Board begins a two-day forum today to hear from federal regulators, safety experts, and the truck and bus industries about what is being done to prevent deadly accidents and why past safety recommendations some of them decades old haven’t been enacted. Continue Reading
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