Grand Forks Air Force Base in ND to provide backup communications for US military, government

October 2nd, 2009 L-3 Communications gets $12.6M Air Force dealWASHINGTON — L-3 Communications Holdings Inc.'s Vertex Aerospace received a $12.6 million contract from the Air Force to provide services at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas, the Pentagon said late Thursday. Shares of the New York-based company fell $1.25 to $76.58 in midday trading Friday.

October 1st, 2009 Fire on Calif. military base 80 percent containedVANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.

September 30th, 2009 L-3 Communications gets $11.9M Air Force dealWASHINGTON — A unit of L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. received an $11.9 million contract from the Air Force for a mission communications system, the Pentagon said late Tuesday.

September 21st, 2009 NZ air force medevacs sick man from AntarcticWELLINGTON, New Zealand — An American working at a U.S. scientific base on the frozen continent of Antarctica has suffered heart problems and was being evacuated to New Zealand, the New Zealand air force said Monday.

September 21st, 2009 Space shuttle Discovery back home in FloridaCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Discovery is finally back home in Florida following a cross-country journey and a trip to orbit.

September 8th, 2009 Report: Object found at UK air base not suspiciousLONDON — A suspicious object found at a British air base turned out to be safe, the BBC reported Tuesday, after bomb disposal experts had been called to investigate. The BBC report of a false alarm cited the British military as its source, but a Ministry of Defense spokeswoman said she could not immediately comment.

August 30th, 2009 Military plane damaged while landing in NevadaNELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — The U.S.

August 13th, 2009 ND woman in drunken breast-feeding case jailedGRAND FORKS, N.D. — A North Dakota woman convicted of breast-feeding her 6-week-old baby while drunk is in jail after another run-in with the law.

August 7th, 2009 Vampire tourism in Forks, Wash., still strongFORKS, Wash. — The "Twilight" tourism bonanza shows no signs of abating in Forks, an old logging town on Washington's Olympic Peninsula that's won new fame as the setting for a teen vampire fantasy.

July 14th, 2009 North Dakota could have a huge new oil fieldBISMARCK, N.D. — Dozens of fruitful wells beneath the rich Bakken shale in North Dakota continue to fuel a hunch among oilmen and geologists that another vast crude-bearing formation may be buried in the state's vast oil patch.

July 8th, 2009 Zondervan hires Jason Vines as communications VPGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Christian book publisher Zondervan has hired auto industry veteran Jason Vines to serve as vice president of public relations and communications.

June 24th, 2009 Northrop Grumman unit gets $276.3M Air Force dealWASHINGTON — A unit of Northrop Grumman Corp., the nation's second-largest defense contractor, received a $276.3 million Air Force deal for a communications network that will be used on military drones, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The Battlefield Airborne Communications Node System is a prototype of a remotely accessed, high-altitude and tactical communications network that will be used on unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, which have seen greater use in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

June 24th, 2009 Woman pleads guilty in drunken breast-feeding caseGRAND FORKS, N.D. — A North Dakota woman accused of breast-feeding her 6-week-old baby while drunk has pleaded guilty to child neglect.

June 6th, 2009 Cup leader Stewart wrecks car in Pocono practiceLONG POND, Pa. — NASCAR points leader Tony Stewart has wrecked his car during practice at Pocono Raceway and had to go to a backup car.

May 6th, 2009 Missile defense satellite launched from CaliforniaVANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Department of Defense officials say an experimental satellite for the U.S.