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Gov. Doug Burgum has directed all government agencies to fly the United States and North Dakota flags at half-staff on Wednesday, Nov. 21, and encourages North Dakotans to do the same at their homes and businesses, in honor of the air ambulance pilot, paramedic and nurse who lost their lives in a plane crash Sunday night northwest of Mandan.

Gov. Doug Burgum presented retired U.S. Secret Service agent and author Clint Hill with the North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award during a ceremony attended by more than 200 friends, family and other well-wishers at the Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center in Hill’s hometown of Washburn.

Gov. Doug Burgum issued a statement after a Metro Area Ambulance airplane crashed Sunday night northwest of Mandan, claiming the lives of all three people aboard.

Members of the Task Force for Higher Education Governance formed by Gov. Doug Burgum a year ago voted to advance the concept of a three-board governance model for the state’s 11 public colleges and universities as an improvement to the current single-board model.

The State of North Dakota will initiate the process of recruitment for a new Chief People Officer (CPO) after CPO Kelsey Roth reconsidered her recent appointment and resigned the post to return to the private sector.

Gov. Doug Burgum issued a statement today in observance of Veterans Day, saying, "Today we extend our deepest gratitude to the ordinary Americans who perform extraordinary acts of valor in the name of freedom, the soldiers who put service to country and preservation of liberty above all else, including our North Dakota National Guard members and active duty servicemen and women."

Gov. Doug Burgum and First Lady Kathryn Helgaas Burgum encourage the public to join them for the annual North Dakota State Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 6 in Memorial Hall at the Capitol. The theme of this year’s holiday tree is “Dream. Hope. Act.”

Gov. Doug Burgum has directed all government agencies to fly the United States and North Dakota flags at half-staff until sunset Saturday, Nov. 10, and encouraged North Dakotans to do the same at their homes and businesses, as a mark of solemn respect for the victims of Wednesday’s shooting in Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Gov. Doug Burgum and First Lady Kathryn Helgaas Burgum were joined by more than 80 stakeholders, peer support specialists, people who have received peer support services and other individuals for the first-ever Peer Support Day at the Capitol.

Gov. Doug Burgum issued a statement on the passing of former state legislator Rae Ann Kelsch of Mandan, who served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1991 to 2012, chairing the House Education Committee for much of that time.