Past Events

Gov. Doug Burgum and First Lady Kathryn Burgum invite the public to join them for music, carols and a holiday reading at the 43rd annual North Dakota State Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, in Memorial Hall at the state Capitol in Bismarck.

Gov. Doug Burgum will present his 2025-2027 executive budget proposal to the 69^th Legislative Assembly at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, in the House chamber of the North Dakota Capitol, 600 E. Boulevard Ave., Bismarck.

Gov. Doug Burgum will present the North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award to Steve D. Scheel, board chairman emeritus of the popular Fargo-based sporting goods, apparel and footwear retailer SCHEELS, in a ceremony at 8 a.m. Tuesday at the Fargo SCHEELS store at 1551 45^th St. S. in Fargo.

Gov. Doug Burgum announced the date and location of the ceremony to present the North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award to Steve D. Scheel, board chairman emeritus of the popular Fargo-based sporting goods, apparel and footwear retailer SCHEELS.

Gov. Doug Burgum on Monday will survey damage and ongoing response efforts to historic wildfires in western North Dakota with the adjutant general of the North Dakota National Guard, Brig. Gen. Mitch Johnson. 

Gov. Doug Burgum will tour the FM Area Diversion project and meet with members of the Metro Flood Diversion Authority Board, city officials, legislators and others on Wednesday in Fargo. 

Lt. Gov. Tammy Miller will join fellow elected officials including state Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring, state legislators, business leaders and others at a press conference Wednesday, Sept. 18, in Bismarck to highlight the positive impacts of the completion of Phase 1 of the Grand Farm Innovation Campus. 

Gov. Doug Burgum will kick off the 2024 Main Street ND Summit with a keynote address at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28, at the Rough Rider Center in Watford City. Registration for the summit remains open here.

Gov. Doug Burgum will participate in a beam signing ceremony to mark a significant milestone in the construction of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora.

Gov. Doug Burgum will participate in a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday for the newly completed North Dakota Soybean Processors soybean crush plant near Casselton.