Past Events

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 join local, state and federal officials Monday at Hector International Airport in Fargo for a groundbreaking ceremony marking the start of construction to expand and modify the airport’s existing passenger terminal and build a parking garage. Burgum will deliver remarks highlighting the state’s role in the projects and the importance of modern, efficient airports to North Dakota’s quality of life and economic success.
 

Gov. Doug Burgum will welcome educators, administrators, students and community leaders to the eighth annual Governor’s Summit on Innovative Education on Monday, June 17, at the National Energy Center of Excellence at Bismarck State College.

Gov. Doug Burgum and Lt. Gov. Tammy Miller will participate in the grand opening Monday of the new Innovation Shop at Grand Farm just west of Casselton. The Innovation Shop is the first building constructed on the Innovation Campus, a place where growers, industry professionals and researchers will collaborate to deliver innovative solutions and to demonstrate and research the latest in agriculture technology. 

Gov. Doug Burgum, alongside North Dakota Parks and Recreation Director Cody Schulz, Rendezvous Region Tourism Council President Angelle French and local youth, will break ground on North Dakota’s 14th state park at 2 p.m. Friday, May 31, at Pembina Gorge State Park.

Gov. Doug Burgum, alongside North Dakota Parks and Recreation Director Cody Schulz, North Dakota Game and Fish Director Jeb Williams, state Tourism and Marketing Director Sara Otte Coleman, business leaders and other partners, will launch the Office of Outdoor Recreation at a press conference Thursday, May 9, at Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, south of Mandan.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum on Thursday, May 9, will present to state agency leaders his executive budget guidelines for the 2025-2027 biennium.

Gov. Doug Burgum will lead the groundbreaking ceremony for the new North Dakota State Laboratory on Tuesday, April 16, on the Capitol grounds. Joining him will be Lt. Gov. Tammy Miller, who chairs the North Dakota State Laboratory Steering Committee and the Capitol Grounds Planning Commission, as well as state legislators, cabinet members and leadership from North Dakota Health and Human Services and the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality. 

Gov. Doug Burgum, State Superintendent Kirsten Baesler and State Treasurer Thomas Beadle will be joined by other state officials for a press conference Tuesday, April 2, to launch “Smart with My Money,” a multi-agency effort aimed at making North Dakota the most financially literate state in the nation.