Pipeline protesters blocking North Dakota construction yard
MANDAN, N.D. — Protesters are blocking a construction yard for the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota.
Morton County sheriff’s spokesman Rob Keller says the protesters entered the work area Saturday morning and are blocking the entrance.
Workers were evacuated, and Keller says police are responding.
Earlier Saturday, Keller says a caravan of about 150 cars left the protest camps and arrived in Mandan, where protesters stood and blocked the intersection of state Highway 6 and Main Street.