Bismarck hotel, gas station robbed at gunpoint

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bismarck police are investigating the armed robberies of a hotel and a gas station.

Authorities say a person believed to be a woman used a handgun to hold up the MainStay Suites and the Country West Shell. The robberies happened within a matter of minutes early Monday.

The suspect fled both businesses with an undisclosed amount of cash.