Bismarck, N.D. (AP) The head of North Dakota's Game and Fish Department says the agency still can't account for 12 guns missing from a hunter education program.
Director Terry Steinwand says the agency has exhausted its investigation. He says the missing guns are entered in a federal database so they'll be tracked if they ever show up.
The issue of the missing guns surfaced in a June review by the state auditor's office that criticized the agency's misuse of public money and its "noncompliance with laws, rules and policies.''
Problems uncovered by auditors included improper payments to employees and more than 100 guns missing from the volunteer hunter education program. Most of the guns were found and Steinwand has said steps are being taken to correct other problems.