Officials in North Dakota town see no way to block white supremacist Cobb from buying old church

NOME — This 62-person hamlet in Barnes County is facing a question other sleepy North Dakota towns have already grappled with: What should be done when white supremacist Craig Cobb is trying to move in?

Cobb, aka Paul Craig Cobb, has already tried to turn the towns of Leith and Antler into enclaves of white supremacists. Now, it’s believed he started last week to move into the former Zion Lutheran Church in Nome, about 70 miles southwest of Fargo.

At a meeting of the Nome City Council on Sunday, Feb. 5, Mayor Bruce Storhoff said he’s heard Cobb intends to buy the old church, which is currently zoned as a residence and not a gathering place. However, the sale is not yet complete, and the county recorder’s office has not registered it, Storhoff said.

“As a governing body, we really don’t have a leg to stand on just to not let him in if that sale goes through,” the mayor said, adding that Cobb would have to do something illegal before officials could intervene.

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