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CSi Weather…
BLIZZARD WATCH FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
CHRISTMAS DAY SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING…
SNOW…HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY…VERY STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING
SNOW MAY RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
DANGEROUS CHRISTMAS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS.
Forecast…
.REST OF TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO
20 MPH.
.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 15 TO 20. SOUTH WINDS AROUND
10 MPH.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S. SOUTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS AROUND 10. NORTHWEST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S. NORTHEAST
WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA. FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SNOW IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS
AROUND 15.
.CHRISTMAS DAY…SNOW. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE
AFTERNOON. BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…SNOW IN THE EVENING…THEN SNOW LIKELY AFTER
MIDNIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOW MAY
BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE EVENING. VERY WINDY. LOWS AROUND 10.
.MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE
MORNING. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE DAY.
WINDY. HIGHS AROUND 10.
.MONDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
IN THE EVENING. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
.TUESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 15.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 20S.
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM MAY IMPACT MUCH OF THE NORTHERN
PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST CHRISTMAS DAY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.
CONFIDENCE CONTINUES TO INCREASE THAT HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG
WINDS COULD IMPACT MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE…ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS CHRISTMAS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
COULD DEVELOP. DETAILS INCLUDING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BECOME MORE
CERTAIN OVER THE COMING DAYS. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS…BE SURE TO CHECK THE LATEST FORECAST.
Jamestown (CSi) The James River Valley Library System’s new $210,00 bookmobile is in the process of being custom built, with expected delivery in January of 2017.
JRVLS Development Director, Bill Kennedy says the bookmobile was scheduled for delivery in October this year, however, the body construction had to be reworked, with errors noted.
The $210,000 bookmobile is expected be operational in early 2017.
(Photos taken at the Ohio manufacturing plant, courtesy of the James Valley Library System, on line at CSiNewsNow.com)
Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Regional Airport Authority Chairman Jim Boyd has outlined airport changes in 2016.
He says a used Jetway passenger-boarding bridge purchased from Minot International Airport is now being utilized for most flights.
The structure gives shelter for passengers from the terminal and the UnitedExpress/SkyWest flights.
The secured seating area is nearly completed with 50 seats, for the commercial flights.
Boyd points out that the Airport Authority’s is planning an open house in the spring to allow the public to view the recent improvements.
West Fargo, ND (WDAY-TV) – Police and firefighters responded to a report of someone with a gun at an apartment building at 931 10th Avenue West in West Fargo Wednesday night.
The person wielding the gun also pulled a fire alarm inside of the apartment building.
They found a man inside with several firearms.
Police were able to get him outside of the building without the guns.
He was detained around 10:30 PM.
He was then brought to Sanford for a mental Health Evaluation.
Fire fighters cleared the building before leaving the scene.
No one was hurt.
The man has not been identified.
Bismarck (CSi) North Dakota Game and Fish Department law enforcement officers are searching for information related to the likely illegal possession and taking of a mule deer buck and an antlerless whitetail pictured recently on social media at a location that appears to be in or near the pipeline protest camp in southern Morton County.
Anyone with information should contact the Game and Fish enforcement office in Bismarck at 701-328-6604.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A Minot motorcycle club has been charged with selling alcohol without a license.
Authorities say they found a full bar and a cash register when they searched the Ice Cold Ryders Motorcycle Club earlier this month. The complaint says the club doesn’t have a license from the state or city.
Club President Lashone Brown has said the money received by the club was donated.
The club made a court appearance Wednesday. The judge granted a defense request to postpone the case so it could continue gathering evidence and file more motions.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal regulators have outlined corrective steps that must take place before a company may restart a pipeline that leaked 176,000 gallons of oil into and along a creek in western North Dakota.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued the order Tuesday to Belle Fourche (foosh) Pipeline Co.
Company spokeswoman Wendy Owen says the order is under review.
A landowner spotted the spill Dec. 5, after the company’s monitoring equipment failed to detect the rupture.
The company says erosion of a hillside might have ruptured the pipe, but the cause is still being investigated. A precise location of the break is unknown.
The federal agency’s order requires the company to excavate the pipeline in the area of the break, including where it’s placed 45 feet below the creek bed.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota employment experts predict demands for oil field workers will only become more intense in 2017.
Cindy Sanford at the Job Service North Dakota office in Williston says the largest uptick is for hydraulic fracturing crews, which average between 45 and 65 people per crew.
Sanford says recruiters from two large oil field services companies, Schlumberger and Oil States, stopped by the Job Service office this week.
The Williston Herald says the state’s core oil-producing counties, including Williams, McKenzie, Divide and Mountrail, have about 1,300 job openings across all sectors.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem is going to court to block the Obama administration’s final rules designed to reduce the environmental impact of coal mining on streams.
Stenehjem filed the lawsuit Tuesday with the state Public Service Commission. He calls the new rule “the epitome of a midnight regulation,” and says the case involves “a last-ditch effort by the outgoing Administration to encroach on the clear authority” granted to North Dakota and the PSC.
North Dakota contends the new rule places onerous restrictions on surface coal mining and reclamation, and violates federal law and the U.S. Constitution.
The Interior Department says the rule will protect 6,000 miles of streams, preventing debris from coal mining from being dumped into nearby waters.
Republicans vow to overturn it under President Donald Trump.
In sports…
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
ATLANTA (AP) — Andrew Wiggins scored 19 points, Karl-Anthony Towns had 17 points and 18 rebounds and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Atlanta Hawks 92-84 on Wednesday night.
Zach LaVine added 18 points for the Timberwolves, who earned consecutive wins for the first time since April 5-9.
Dennis Schroder finished 21 points and Paul Millsap had 18 points and 10 rebounds for Atlanta, which has lost six of seven at home. The Hawks have lost during that span to four teams — New Orleans, Detroit, Orlando and Minnesota — with losing records.
Atlanta dropped its previous home game last Saturday to Charlotte, which had lost four straight.
Final Cleveland 113 Milwaukee 102
Final Memphis 98 Detroit 86
Final Washington 107 Chicago 97
Final Oklahoma City 121 New Orleans 110
Final Houston 125 Phoenix 111
Final Sacramento 94 Utah 93
Final Dallas 96 Portland 95
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final SO Philadelphia 3 Washington 2
Final Edmonton 3 Arizona 2
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Zach Collins scored 21 points as undefeated and No. 7 Gonzaga beat South Dakota 102-65 on Wednesday night for the best start in program history.
Collins made all nine of his field goal attempts for Gonzaga (12-0), which has won its first 12 games for the first time in a century of basketball.
Nigel Williams-Goss added 14 points and nine rebounds for Gonzaga, which shot 53 percent.
Matt Mooney and Tyler Flack scored 13 points each for South Dakota (9-6), which couldn’t overcome 36 percent shooting.
The Zags concluded a non-conference slate that included victories over Florida, Iowa State, No. 18 Arizona, Washington, Tennessee and San Diego State.
Quentin Snider scored a career-high 22 points and hit a key drive with 1:44 remaining to lead the 10th-ranked Cardinals to a 73-70 triumph over No. 6 Kentucky. Jaylen Johnson and Donovan Mitchell combined for four points in the final 16 seconds to help Louisville end a four-game losing streak to the Wildcats.
Josh Hart scored 20 points and top-ranked Villanova picked up its 18th straight win by slamming American, 90-48. Mikal Bridges and Eric Paschall scored 15 points each for the Wildcats, who made 9 of 10 shots during a 21-2 run.
Second-ranked UCLA got 22 points from Bryce Alford and improved to 13-0 with an 82-68 triumph over Western Michigan. Aaron Holiday chipped in 16 points to help the Bruins head into their Pac-12 schedule unbeaten for the first time since winning the 1995 NCAA championship.
Johnathan Motley had 17 points and 11 rebounds as No. 4 Baylor thumped Texas Southern, 89-63.
Fifth-ranked Duke is 12-1 after Luke Kennard scored 21 points in a tighter-than-expected 72-61 win over Elon at Durham.
Kennedy Meeks scored 10 of his 18 points while eighth-ranked North Carolina dominated the second half of an 85-42 stifling of Northern Iowa.
Final (12) Virginia 56 California 52
Final (13) Butler 81 Vermont 69
Final (15) Purdue 91 Norfolk St. 45
Final Clemson 62 (22) South Carolina 60
COLLEGE FOOTBALL-POINSETTIA BOWL…
BYU has capped a 9-4 season by beating Wyoming in the Poinsettia Bowl at San Diego.
Jamaal Williams rushed for 210 yards and a touchdown as the Cougars downed the Cowboys, 24-21. Williams ran 36 yards for a fourth-quarter score that put BYU ahead 24-3.
Tanner Mangum threw for a TD and ran for another to help the Cougars win.
Josh Allen passed for 207 yards and two touchdowns for Wyoming, but his second interception of the night clinched the victory for BYU.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL-NORTH DAKOTA-IOWA
McCaffrey apologizes
A spokesman at Iowa says basketball coach Fran McCaffery has apologized for not shaking hands following the team’s win over North Dakota Tuesday.
McCaffery walked off the court and waved for his team to follow him to the locker room because he was upset with the chippy play of the Fighting Hawks late in the game.
The spokesman told The Associated Press in an email on Wednesday that, while McCaffery has apologized to head coach Brian Jones and his team, he stands by his concerns.
Peterson…
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson did not practice on Wednesday and his outlook for the game against Green Bay on Saturday is in question.
Peterson says he had “a couple of nicks” that he was getting treatment for after playing his first game in three months on Sunday.
Peterson played 12 snaps in his return from surgery on a torn meniscus in his right knee, but the Vikings lost to the Colts, 34-6.
Peterson says he is taking things “day by day”, but would not speculate if he would be ready to play against the Packers.
Before he returned against the Colts, Peterson said he would likely not play if the Vikings were eliminated from playoff contention.
The Vikings (7-7) have not been officially eliminated, but are far down the list of NFC teams jockeying for a berth.
TWINS-COACHES
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have hired Jeff Smith as first base coach.
Smith replaces Butch Davis, who was not offered a new contract. The Twins also announced Wednesday that Jeff Pickler will serve as the team’s major league coach and coordinator of major league development.
Smith has managed or coached at various levels in the Twins minor league system for the last 12 seasons, spending the last two as manager at Single-A Fort Myers. He played nine seasons of minor league baseball with the Minnesota, Texas and Boston organizations.
Pickler spent the last two seasons as special assistant for player development for the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. He played in 904 career minor league games in the Milwaukee, Texas and Colorado organizations.
MLS OPENERS…
NEW YORK (AP) — Minnesota United will play its Major League Soccer opener at Portland on March 3 in the first match of the 2017 season, and Atlanta United will make its debut two days later at home against the New York Red Bulls.
Minnesota plays its first home game March 12 against Atlanta in a matchup of the two expansion teams, which raise the league’s total to 22.
The league said Wednesday that 14 teams open March 4. New England is at Colorado, Chicago at Columbus, Kansas City at D.C. United, defending champion Seattle at Houston, Dallas at Los Angeles, Toronto at Salt Lake and Montreal at San Jose.
Completing the opening weekend on March 5, New York City is at Orlando in the MLS opener of the team’s new stadium and Philadelphia is at Vancouver.
NBA..
UNDATED (AP) — NBA owners have unanimously approved a proposed seven-year collective bargaining agreement that was tentatively agreed to last week. Two people with direct knowledge of the situation have told The Associated Press that players are expected to finish casting their ballots in the coming days. Once it’s ratified by the players, either side will have the ability to opt out after the 2022-23 season, though the deal will technically extend through 2023-24.
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers haven’t set a timeline for the return of J.R. Smith after the starting guard broke his right thumb in Tuesday’s win at Milwaukee. Injuries like Smith’s typically require at least one month of recovery time, but his return date won’t be determined until after he undergoes surgery. The Cavs also plan to play at least one more game without starter Kevin Love because of a bruised knee.
In world and national news…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — There’s a lot of finger-pointing going on in North Carolina, where a supposedly bipartisan deal to repeal the state’s anti-LGBT law fell apart. After more than nine hours of private and public talks, state legislators quit trying to revoke House Bill 2 and went home. The law became known as the “bathroom bill” because it limited transgenders to public restrooms that lined up with their sex at birth.
BERLIN (AP) — German media are reporting that the fingerprints of Tunisian suspect Anis Amri have been found on the truck that was driven into a Christmas market in Berlin. The hunt continues for Amri. Nearly three days after the deadly attack that killed 12 people and injured 48 others, the market in the center of the German capital has reopened, with concrete blocks in place to provide extra security.
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad is claiming victory in the northern city of Aleppo, saying it’s not only for Syria but for all countries fighting terrorism, especially Russia and Iran. Those two countries have been Assad’s strongest backers since the civil war began in 2011. Syrian rebels are withdrawing from Aleppo as part of a Russian-Turkish deal that would bring the city under Assad’s control.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Ikea, the leading Swedish home furnishings retailer, says “a tentative settlement” has been reached in the case involving three families in the United States whose children died after Ikea chests and dressers tipped over. The separate accidents took place in 2014 and 2016. The settlement reportedly totals $50 million.
MADRID (AP) — Celebrations are guaranteed in Madrid. That’s where all the tickets bearing the top prize number in Spain’s $2.4 billion Christmas lottery were sold. The number appeared on 1,650 tickets in the lottery known as El Gordo, or “The Fat One,” with each holder winning more than $400,000.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman who died of cancer just days before her appearance on “Jeopardy!” aired won six contests in a row and more than $103,000, some of which she donated to cancer research.
Cindy Stowell’s run ended when she finished second in her seventh appearance that aired Wednesday. The 41-year-old Texas woman taped the episodes in August and September while battling Stage 4 colon cancer. She died Dec. 5.
“Jeopardy!” says Stowell was sent advance copies of her first three episodes and watched them in the hospital. The show says it also expedited Stowell her prize money. The Cancer Research Institute says Stowell donated some of the winnings to the nonprofit.
Stowell says in a video shared by “Jeopardy!” the show was a good opportunity to help others.
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