wbPM4CSi Weather…

VALLEY CITY

…WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM CST WEDNESDAY…

JAMESTOWN

.WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT  TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY…

 

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 50 PERCENT CHANCE IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS

AROUND 10 BELOW. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND

25 BELOW.

.WEDNESDAY…A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.  SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 5 BELOW. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO

15 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 30 BELOW.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW

AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW. TEMPERATURES RISING INTO

THE LOWER SINGLE DIGITS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO

20 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 30 BELOW.

.THURSDAY…SUNNY. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THE

DAY. HIGHS AROUND 5 BELOW. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. COLDER. LOWS AROUND 25 BELOW.

WEST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH

AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS NEAR ZERO.

.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS 10 TO 15. LOWS

NEAR ZERO.

.SUNDAY THROUGH MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS

IN THE LOWER 20S. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.

.MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 15. HIGHS

IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S.

 

DANGEROUS TO LIFE THREATENING WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH

FRIDAY MORNING.

AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE

WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown city crews have begun the full snow removal program Tueday  morning and will continue snow removal in the RESIDENTIAL areas to begin at approximately 11:00 a.m. today, Tuesday, January 10, 2017.

City crews will begin snow removal in the DOWNTOWN area beginning approximately at 11:00 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, January 10, 2017, and continue during the night.

Downtown merchants and all public/private schools are asked to have their sidewalks shoveled by 9 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, January 10, 2017.

PLEASE NOTE:

The above schedule is contingent upon changing weather conditions and snow accumulation totals.

The Jamestown weather station reported four inches of new snowfall in the  24 hours ending at 6-a.m., Tuesday. Total snow accumulation for winter of 2016-17 is 41 inches.  .02 of an inch of moisture in the four inches of new snow, bring the January moisture to  .08 of an inch as of 6-a.m., Tuesday.

 

Jamestown  (CSi) The Jamestown City Council will meet in Special Session Wednesday January 11, 2017

At 4-p.m., at City Hall.

The topics will concern the City Assessor and City Building Inspector positions.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Polar Pig, “Walk The Plank,” activities to support the JRMC Hospice program will be on Saturday February 4, 2017, at Stutsman Harley Davidson in Jamestown.

This is the 11th year that Walk The Plank has supported the area hospice program, and is sponsored by the Jamestown Harley Owners Group (HOG) Chapter.

The day begins with a Silent and Live Auction at 10-a.m., till 1-p.m.

Registration and the ABATE Chili Cookoff is at 10:30-a.m., and Walk the Plank begins at 12-noon.

Those donating $100 receive a free Hero Cape.

For more information contact Don Wegner at 701-320-7866.

 

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Federal authorities have arrested a Fargo man suspected of making threats against U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota. U.S. Capitol Police, with help from Red River Valley SWAT, arrested the man at his south Fargo home on Tuesday morning.

A criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court on Monday, Jan. 9, charges Kevin Lee Olson  with mailing threatening communications.

Fargo police say he admitted to making the threats last week.

Fargo Police Chief Dave Todd says  threats were made against a North Dakota’s U.S. senator. A spokeswoman for Heitkamp says the Democratic senator was threatened, but that details would have to come from the U.S. Attorney’s office.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Republican-led Senate has rejected a measure to update state law to reflect the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 decision that same-sex couples have the right to marry.

The bill failed 15-31 on Tuesday. It would have updated dozens of references, such as “husband and wife,” to gender-neutral terms.

North Dakota law lists “one man, one woman” or “husband and wife” for everything from marriages and divorces to fishing licenses.

The measure got a hearing last week in the Senate Judiciary Committee, which voted 4-2 to recommend against passage.

Committee chairman Sen. Kelly Armstrong, a Republican, says rejecting the measure is only symbolic since same-sex marriage is now legal nationwide.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The chairman of North Dakota’s oil-rich Fort Berthold Reservation has renewed threats to pull out of a revenue sharing agreement with the state.

Three Affiliated Tribes Chairman Mark Fox told the North Dakota House’s Finance and Taxation Committee Tuesday that a measure that would cut tax increases for producers if oil prices rebound above $90 a barrel is a violation of the tax agreement.

The Legislature in 2015 passed a measure that abolished most price-based incentives in exchange for a lower tax rate. The tribes have opposed tax cuts because they say more money is needed to pay for consequences of oil development on the reservation.

House Majority Leader Al Carlson says the state gained about $450 million in the past year by cutting the price incentives.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The cost of policing the Dakota Access pipeline protests in North Dakota is at least $22 million — more than $5 million more than the state set aside last year.

Protest-related funding decisions will be made by state lawmakers during the 2017 session. Leaders of the House and Senate appropriation committees say more funding will be approved, though the amount and method isn’t known.

Rep. Jeff Delzer says state officials also still hope the federal government will help with funding.

The four-state, $3.8 billion pipeline is to carry North Dakota oil to Illinois. Opponents believe the project threatens drinking water and Native American cultural sites, which Texas-based developer Energy Transfer Partners denies.

Opponents built a protest encampment in southern North Dakota. There have been nearly 600 arrests since August.

 

 

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — Local sheriff’s officials say they’ve tallied the numbers on the costs and resources needed to maintain law and order at the encampment of demonstrators protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline.

The Morton County Sheriff’s Office says the state and local cost to ensure public safety since last August is $22 million. Sheriff’s officials say 91 in-state agencies and 33 out-of-state agencies have provided support.

The agency says 94.5 percent of the 581 people that have been arrested at the protest site are from other states besides North Dakota. And, of those arrested, 182 have criminal records.

The sheriff’s office says its numbers come from the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services and several other agencies.

 

In world and national news…

CHICAGO (AP) — As President Barack Obama prepares to deliver his farewell speech in his home town of Chicago Tuesday night, he’s telling supporters “our work will always be unfinished.” In a Facebook post, Obama says, “We’ve run our leg in a long relay of progress.” Obama faces a daunting task t — explaining how his vision of America remains relevant and achievable for Democrats in the era of Donald Trump.

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is pushing for an immediate repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act, contradicting the wishes of some in his own party. Some Republican lawmakers want to quickly repeal President Barack Obama’s signature legislative achievement but wait up to two or three years to pass a full replacement. Trump told The New York Times Tuesday that he wants a repeal vote “probably some time next week.” He also said a replacement will come “very quickly or simultaneously.” But Republicans in Congress appear nowhere near a deal, and House Speaker Paul Ryan has urged that lawmakers be given time to draft replacement legislation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators is directly challenging Donald Trump over Russia’s behavior in the U.S. elections and for ongoing aggression in other parts of the world. Legislation being unveiled Tuesday would impose mandatory visa bans and freeze the financial assets of anyone who carries out cyberattacks against computer systems and democratic institutions. Trump has been dismissive of the intelligence report that said Russia hacked Democratic Party computers to help Trump become president. And aides have said he could roll back Russian sanctions.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s transition spokesman is condemning the tactics used by Code Pink and other groups  to protest Sen. Jeff Sessions’ confirmation hearing to be attorney general. The hearing was repeatedly disrupted by protesters who were then dragged out of the room by police. Incoming press secretary Sean Spicer tells reporters that the protesters were attempting “to disrupt our democratic process.” He said Democratic leaders should be asked to denounce what he called these “left-wing tactics” — just as Trump was asked to denounce what Spicer described as “random individuals” who supported him during the campaign.

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — A woman who was charged with killing four people by driving her car into spectators at Oklahoma State University’s 2015 homecoming parade has been sentenced to life in prison. Adacia Chambers agreed to a plea bargain Tuesday before her jury trial was to begin. She pleaded no contest to four counts of second-degree murder and 39 counts of assault and battery. Chambers’ attorneys say she has a mental illness and suffered a psychiatric episode at the time of the crash.