CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…Cloudy. A 20 percent chance of light snow in the evening. Patchy blowing and drifting snow. Lows 10 to 15.

Temperature rising overnight. South winds 15 to 25 mph.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny. Patchy blowing and drifting snow in the

morning. Highs  40. Breezy. Southwest winds around 20 mph

shifting to the west in the afternoon.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. West winds

5 to 15 mph.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 30s. Southwest winds

10 to 15 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows in the lower 20s.

.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 30s.

Lows in the lower 20s.

.MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY…Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower

30s. Lows in the lower 20s.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)   North Dakota’s Giving Hearts Day match,  ends at midnight, Thursday, and a major donation hopes to spark unprecedented giving in Jamestown.

A  woman walked into the Jamestown Salvation Army’s Worship and Service Center and donated $15,000. Her hope is that it would inspire others to give on Giving Hearts Day.

Jamestown Salvation Army administrator, Major Tim Nauta says, “It’s such a generous gift, it surprised all of us.

Her gift increased the matching opportunity for the Jamestown Salvation Army from $4,000 to $19,000, but donations can only be received Thursday at impactgiveback.org.

Your donation of $10 or more will only be matched Thursday on Giving Hearts Day, February 9, 2017.

Last year in Jamestown a total of $5,402 was raised on Giving Hearts Day, all of it was matched and so far this year only $2,000 has been raised (as of 1 p.m. Thursday.)

So what moved the woman to donate?

This video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9qJWdrgTvY

She also said the need is so great and she wants to make sure whoever gives more than $10 to the Jamestown Salvation Army, they’ll know their donation is matched. Thanks to her, $10 becomes $20, $20 becomes $40 and $150 becomes $300.

The Salvation Army Northern Division has been serving Minnesota and North Dakota communities since 1886. Today the Northern Division serves in all 140 counties of both states, providing food, shelter, clothing, youth programs and other critical services to more than 480,000 people per year. To volunteer with The Salvation Army or make a donation, call toll free at 800-SAL-ARMY (800-725-2769). Find us on social media at Facebook.com/SalvationArmyNorth and Twitter at @salarmynorth.

As of mid afternoon, Thursday, Giving Hearts Day had raised over $5.1 million for over 360 different charities in North Dakota.

CHI Mercy Health Foundation reports that at mid afternoon Thursday over $8,200 had been raised at that point.

$10,800 dollars had been raised at that point for the Valley City State University Foundation.

 
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — One of two American Indian tribes fighting the Dakota Access oil pipeline has filed a legal challenge to try to block its completion.

The Cheyenne River Sioux worries a pipeline leak could contaminate its drinking water.

The tribe filed a legal challenge in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. The Army on Wednesday gave Energy Transfer Partners formal permission to lay pipe under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota. That’s the last big chunk of construction for the $3.8 billion pipeline to carry North Dakota oil to Illinois. The work is underway.

The Dallas-based pipeline developer says it will be safe.

President Donald Trump signed an executive action in January instructing the Army Corps of Engineers to advance pipeline construction. The tribes argue that violates treaty rights.

The Standing Rock Sioux tribe has also vowed to fight the construction in court.

 

 

Bismarck  (CSi)   Gov. Doug Burgum on Thursday reappointed Kathleen Neset of Tioga to the North Dakota Board of Higher Education.

Neset was first appointed to the board in June 2012 by Gov. Jack Dalrymple. She applied for a second four-year term and was among three finalists chosen by a nominating committee to be interviewed for the seat.

The state Senate still must confirm her appointment.

Neset is a geologist and president of Neset Consulting, which provides services to the oil and gas industry.

The higher education board oversees the 11 campuses in the North Dakota University System. The board consists of eight voting members appointed by the governor, including a student member, and two non-voting members who represent the system’s faculty and staff.

A second open seat on the board is expected to be filled next week.

 

 

In world and national news…

PHOENIX (AP) — An immigrant mother who was granted leniency under the Obama administration has been deported to Mexico in a sign of how President Donald Trump will carry through on his campaign promises on immigration. The lawyer for Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos and an immigrant advocacy group say they learned from Mexican diplomats in the U.S. that she had been taken back to Mexico. The Phoenix mother was in the country illegally and checked in Wednesday for what she thought was a routine meeting with immigration officials. They then moved to deport her, prompting protests. Seven people were arrested after they blocked immigration vans from leaving a Phoenix location.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House spokesman says top adviser Kellyanne Conway has been “counseled” after she urged people to buy Ivanka Trump products during an interview on Fox News. Conway spoke on Fox News Thursday morning from the White House briefing room — a day after President Donald Trump attacked Nordstrom on Twitter for dropping his daughter’s fashion line. While Trump himself is not subject to the standards of ethical conduct for federal employees, Conway is. Among the rules: An employee shall not use his or her office “for the endorsement of any product, service or enterprise.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has been making a pitch for his Supreme Court nominee to ten senators he summoned to the White House Thursday. He told the group of Democrats and Republicans that Judge Neil Gorsuch is “exceptionally qualified” and has “great intellect.” The president also repeated his assertion that comments Gorsuch made appearing to distance himself from Trump were — in Trump’s word — “misrepresented.” Gorsuch is quoted as telling senators that Trump’s critical comments about a judge who ruled against his refugee and immigration ban were “demoralizing” and “disheartening.”

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Mayor Marty Walsh says public schools in New England’s largest city will close for a second consecutive day. The mayor says classes will be canceled Friday as the region continues to get battered by a fast-moving snowstorm blanketing much of the Northeast. A blizzard warning remains in effect for south coastal Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The National Weather Service says most areas in the region should expect 12 to 15 inches of snow, but some parts could see as much as 20 inches.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Defense lawyers for six men accused of illegally arming themselves in a standoff with federal agents over a roundup of rancher Cliven Bundy’s cows say their clients were simply standing up for their beliefs. The group went on trial in federal court in Las Vegas Thursday. Prosecutors say they brought weapons from Idaho, Arizona and Oklahoma to mount a massive armed assault against federal officers in Nevada.