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CSi weather…..WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY…INCLUDES THE JAMESTOWN AND VALLEY CITY AREAS..

Forecast…

WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Patchy blowing and drifting snow in the evening. Snow.

Snow accumulation around 2 inches. Storm total 3 to 4 inches.

Lows zero to 5 above. North winds 10 to 15 mph.

.THURSDAY…Partly sunny in the morning then clearing. Highs

10 to 15. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows zero to 5 above.

Temperatures rising into the mid teens after midnight. Southwest

winds 5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow in the

morning. Highs in the lower 20s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows zero to 5 above. Northwest

winds 10 to 15 mph.

.SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Highs 15 to 20.

Lows zero to 5 above.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. Highs around 10.

.SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around

10 below. Highs 5 to 10 above.

.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Highs zero to

5 above. Lows around 10 below.

.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny. A 40 percent chance of snow in the

afternoon. Highs 5 to 10 above.

 

 

For Thursday through Christmas and into Tuesday, much colder
conditions are forecast as an Arctic airmass overtakes the region.
Dangerous sub-zero wind chills are expected, especially this
coming weekend through Christmas and Tuesday. Those with travel
plans should stay up to date at www.weather.gov/bismarck.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Public Works informs residents that due to the winter storm, City crews will begin snow removal on the Emergency Routes, Thursday, December 21, 2017.

City crews will begin snow removal in the DOWNTOWN area beginning approximately at 11:00 p.m.,Thursday, December 21, 2017, and continue during the night.

Downtown merchants and all public/private schools are asked to have their sidewalks shoveled by 9 p.m, Thursday, December 21, 2017.

 

PLEASE NOTE:

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

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The 3rd Annual Jamestown “Battle of the Badges Blood Drive” will be Thursday January 4 2018, from 11:30-a.m., to 6-p.m., Friday January 5th 11:30-a.m., to 5:30-p.m., and Saturday January 6th from 7:30-a.m., to 11:30-a.m., at the Jamestown Civic Center Exchequer Room.

Team Law vs. Team Fire. The goal is to have 250 donors give blood, to United Blood Services.

Every person that gives blood will receive a blood drive t-shirt.

Your local firefighters and law enforcement thank you for bringing out the hero in you to donate blood.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The year in news in North Dakota began with the end of a yearlong protest against the Dakota Access oil pipeline that attracted thousands of demonstrators to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. The year ended with attempts to settle a protest against another massive project, the Red River diversion.

In addition to protests, there were vigils after a pair of shocking killings in a state known for its low crime rate. Rolette County Sheriff’s Deputy Colt Allery was slain in a shootout after a stolen car chase. He is believed to be the 57th officer in the state to die while on duty.

And residents were trying to come to grips with the death of a pregnant Fargo woman allegedly killed by neighbors who wanted to keep her baby.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The U.S. Census Bureau says North Dakota’s population shrank slightly over the last year after several years of growth.

According to a census estimate released Wednesday, North Dakota was among a handful of states that lost population. As of July 1, North Dakota’s population was estimated at 755,393, down 155 from a revised estimate of 755,548 the same time a year ago.

North Dakota’s estimated population has grown since the 2010 Census pegged it at more at 672,000. The state’s population grew as the Bakken oil boom peaked.

According to North Dakota Census Office manager Kevin Iverson, figures suggest some young adults who moved into the state have left.

North Dakota’s population is still near an all-time high, and has grown by an estimated 83,000 residents since the 2010 census.

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — Technical issues with a correctional facility’s video visitation system have left some inmates in western North Dakota unable to receive visitors for about two months.

KXMB-TV reports that the video visitation system in the older part of the Williams County Correctional Center is inoperable for more than two dozen inmates. County Sheriff Verlan Kvande says the technical issues come from system upgrades.

Kvande says that jail standards prohibit inmates in the older part of the facility to transfer to the newer part for visitation purposes. He says it’s unfair to inmates and an unfortunate circumstance.

There is no time frame for when the video visitation system will be fully operational again.

Construction to expand the correctional facility has also led to other issues, including plumbing and door and camera electronics.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Department of Agriculture says its disbursed funds to eligible producers for a portion of hay transportation expenses incurred between June and mid-November.

Producers applied for about $4 million in assistance. The state Department of Emergency Service approved $1.5 million for the emergency hay transportation assistance program.

So producers are getting about 36 percent of their eligible application costs.

 

 

In sports…

Jamestown  (CSi)  The University of Jamestown men’s basketball program hosts the First Annual high school boys Holiday Classic Friday, December 22, 2017 at Harold Newman Arena on the UJ campus.

The boys basketball includes a top 10 showdown in North Dakota Class B basketball.

The matchups  include:

Second-ranked Beulah (1-0) taking on 10th-ranked Fargo Oak Grove (1-0) at 7:45 p.m.

Park Christian Minnesota will play Solen (3-0) at 6:15 p.m. Admission is $7 for adults and $3 for students and seniors.

 

In world and national news…

Washington  (Fox News) The House gave the final stamp of approval Wednesday to a sweeping tax reform package, handing President Trump his first major legislative victory and most Americans a tax cut starting next year.

With a 224-201 House vote, Congress sent the $1.5 trillion package to Trump’s desk. The biggest rewrite of the federal tax code since the Reagan administration will usher in steep rate cuts for American companies, double the deduction millions of families claim on their annual returns and make a host of other changes taking effect in a matter of weeks.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has declared “Obamacare” dead. But it actually lives on. He said Wednesday that the tax bill he’ll be signing into law quietly repeals President Barack Obama’s health care law. But as an AP Fact Check finds, it only takes away fines on people who fail to carry health insurance. That’s a major change. But other big elements remain in place, like subsidies for individual policies, Medicaid expansion and rules against denying coverage to people with pre-existing illness.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s top economics aide insists he is staying at the White House after Congress approved the tax overhaul. Gary Cohn, the former second-in-command at the investment bank Goldman Sachs, had stirred some frustration with Trump after criticizing the president’s reaction to the white supremacy rally this year in Charlottesville, Virginia.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown clock is ticking toward a Friday midnight deadline, and congressional Republicans are scrambling to finalize a must-pass spending bill. A major obstacle has evaporated _ after key GOP senators dropped a demand to add health insurance subsidies for the poor. The No. 2 House Republican says party leaders have scrapped plans to combine a short-term spending bill with $81 billion worth of disaster aid and a $658 billion Pentagon funding measure.

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Now that federal telecom regulators have repealed net neutrality, it may be time to brace for the arrival of internet “fast lanes” and “slow lanes.” The Associated Press queried seven major internet providers about their post-net-neutrality plans, and all of them equivocated when asked if they might establish fast and slow lanes. None of the seven companies _ Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, Charter, Cox, Sprint and T-Mobile _ would rule out the possibility.

 

BOSTON (AP) — A Boston lawyer who has represented dozens of people who say they were abused by priests calls the late Cardinal Bernard Law “an example of the immorality of the Catholic Church” for shielding clergy. Mitchell Garabedian says Law was “an enabler of clergy sexual abuse.” Garabedian was flanked by two people who said they were abused by priests as children.