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CSi Weather…

 

TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds10 to 15 mph.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 15 to 20 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the Jamestown area, 40 percent in the Valley City area. Some thunderstorms may be severe with heavy rainfall. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight.

.FRIDAY…Mostly sunny.   A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the Valley City area.

Highs in the lower 80s. North winds 10 to

15 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Decreasing clouds. Lows in the lower 60s. North

winds 5 to 10 mph.

.SATURDAY…Mostly cloudy with chance of showers and slight

chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of

precipitation 40 percent.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with chance of rain showers and

slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of

precipitation 40 percent.

.SUNDAY…Cloudy. Chance of showers and slight chance of

thunderstorms in the morning, then showers likely and slight

chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 70. Chance

of precipitation 60 percent.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy with chance of rain showers and

slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of

precipitation 50 percent.

.MONDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.

 

Thursday afternoon and early evening, storms could quickly grow and develop into supercells with all severe threats present, including a few tornadoes. Then, an increasing wind threat.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  Interstate Engineering reports that, due to unforeseen circumstances, 20th St. SW from the Jamestown Regional
Medical Center (JRMC) to Menards will remain closed on Friday, June 15th to finish the final pavement markings. The road will be reopened to traffic by 6:00 am, Saturday, June 16th. Please plan to use alternative routes during this final construction phase.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL STEVE ALDINGER, PE, AT
INTERSTATE ENGINEERING, INC. – (701) 252-0234.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The 60 Foot Experience Drag Race is Wednesday June 13th at S&R Truck Plaza, on Business Loop East in Jamestown.

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Registration from 4-p.m., to 5:30-p.m., competition starts at 6-p.m.

This is the first of two planned.

Sponsored by James Valley Street Machines and S&R Truck Plaza.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Voter turnout for North Dakota’s primary election was the third worst in the state’s last 10 June elections.

Voting statistics compiled by the North Dakota Secretary of State show Tuesday’s statewide ballot drew 114,340 North Dakotans to the polls. That’s a turnout rate of 19.6 percent.

North Dakota has no voter registration. Turnout is calculated by comparing the number of voters to an estimate of North Dakota’s voting age population. Officials say almost 582,000 people were eligible to vote.

The most anemic turnout in the past 10 June elections was during the 2014 primary, when 17 percent of eligible North Dakotans voted.

The highest turnout was in 2012, when almost 33 percent of eligible North Dakotans voted.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota district courts are asking for more full-time staff for the next state budget cycle.

The Bismarck Tribune reports that the Administrative Council plans to recommend that North Dakota’s Supreme Court budget for 10 requested positions in several counties and judicial districts around the state.

The state’s court system cut about 10 percent of its staff in the 2017 legislative session due to budget reductions. State court administrator Sally Holewa says that percentage amounts to more than 35 employees and seven temporary or contract employees cut from an already short-staffed system.

The council won’t give its final recommendation on the district court budget until its September meeting. The state Supreme Court will finalize the full budget and submit a copy to the Office of Management and Budget by mid-November.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A New Town man accused of fatally stabbing another man on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation has pleaded not guilty in federal court.

Twenty-six-year-old Donovan Duchaine is charged with second-degree murder and assault with a dangerous weapon in the death of 29-year-old David Rios, also of New Town.

Authorities say Rios was stabbed outside a residence in the town on May 25.

The Bismarck Tribune reports that Duchaine is scheduled to stand trial beginning Aug. 6.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on a child pornography charge.Forty-four-year-old Jess Mallo, of Williston, was convicted of possession of materials depicting the sexual exploitation of children. Authorities say Mallo uploaded child pornography images to his email account.Court documents show that Mallo has a prior conviction in 2005 involving the sexual molestation of two minors in Minnesota.U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland says Mallo must serve 10 years of supervised release after his prison term. 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators have fined CenturyLink Inc. $10,000 for violating the state’s excavation notice system.The Public Service Commission says the communications company violated the state’s “one-call” law 25,701 times last year.State law requires excavators to call a “one-call center” at least 48 hours before they begin digging, so the center has time to notify the excavator whether there are any pipelines or utility facilities buried there.Utilities are required to provide “positive responses” to the center to ensure the digging area has been inspected and marked. The company says in regulatory filings its responses to the center were being rejected due to an incorrect password.Under the agreement accepted Tuesday, the PSC suspended $15,000 of the fine if no other violations occur in five years.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Health Department issued a permit Wednesday allowing construction of an oil refinery about 3 miles (5 kilometers) from Theodore Roosevelt National Park, a project opposed by several national and regional conservation groups.

The Davis Refinery still has other hurdles, but the permission to build that followed a 1 ½-year state review is a major victory for the project planned by Meridian Energy Group, based in California and North Dakota.

“The confirming review by the (state) was the most thorough review I’ve been involved with in my career,” Senior Project Manager Dan Hedrington said. Meridian CEO William Prentice said the state review “validates” work the company has done ensuring the plant will be “the cleanest refinery on the planet.”

Several groups including the Badlands Conservation Alliance doubt that. Executive Director Jan Swenson called it “a pretty sad day for the state of North Dakota.”

The National Parks Conservation Association, the Environmental Law and Policy Center and the Badlands Area Resource Council issued a joint statement Wednesday condemning the decision.

The permit decision can be appealed to the Health Department and then to state district court. Opposition groups said they were reviewing their options.

There is no state requirement for an independent review.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Nearly all of North Dakota’s staple spring wheat crop has emerged, and it’s looking in decent shape.The federal Agriculture Department says in its weekly crop report that only 2 percent of the crop is rated poor or very poor. Most of the spring wheat is rated either fair or good.The same is true for most other small grains and row crops.Topsoil moisture supplies statewide are rated 70 percent adequate to surplus, and subsoil moisture is 60 percent in those categories.Pasture and range conditions statewide are mostly rated fair or good. Stockwater supplies are mostly rated adequate.

 

 

In sports…

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Eleven former University of North Dakota women’s hockey players have filed a discrimination lawsuit seeking to reinstate the program that was cut 15 months ago.

The federal complaint filed Tuesday against the North Dakota University System alleges that the university violated Title IX laws that prohibit women from being treated differently because of gender. The suit says the hockey program was “the most prominent and popular sport” among women’s athletic programs at the Grand Forks college.

Billie Jo Lorius, spokesman for the university system, and Peter Johnson, spokesman for the university, both declined to comment because the lawsuit is active.

The players are seeking class-action status on behalf of the university’s “current, prospective and future female students” affected by dropping the NCAA Division I program. The suit says there are increasing numbers of young women in North Dakota and throughout the Upper Midwest playing hockey at the high school and club levels.

The Fighting Hawks women’s hockey team was ranked as high as No. 6 in the nation in 2016-17, their final season. The team reached the NCAA quarterfinals two straight years when twin sisters and U.S. Olympic stars Monique and Jocelyne Lamoureux were on the roster. Several other former Hawks played in the Olympics.

 

In world and national news…

MONTAUK, New York (AP) — An Associated Press investigation finds that a leading sustainable seafood distributor who promised wild-caught, domestic fish traceable back to a dock has been duping chefs across the U.S. Reporters traced the supply chain of New York-based Sea To Table to migrant fishermen in foreign waters who described labor abuses, poaching and the slaughter of sharks, whales and dolphins.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he’s taking the lead on U.S. talks with North Korea and that he expects detailed talks to resume next week. Speaking from Seoul, South Korea, Pompeo told reporters that U.S.-South Korea military exercises will resume if North Korea stops negotiating in good faith over its nuclear program. He also said the administration is hopeful that “major disarmament” steps will occur before the end of Trump’s first term in January 2021.

 

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer is searching for a new legal team to represent him in an FBI investigation of his business dealings. A person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press that Michael Cohen’s current legal team plans to stop handling the case. It wasn’t clear what prompted the change or who would take over. The person wasn’t authorized to discuss the matter and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — A massive new international study finds that Antarctica is melting three times faster than it used to. Wednesday’s report finds that since 1992, 3 trillion tons of ice has melted. That’s enough to cover the state of Texas in nearly 13 feet of water. The Antarctic ice sheet is a key indicator of man-made climate change. Scientists worry that a tipping point has been passed in parts of the southern-most continent. They say under natural conditions, Antarctica’s ice sheet shouldn’t be melting.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is raising its benchmark interest rate for the second time this year and signaling that it may step up its pace of rate increases because of solid economic growth and rising inflation. The Fed now foresees four rate hikes this year, up from the three it had previously forecast.