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.
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) — 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.
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.
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