Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Feb 27

CSi Weather…

 

Forecast…

.TONIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows around 5 below. West winds 10 to

15 mph. Wind chills around 25 below.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 15. West winds 5 to

10 mph. Lowest wind chills around 20 below in the morning.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow

after midnight.  Lows near zero. West winds around 5 mph shifting to the north after midnight.

.FRIDAY…Mostly cloudy with a 60 percent chance of snow in the Jamestown area 50 percent in the Valley City area. Highs 10 to 15. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows around 10 below.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Highs near zero.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 15 below.

.SUNDAY…Partly sunny. Highs around 5 below.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows around 10 below.

.MONDAY…Partly sunny. Highs 5 to 10 above.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows around 5 below.

.TUESDAY…Partly sunny. Highs 10 to 15.

 

Localized stronger winds sustained at 15 to 25 mph with gusts to
35 mph will create areas of blowing snow in portions of northeast
and east central North Dakota Wednesday. These areas of blowing snow
will reduce visibility to near whiteout conditions at times. Be
prepared for sudden changes in visibility if you are travelling in
northeast or east central North Dakota today.

Accumulating snow Thursday night into Friday morning possible,
generally along and south of Interstate 94 where 1 to 3 inches of
snow could fall.

An extended period of dangerous wind chills is possible Friday
night through early next week.

 

 

Jamestown, ND, February 27, 2019 — Congratulations to team Get ‘ER done, the top point earner for New Year New You challenge week seven. Team Get ‘ER done includes seven participants from Jamestown Regional Medical Center’s Emergency Department.

NYNY is an eight-week wellness challenge that encourages participants to develop positive lifestyle changes.

NYNY is about exercising and eating right. It’s also about staying healthy. One way to improve or maintain health is by making healthy choices.

Nutrition is an integral part of overall health, healing and disease prevention.

JRMC Nutrition Services Manager & Registered Dietitian, Holly Kiehl said it is important to practice being mindful of what you eat.

“Before reaching for something to munch on, stop and think whether this food is nourishing your body or causing disease,” said Kiehl. “Learn to eat to maintain overall health and well-being. Start by making a single healthy choice, which often leads to healthier choices. It is about creating sustainable healthy choices that lead to a balanced lifestyle.”

With one week left, use this time to try out new healthy recipes like this week’s slow cooker chicken fajitas and honeycrisp salad. Earn one point for trying a NYNY recipe of the week.

Enjoy this week’s community activity outside of normal activities and yield five bonus points this week. In addition, earn extra points for the work-friendly Lose Your Lap exercises and the more intense High-Intensity Interval Training.

Team points are due by 8 a.m. on Tuesday. To learn more about NYNY or two submit points, visit www.jrmcnd.com/nyny. View the full list of teams at www.jrmcnd.com/nyny/teams-standings/.

About Jamestown Regional Medical Center

Jamestown Regional Medical Center is located at 2422 20^th St. SW, Jamestown, N.D. and serves approximately 55,000 people in nine counties. In 2018, it was named a “Top 100 Critical Access Hospital” as well as a “Best Places to Work in Healthcare.”  For more information, visit www.jrmcnd.com or call (701) 952-1050.

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Grand Forks police are investigating a stabbing at an apartment complex.Authorities say they were called to the complex Tuesday morning for a physical altercation between a man and woman. Arriving officers found the 29-year-old woman had been stabbed and that a 36-year-old man was likely responsible.The woman was taken to Altru Hospital. The extent of her injuries was not disclosed. The man was arrested for aggravated assault as well as an outstanding warrant for simple assault.Police say there is no general threat to the public. 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The opening of North Dakota’s first medical marijuana dispensary has been delayed a day.Acreage Holdings was to open The Botanist in Fargo Thursday. The Health Department says it’s been changed to Friday.

Medical Marijuana Division Director Jason Wahl says the facility didn’t pass final city inspection until Wednesday, and it still needs to undergo the final stages of a state inspection Thursday.

The Botanist will sell medical marijuana produced by a Bismarck manufacturing facility. Wahl says that initially it will have dried leaves and flowers and two types of concentrates. Those are two of six forms allowed under state law. The dispensary will add more forms later.

Voters approved medical marijuana in November 2016. The state hopes to have dispensaries operating in North Dakota’s eight major cities by fall.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Republican-led House has passed a resolution urging Congress to follow the state’s lead and ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.Representatives passed the resolution 77-11 on Wednesday.North Dakota passed a law in 2013 that outlaws abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, based on the disputed premise that a fetus can feel pain by then.The Red River Clinic in Fargo is the state’s sole abortion clinic. Officials at the clinic say the ban is unconstitutional but it does not apply to North Dakota because no abortions are performed at the clinic after 16 weeks.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is not backing down on his proposal to change the state’s higher education governance from one board to two.Burgum told the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday that the one-board “does not go far enough to meet the needs of higher education within the 21st century.”

Burgum says multiple boards would allow the North Dakota’s 11 colleges and universities to better react to issues.

But the House earlier this month disagreed and defeated the idea of two boards by a 74-19 vote.

Burgum says the two-board idea will have a better chance with voters, who must ultimately approve any changes to the higher education board.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is not backing down on his proposal to change the state’s higher education governance from one board to two.Burgum told the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday that the one-board “does not go far enough to meet the needs of higher education within the 21st century.”

Burgum says multiple boards would allow the North Dakota’s 11 colleges and universities to better react to issues.

But the House earlier this month disagreed and defeated the idea of two boards by a 74-19 vote.

Burgum says the two-board idea will have a better chance with voters, who must ultimately approve any changes to the higher education board.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Soil moistures supplies in North Dakota appear to be in decent shape as spring planting season nears.The federal Agriculture Department says in its monthly crop report that 80 percent of subsoil moisture supplies and 89 percent of topsoil moistures supplies are rated adequate to surplus.Stock water supplies in the state are rated 83 percent adequate to surplus.About two-thirds of North Dakota’s winter wheat crop is rated in good condition. Cattle and calf conditions are about the same, with the death loss mostly average to light.

 

In sports…

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fordham University is confirming it got a letter from Donald Trump’s then-lawyer threatening legal action if Trump’s academic records became public. Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen has told Congress that Trump directed him to write letters warning his schools and the College Board not to disclose his grades or SAT scores. Trump attended the Roman Catholic university in New York City for two years. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. Penn and the College Board declined to comment.HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — When President Donald Trump met with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, only the two leaders and their interpreters know what was said. Trump’s tendency to meet face-to-face without staff taking notes has sparked concern; Democrats unsuccessfully tried to subpoena the translator after Trump met privately last year for more than two hours with Russian President Vladimir Putin.RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An operative in North Carolina’s unresolved congressional race is charged with obstruction and illegal ballot possession related to the 2016 and 2018 elections. Testimony and findings from an elections board hearing last week accused Leslie McCrae Dowless of conducting a “ballot-harvesting” operation. He and assistants are accused of gathering absentee ballots by offering to put them in the mail. It’s illegal for anyone other than the voter or close relative to handle mail-in ballots.SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities say blowing and drifting snow in eastern Washington state has closed down portions of several state highways, forced schools to close and caused numerous vehicle crashes. Winds were gusting up to 35 mph and the National Weather Service said Wednesday that the snow would fall through Thursday. The service says drifting snow was creating problems in an area spanning the central Columbia Basin, the western suburbs of Spokane and farming areas south of Spokane.

 

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military says it shot down two Indian warplanes in the disputed region of Kashmir and captured a pilot, answering an airstrike a day earlier by Indian aircraft inside Pakistan and raising tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals to a level unseen in the last two decades.

 

(AP) As Walmart moves to phase out its familiar blue-vested “greeters” at some 1,000 stores nationwide, disabled workers who fill many of those jobs say they’re being ill-treated by a chain that styles itself as community-minded and inclusive.

Walmart told greeters around the country last week that their positions would be eliminated on April 26 in favor of an expanded, more physically demanding “customer host” role. To qualify, they will need to be able to lift 25-pound (11-kilogram) packages, climb ladders and stand for long periods.

That came as a heavy blow to greeters with cerebral palsy, spina bifida and other physical disabilities. For them, a job at Walmart has provided needed income, served as a source of pride and offered a connection to the community.

Now Walmart, America’s largest private employer, is facing a backlash as customers rally around some of the chain’s most highly visible employees.

Walmart says it is striving to place greeters in other jobs at the company, but workers with disabilities are worried.