CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Cloudy. A 20 percent chance of light snow after midnight in the Valley City area. Lows in the lower 20s. North winds 10 to15 mph.

.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s. North winds10 to 15 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 20 to 25. North winds 10 to 20 mph. Lows 15 to 20. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

.THANKSGIVING DAY…Cloudy. A 30 percent chance of snow in the

afternoon in the Jamestown area, 40 percent in the Valley City area. Highs in the upper 20s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Snow likely. Lows in the lower 20s. Chance of

snow 60 percent.

.FRIDAY…Snow likely possibly mixed with freezing rain. Highs in

the lower 30s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.

 

 

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Snow. Areas of blowing and drifting snow after

midnight. Snow may be heavy at times after midnight. Lows in the

upper 20s.

.SATURDAY…Snow. Areas of blowing and drifting snow. Snow may be

heavy at times. Windy. Highs around 30.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Snow likely in the evening, then

chance of snow after midnight. Areas of blowing and drifting snow

through the night. Windy. Lows around 10. Chance of snow

70 percent.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of snow. Patchy

blowing and drifting snow. Highs 15 to 20.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 5 to 10 above.

.MONDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 20.

 

 

There is increasing confidence for a significant winter storm

impacting much of western and central North Dakota this holiday

weekend.

For Thanksgiving Day, light snow is expected, but generally less

than an inch is expected. Travel should be minimally impacted.

Then beginning Thursday night, there will be increasing chances

for a wintry mix of freezing rain and snow, creating a light glaze

of ice on roads, sidewalks and bridges. The freezing rain and snow

is expected to continue on Friday, possibly impacting travel.

 

Then a change over to all snow is expected Friday night, and by

Saturday widespread snow will be possible across much of west and

central North Dakota.

 

Winds are also expected to become strong on Saturday, with

blizzard conditions possible. While confidence in this storm

impacting western and central North Dakota is increasing, exact

details remain uncertain. There is a greater likelihood that

southern parts of the state will see the worst impacts from this

storm.

 

Be prepared for the possibility of significant winter weather

impacts this weekend. Travel may become very hazardous across the

region. Keep up to date on the latest forecast information at

www.weather.gov/bismarck.

 

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Choralaires’ Christmas Dinner Concert is Thursday December 5 and Friday December 6 at the University of Jamestown, Reiland Arts Center, lobby.

On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Choralaires member, Roger Cane said, seating and the social is at 6:30-p.m., with the concert at 7-p.m.

Advanced Reserve Seating Tickets are available only at Looysen I Care at 821 First Avenue, South in Jamestown, during regular business hours.  The ticket price is $40 dollars each.

The deadline to order the advanced tickets is that Monday December 2.

He said the Choralaires, between singing sets, will be serving the meal of Cornish game hens prepared by Sodexo from the University of Jamestown.

Under the directions of Pam Burkhart, with accompanist Rick Wallentine, the singers will be performing traditional Christmas songs.  Besides the group sing, there will be solo performances.

The Choralaires will also lead the sing-a-long at the After Parade Party, at Shadys’ planned after the Holiday Dazzle on Main Parade.

The concert is supported in part by a grant from the North Dakota Council on the Arts, which receives funding from the state legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Roger also pointed out that the 2020 regional Big Sing will be in Eau Clair, Wisconsin.

Jamestown will host the Big Sing in 2022.

He also said the Choralaires will host a spring concert in Jamestown in 2020.

Jamestown  (CSi) The North Dakota Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance has announced that Jamestown teacher William (Bill) Nelson is the Teacher of the Year.

Bill is also the Jamestown High School Football team Coach. The Jamestown Public School District congratulated Mr. Nelson on their website.

The Association is made up of public and private school teachers, collegiate professors, and health professionals.

Bismarck   (CSi)  The North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA), has approved a grant through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program, to Commonwealth Development Corporation for the Eagle Flats project in Jamestown.

$720,000 was awarded in credit authority through LIHTC to support the development, that will create 33 new homes for families including seven supportive housing units that will be reserved for households at risk of homelessness, and provide housing for those with low and moderate incomes. Plans call for a four story structure, with 1, 2 and 3 bedroom units with green space, playground and parking in Downtown Jamestown

The proposed $8.66 million  project,would be built at the site of the former Eagle Club in Jamestown.  The present structure would be demolished.

NDHFA has allocated around $3.8 million in federal tax credit authority through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program.

The Industrial Commission, consisting of Gov. Doug Burgum as chairman, Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring and Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem, oversees NDHFA.

 

 Bismarck  (NDHP)   Since 2014, North Dakota has had five fatalities resulting from motor vehicle crashes either leading up to or right after the Thanksgiving holiday. This Thanksgiving, the North Dakota Highway Patrol is conducting an All-Hands enforcement effort on Wednesday, November 27 and Sunday, December 1 as people travel to and from Thanksgiving festivities.

During the Wednesday preceding and the Sunday following Thanksgiving in 2018, the NDHP conducted just over 10 traffic stops per hour which resulted in a total of 490 stops. These traffic stops resulted in 299 speeding citations, 14 drug related charges, and nine arrests for driving under the influence. In total, NDHP troopers issued 467 citations on these two days.

NDHP requests motorists to drive responsibly this holiday by following the posted speed limit; driving impairment and distraction free; and following all rules of the road. Let’s work to keep things slow for NDHP troopers this Thanksgiving holiday as we all work toward Vision Zero: zero fatalities, zero excuses.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators have endorsed a project that will test a process that injects natural gas underground to try to force more oil out of the state’s shale deposits.

The Bismarck Tribune reports the state Industrial Commission, a three-member panel led Gov. Doug Burgum, approved the “enhanced oil recovery” process Monday for Hess Corp.

The company is proposing the project to target newer Bakken wells near Ross in Mountrail County.

The process already is done in old oil fields by injecting them with carbon dioxide. The technology has not yet been proven in newer wells.

State Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms says the company plans to inject a proprietary foam and natural gas underground, rather than carbon dioxide.

The project will take place over two years.

 

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Judiciary Committee is set to take over the impeachment probe of President Donald Trump next week, scheduling a Dec. 4 hearing on the question of “high crimes and misdemeanors” set out in the Constitution.

The hearing will feature legal experts who will examine the constitutional grounds for impeachment, according to Democratic aides who discussed the schedule on condition of anonymity before any announcement.

The Judiciary hearing will come as the House intelligence committee is expected to submit a report compiling evidence of the committee’s probe on President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine. The intelligence panel held two weeks of impeachment hearings this month examining Trump’s repeated requests for Ukraine to investigate Democrats as the U.S. withheld military aid to the Eastern European country.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says a cache of leaked documents proves that Chinese authorities are engaged in massive and systemic repression of Muslims and other minorities in western China.

Pompeo says the documents leave no doubt as to the scale of the campaign in China’s Xinjiang region. He says an estimated million people have been forced into detention camps and that China should release all those it has arbitrarily detained.

His comments follow the release this week of classified documents showing the camps are not for voluntary job training as Beijing says. The documents say the camps are used for forced ideological and behavioral re-education. They also show how Beijing is using a high-tech surveillance system to target people for detention and to predict who will commit a crime.

 

 

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military says its missile defenses intercepted a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip at southern Israel.

The army said in a statement Tuesday that it identified two projectiles fired from the Palestinian enclave. One was intercepted by an Iron Dome missile defense battery.

It was the second incident this week, and rattled the shaky cease-fire brokered by Egypt and the U.N. two weeks ago that ended two days of fighting with Palestinian militants.

Earlier this month, Israel killed a senior Islamic Jihad militant in the Gaza Strip. The militant group launched hundreds of rockets at Israel in response. Israeli retaliatory strikes left at least 34 Palestinians dead, including 16 civilians.

Unofficial cease-fires have led to months of calm between Israel and Hamas, the militant group ruling Gaza.

 

GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say most of the nearly 5,500 people who fled a Southern California wildfire will be allowed to return home.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said Tuesday the evacuation area was being reduced.

The fire erupted Monday in the mountains above Santa Barbara shortly and was blown down toward neighborhoods by strong winds.

However, no homes have been lost and no injuries were reported.

The fire has grown to more than 6.5 square miles (16.8 square kilometers) and remains uncontained.

The sheriff says evacuations for some people will likely continue.