Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Mar 12

CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Clear, colder. Lows 15 to 20. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 20s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Lows 5 to 10 above. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

.SATURDAY…Cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow in the Jamestown area. Highs around 20. East winds 10 to 15 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow in the Jamestown area, 40 percent in the Valley City area. Lows around 15.

.SUNDAY…Cloudy. Chance of snow in the morning, then snow likely

in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 30s. Chance of snow

70 percent.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Cloudy. Snow likely in the evening, then chance

of snow after midnight. Lows in the mid 20s. Chance of snow

60 percent.

.MONDAY…Cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow. Highs around

30.

MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows 10 to 15.

.TUESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 30s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows 15 to 20.

.WEDNESDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 30s.

 

Update

Jamestown  (UJ)   – The NAIA announced Thursday that effective immediately, it will be cancelling all remaining winter championship events, including those that are currently underway.

University of Jamestown Athletics Director Sean Johnson said the event will not be made up.

The health and safety of our student-athletes, as well as all involved in our championship events, is the NAIA’s highest priority. We will continue to monitor COVID-19 developments and NAIA leadership will work closely with our member institutions to determine the best path forward for future NAIA events, including all spring 2020 championships.

 

Previously..

Jamestown  (UJ)  The University of Jamestown has announced  on Thursday Morning  that  due to ongoing developments, the NAIA has decided to cancel Thursday’s pre-tournament public events – the NAIA Champions of Character event and Kickoff Banquet – and there will be attendance restrictions this weekend, but the tournament will go on, to begin at 10 a.m. this Friday at Harold Newman Arena.  

Public attendance is limited to persons listed on a student-athlete pass list.

If they are not on a pass list, they will not be admitted into the arena. Persons on the pass list must produce a photo identification to gain admittance.

Both Thursday’s NAIA Champions of Character event and kickoff banquet for the women’s wrestling tournament in Jamestown had already been canceled out of precaution.

All coaches and organizational meetings will go on as scheduled Thursday.

Officals are taking  precautions to help curb the spread of coronavirus.   NAIA President and CEO Jim Carr released a letter stating that the NAIA plans to limit fan attendance at all remaining winter championships — including the men’s and women’s Division I basketball championships — due to the outbreak of COVID-19.

Valley City – Sheyenne Care Center in Valley City is restricting visitation until further notice, stemming from the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19 virus) and the effect it has on the elderly population

CEO Craig Christianson announced the plan it to restrict all visitations from outside the ministry until further notice from the Center for Disease Control.

Christianson said Emergency visits will be on an individual basis such as end of life.

He thanks the community for understanding their proactive steps to protect you, your family and the staff at the Sheyenne Care Center.

Valley City (VCPS) A news release was issued Thursday by Valley City Public Schools, Superintendent, Josh Johnson:

The Valley City Public Schools is continuing to closely monitor the rapidly changing circumstances surrounding the spread of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in our region and across the nation.

We have continued to be in consultation with City-County Health District officials of Barnes County and the North Dakota Department of Health.

We will continue to implement the preventative measures that were shared as a communication resource with our students, staff, and parents on Tuesday, March 10th. We have linked these resources to an email and our website to continue to provide guidance to our community. We are also continuing to prepare and plan for a possible direct impact of COVID-19 in our school and community.

Valley City Public Schools is sponsoring several student out of state travel events prior to the end of March. We will continue to monitor the impact of COVID-19, consult with health officials, and prepare to make a decision regarding these travel events on or before Wednesday, March 18th.

If parents, guardians, or community members have any questions or concerns regarding our preventative measures, preparedness and planning for COVID-19, we would encourage you to contact Superintendent of Schools Josh Johnson at 701.845.0483 or by email at josh.johnson@k12.nd.us., or City-County Health District of Barnes County at 701.845.8518.

Update

Cancellations

North Dakota’s governor says health officials are focusing their efforts on protecting elderly residents and those with chronic conditions after a man in his 60s became the first person in the state to test positive for the coronavirus. Health officials said the Ward County man traveled to the East Coast and had contact with a person who also tested positive for the disease. He has isolated himself at home and his symptoms appear to be mild. Meanwhile, North Dakota State and the University of North Dakota said they were moving to online classes. And Democrats canceled their state convention in Minot.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Volunteers who are filling sandbags in the Fargo and Moorhead, Minnesota area caught a brief break Thursday when the National Weather Service slightly lowered its spring flooding forecast in the southern Red River Valley. Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney says his city is now preparing for a 38-foot flood, rather than the original 39-foot estimate that would have required a stockpile of 400,000 sandbags. The new forecast will drop that to 250,000 bags. The outlook also warns of a late spring thaw, raising the possibilities of a heavy snow or rain event in April. Weather service forecaster Greg Gust calls the flood threat “still very real and quite high.”

National Weather Service

March 12, 2020

This Spring Flood and Water Resources Outlook is for the Missouri
and James River basins of North Dakota and covers the period from
mid-March through mid-June. This outlook is the last update in the
Spring Flood and Water Resources Outlook series. After this update,
the NWS will revert back to the regular monthly issuance on the
fourth Thursday of each month.

…Flood Outlook Highlights…

In the James River Basin, only modest amounts of the SWE have been removed from the countryside. Even if visually the snowpack appears to be considerably depleted, the runoff has not yet reached Pipestem Creek or the James River. Much of the meltwater generated is still trapped on the countryside and is expected to begin showing up in earnest during the latter half of March. Downstream of Jamestown has seen only modest amounts of water making its way into the James and Maple Rivers. While it would have
been beneficial to see the latest warm spell last a few more days to
help remove more SWE from the countryside, it would appear that this
area will now be entering a week or more of suspended animation.
This suspension of the melt and potential for adding more SWE over
the coming days are part of what is keeping the risk for flooding
substantially elevated at points along the lower James River in
North Dakota.

The Prairie Pothole region, including at least parts of Sheridan,
Wells, Kidder, Stutsman, Logan, McIntosh and Dickey counties have
enough SWE to suggest overland flooding will continue to be a
concern going into spring.

East of the Missouri River and south of I-94, Apple Creek near
Menoken is currently seeing higher water levels due to the recent
loss of the snowpack. While the cooler weather is likely to keep
Apple Creek below flood stage, it will be sensitive to any rainfall
over the coming few weeks. Beaver Creek near Linton has been
relatively quiet thus far even though some runoff is starting to be
observed at the gage and like Apple Creek, it will need some
rainfall in the near term if it wants to make a run at even minor
flooding. Other area streams such as Burnt Creek, Hay Creek, and
Painted Woods Creek have experienced at least some runoff and are
considered at a near normal to below normal risk of flooding due to
the wet soils.

The probability of flooding across western and central North Dakota
has generally held steady or trended slightly upward. The upward
revisions are generally associated with streams that are currently
receiving substantial runoff from snowmelt over that past couple of
weeks. These streams are very susceptible to minor flooding with
only modest amounts of additional rainfall over the near term.
However, these risks will fall quickly as the streams reach their
initial crest in the coming week or two. Other streams, such as the
Cannonball River, are also just very susceptible to minor flooding
during early spring rains.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Police say one person was injured when a gun accidentally discharged in Grand Forks. Authorities say someone was trying to disassemble the gun when it fired at a residence about 8 p.m. Wednesday. One round hit a male in the residence. He was taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound that is not believed to be life threatening. The incident remains under investigation.

In national sports

The NHL is following the NBA’s lead and suspending its season amid the coronavirus outbreak. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says the league is pausing its season with the hope of resuming it later and awarding the Stanley Cup. The move comes a day after the NBA suspended play following a player’s positive COVID-19 test. The NHL has not said any player has tested positive for the virus. The NHL is halting play with 189 games left in the regular season and sparking uncertainty about how many more if any could be go on before the playoffs. A handful of European hockey leagues have already called off the remainder of their seasons.

 

The major conferences in college sports have canceled their basketball tournaments because of the new coronavirus, putting the celebrated NCAA Tournament in doubt. The Power 5 conferences are the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC. Within minutes of each other, they announced that the remainder of their tournaments would not be played. All were preparing to play games in large arenas, but with few people in the buildings. Following the NCAA’s lead on Wednesday, most college conferences announced that their basketball tournaments would be played with limited fan access. By Thursday, a day after the NBA suspended its season, the men’s Division I conferences decided to shut things down.

 

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball is delaying the start of its season by at least two weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak. Opening day had been scheduled for March 26. MLB also has suspended the rest of its spring training game schedule. MLB had continued to play into Thursday but changed course after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he strongly recommended to local authorities and organizers that they limit all mass gatherings. The March 26 start had been baseball’s earliest scheduled opening other than for international games. MLB had not had a mass postponement of openers since 1995, when the season was shortened from 162 games to 144 after a strike.

In world and national news.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Brazilian official who attended weekend events with President Donald Trump in Florida has tested positive for the coronavirus. It marks the first time that someone known to have the virus was in close proximity to the president. The White House says Trump does not plan to be tested or go into self-quarantine. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s communications director tested positive just days after traveling with Bolsonaro to a meeting with Trump and senior aides in Florida. Bolsanaro is also being tested for the coronavirus. White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham says, “Exposures from the case are being assessed, which will dictate next steps.”

 

NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s governor ordered all Broadway theaters to shut their doors in the face of ongoing coronavirus concerns. The move plunges into darkness one of the city’s most popular tourist attractions and causes turmoil in the run-up to the Tony Awards. Shows will resume April 13. The pressure on Broadway to go dark steadily increased as other entertainment hubs shuttered, including Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Opera, the NBA, NHL, CinemaCon, Coachella and Major League Soccer. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The New York Federal Reserve is stepping up its purchases of Treasurys to try to ease jitters in the financial markets over the coronavirus outbreak. The Fed is also injecting $500 billion into short-term lending markets to address disruptions in the Treasury market. The move caused the stock market to sharply pare its losses.

 

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is calling for a “national response” to the coronavirus outbreak, saying President Donald Trump’s response has been grossly insufficient. His chief remaining rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Bernie Sanders, said a national emergency should be declared. Both offered addresses on the outbreak on Thursday, less than 24 hours after Trump spoke to the nation from the Oval Office about a public health crisis he’d previously downplayed. Biden aides pitched his speech as a demonstration of how he might conduct himself as president in response to a severe challenge. Biden delivered his speech Thursday afternoon in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware. Sanders.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s considering restricting travel to domestic hot spots such as California and Washington state because of the coronavirus outbreak. He tells reporters at the White House, “Is it a possibility? Yes.” Trump also said he’ll postpone campaign rallies and says he believes he needs a “little separation until such time as this goes away.” As classes, sports events, concerts and conferences are canceled across the nation, Trump also is proposing postponing this summer’s Olympics in Japan for a year. Congress has decided to shut the Capitol to the public until April. White House tours have been temporarily suspended.

 

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is quarantining himself at home after his wife exhibited flu-like symptoms. Trudeau’s office said Thursday that Sophie Grégoire Trudeau returned from a speaking engagement in Britain and had mild flu-like symptoms, including a low fever late, Wednesday night. She is being tested for the COVID-19 disease and is awaiting results. The statement says: “Out of an abundance of caution, the Prime Minister is opting to self-isolate and work from home until receiving Sophie’s results.”