Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Mar 22

CSi Weather…

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 30s. Southeast winds 5 to 15 mph.

.TUESDAY…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain in the afternoon in the Jamestown area, 40 percent in the Valley City area. Highs in the lower 50s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain

then slight chance of light rain and snow after midnight.

in the evening in the Jamestown area, 40 percent in the Valley City area. Lows in the upper 20s. North winds 15 to 20 mph.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. North winds

15 to 20 mph.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 20s.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of snow

possibly mixed with rain after midnight. Lows in the upper 20s.

.FRIDAY…Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.

.FRIDAY NIGHT…Increasing clouds. Lows in the upper 20s.

.SATURDAY…Partly sunny. Slight chance of rain and snow in the

morning, then slight chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in

the upper 40s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s.

.SUNDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 50.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has denied a sentence reduction sought by a man convicted of murder and other charges stemming from the 1983 Medina shootout in North Dakota which took the lives of two U.S. marshals. Scott Faul argued that his breathing problems and conditions of his incarceration have created an increased risk of complications from COVID-19. According to federal documents, Faul also says his imprisonment is unlawful because of bias and insufficient evidence. Faul was sentenced to life in prison on murder charges and an additional 15 years on other offenses.

 

NDDoH

Mon. Mar. 22, 2021

11-a.m.

Barnes:

New Positives  1

Total Positives 1315

Active 9

Recovered 1275

 

Stutsman:

New Positives  1

Total Positives 3319

Active 12

Recovered 3226

COVID-19 Test Results
The results listed are from the previous day. Additional data can be found on the NDDoH website.

Please note that from now on the daily news release will be sent Monday – Friday. The NDDoH dashboard will continue to be updated daily.

 

BY THE NUMBERS
204,145	Residents who received at least one dose of vaccine
340,072	Total COVID-19 vaccine doses administered
695	Total Tests from yesterday*
1,750,523	Total tests completed since the pandemic began
50	Positive Individuals from yesterday*****
37	PCR Tests
13	Antigen Tests
101,701	Total positive individuals since the pandemic began
8.58%	Daily Positivity Rate**
702	Total Active Cases
-24	Change in active cases from yesterday
69	Individuals with a recovery date of yesterday****
99,538	Total recovered since the pandemic began
19	Currently hospitalized
+1	Change in hospitalizations from yesterday
+1	New death(s) since 3/19
1,461	Total deaths since the pandemic began
INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19
Man in his 50s from Oliver County
NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED MONDAY BY COUNTY
Adams		0	Grant	0	Ransom	0
Barnes		1	Griggs	0	Renville	1
Benson		0	Hettinger	0	Richland	0
Billings		0	Kidder	0	Rolette	0
Bottineau		0	LaMoure	0	Sargent	0
Bowman		0	Logan	0	Sheridan	0
Burke		0	McHenry	0	Sioux	0
Burleigh		4	McIntosh	0	Slope	0
Cass		19	McKenzie	1	Stark	2
Cavalier		0	McLean	1	Steele	0
Dickey		0	Mercer	1	Stutsman	1
Divide		0	Morton	3	Towner	0
Dunn		0	Mountrail	0	Traill	0
Eddy		0	Nelson	1	Walsh	0
Emmons		0	Oliver	0	Ward	0
Foster		0	Pembina	3	Wells	0
Golden Valley		0	Pierce	0	Williams	4
Grand Forks		5	Ramsey	3

 

* Note that this includes PCR and antigen; it does not include individuals from out of state. 

**Individuals (PCR or antigen) who tested positive divided by the total number of people tested who have not previously tested positive (susceptible encounters). 

*** Number of individuals who tested positive with a PCR or antigen test and died from any cause while infected with COVID-19. Please remember that deaths are reported as they’re reported to us by the facility or through the official death record (up to 10-day delay). 

**** The actual date individuals are officially out of isolation and no longer contagious.

*****Daily positive numbers include people who tested with a PCR or antigen test. Totals may be adjusted as individuals are found to live out of state, in another county, or as other information is found during investigation.

For descriptions of these categories, visit the NDDoH dashboard.

For the most updated and timely information and updates related to COVID-19, visit the NDDoH website at www.health.nd.gov/coronavirus, follow on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and visit the CDC website at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus.

 

Valley City (VCSU)  VCSU employees who are traveling over spring break are highly encouraged to get a COVID test upon their return. In addition, all students who live in the residence halls that leave campus for spring break are required to test upon return.

Two testing events will be offered.  Rapid and conventional tests will be available and no registration is required if you have previously tested at a community event. The second event will take place on Tuesday, March 23 in the Student Center Skoal Room from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. This is a VCSU event and preregistration is required at the following link: https://nddoh-testreg-prod.powerappsportals.us/covid-19-screening/?eventid=

 

Valley City  (CSi 3-22-21)

Valley City Mayor Dave Carlsrud’s Lates Message to the community

“Isn’t this weather refreshing? Our dog took me for a walk and the air smells so good. We have been Blessed with and should be grateful for another good week of weather. Other people in the U-S-A have been less fortunate, please remember those people.

Be careful around the river, the ice is not safe. Very few cubic feet per second (cfs) are being released from Baldhill Dam as the pool is low and inflow is minimal to none. That said, having the sunshine is nice, but our whole state needs some rain.

Some “normalcy”: North Dakota High School Activities Assoc. (NDHSAA) spring sports begin this week. VCSU is already playing softball and baseball. They provide good entertainment, come out, watch awhile and enjoy the fresh air.

While walking the other day I noticed houses without house numbers and some that are not readily seen. Please consider updating your house numbers to ensure efficient deliveries etc.

It is spring though unlike normal years, UND traveled to NDSU to play football last Saturday! If I understood the announcers correctly, it was the largest indoor crowd in the nation that day. It is good trivia and good for North Dakota that the football rivalry is reinstated.

This is a legislative year. There are some bills that could affect you. This address: https://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular is a place where you can track bills and contact your legislators if you wish. It is an interesting process.”

If you are wondering about the virus vaccines, the CDC people say all three vaccines are effective. Get yours so we can continue our trek towards Herd Immunity and some protection from variants on the horizon. See the City-County Health District website, citycountyhealth.org or call 845-8518.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Senate has killed a resolution that would have let residents decide if sports gambling should be allowed in the state. The Senate initially killed the bill on Friday. It was reconsidered on Monday, but still failed 23-24. It passed the House last month by a wide margin. If it would have been approved by both chambers, a measure to allow sports gambling would have appeared on the November 2022 ballot. About two dozen states have attempted to capitalize on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that lifted a federal ban on sports gambling.

Bismarck  (CSi)  – Gov. Doug Burgum has accepted the resignation of North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission Executive Director Scott Davis, effective April 30, thanking him for nearly 12 years of leadership in building state-tribal relations. Davis will leave Team ND to join Sanford Health as head of Native American outreach.

Davis was appointed executive director of the Indian Affairs Commission in April 2009 by then-Gov. John Hoeven and re-appointed by former Gov. Jack Dalrymple and by Burgum in December 2016. As executive director, Davis serves at a cabinet level between North Dakota’s state and tribal governments to address issues regarding education, court systems, economic development, social services, gaming, oil-energy, law enforcement, transportation, health care, veterans and youth.

“For more than a decade, Scott has been a dedicated leader in advancing state-tribal relations, continuously and passionately advocating on behalf of each of our state’s five tribal nations at the state and federal level for solutions and partnerships to address the many complex and generational challenges in Indian Country,” Burgum said. “Scott’s role is one of the most challenging and important in our state. He has been fearless in advocating for closing the serious gaps that exist for enrolled tribal members who are citizens of North Dakota. He has always worked to bring positive change by bringing all sides of the issue together to a point of greater understanding, often amidst emotionally charged topics and deeply held views. We are deeply grateful to Scott for his long service on behalf of the Indian Affairs Commission and we look forward to continuing to work with him in the health care sector as he develops opportunities for tribal nations and their members.”

Davis has played a key role in carrying out the Burgum-Sanford administration’s Tribal Engagement initiative, one of the administration’s five strategic initiatives. Progress has included a historic oil tax revenue sharing compact with MHA Nation; updated comprehensive agreements to enhance child welfare services for Native American children and families; establishing memorandums of understanding on law enforcement jurisdiction; and expanding opportunities for communication and collaboration with tribal nations through the Strengthening Government-to-Government Partnerships and Relationships Conference.

In his resignation letter, Davis noted that during his almost 12 years as executive director, he has served three governors, 23 tribal chairs and five tribal nations, along with numerous state and federal agencies, to strengthen tribal-state relations.

“Within those processes I have been blessed to have worked with thousands of amazing, professional, highly skilled people,” he stated. “This decision does not come easy. Throughout my entire career, my heart directs me to strengthen opportunities for my Tribal members across the State. There is still much work to be done.”

Davis said it has been an honor to serve the Burgum administration, adding, “You have certainly elevated Tribal Engagement for our State and our Tribal Nations!”

The Indian Affairs Commission executive director position will be posted immediately.

 

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A 14th juror has been seated for the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death. At least one more juror is needed before opening statements next week. Derek Chauvin is charged with murder and manslaughter. The juror chosen Monday is a white social worker who says she has talked with friends about police reform, but also that she is “always looking at every side of things.” Last week, Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill declined defense requests to delay or move the trial over concerns that a massive settlement to Floyd’s family would affect the jury.

In sports…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elgin Baylor, the Lakers’ 11-time NBA All-Star, has died. The Lakers said Monday that Baylor died of natural causes in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter by his side. With a silky-smooth jumper and fluid athleticism, Baylor played a major role in revolutionizing basketball from a ground-bound sport into an aerial show. He was the first NBA player to surpass 70 points in a game. Lakers great Jerry West called him “one of the most spectacular shooters the world has ever seen.” Baylor’s second career as a personnel executive with the Los Angeles Clippers was much less successful. Elgin Baylor was 86 years old.

In world and national news…

WASHINGTON (AP) — AstraZeneca says that its COVID-19 vaccine provided strong protection among all adults in a long-anticipated U.S. study. The results raised hopes that the findings could help rebuild public confidence in the beleaguered shot in other countries and were a step toward clearance for American use. AstraZeneca said Monday the vaccine was 79% effective overall at preventing symptomatic cases of COVID-19 — including in older people — and that none of the study volunteers who were vaccinated were hospitalized or developed severe disease. The company also said its experts did not identify any safety concerns related to the vaccine, including finding no increased risk of rare blood clots identified in Europe.

 

(AP) The recovery in air travel is becoming more real. More than 1.5 million people streamed through U.S. airport security checkpoints on Sunday, the largest number since the middle of March last year, when the pandemic was just beginning to hit hard in the United States. That makes 11 straight days with more than 1 million air passengers. Airline executives say bookings are rising as more people get vaccinated against COVID-19. However, air travel remains around a quarter below the crowds seen at this time in 2019.

 

CHICAGO (AP) — Two Chicago hospital executives have been reprimanded for COVID-19 vaccine events that improperly gave shots to people far from the West Side facility, including one held for workers at Trump Tower. Loretto Hospital’s Board of Directors said Friday in a statement they had “taken appropriate actions of reprimand” against Loretto’s president and chief operating officer. City health officials said last week they would withhold first doses of COVID-19 vaccines from the hospital as authorities investigate the events. The backlash followed local media reporting on several vaccination events held outside the hospital, which primarily serves Black and Latino residents in West Side neighborhoods.

 

 

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Top U.S. advisers on border and immigration issues will meet with Mexican officials on Tuesday to discuss migration and development in Central America. The talks come as a surge of migrants has hit the U.S. southern border, and after Mexico agreed to close its own southern border to non-essential travel. The trip to Mexico will include Roberta Jacobson, the White House’s lead adviser on the border, and Juan González, the National Security Council’s senior director for the Western Hemisphere. Mexico’s top diplomat for North America said the talks will focus on the two countries “joint efforts for secure, safe and regulated migration.”

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union, Britain, Canada and the United States have launched coordinated sanctions against Chinese officials over human rights abuses in China’s far western Xinjiang region. The move sparked a quick reaction from Beijing, which targeted EU officials, including lawmakers and academics in return. British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the measures were part of “intensive diplomacy” by the U.K, the United States, Canada and the 27-nation EU to force action amid mounting evidence about serious rights abuses against the Uyghur people. The sanctions include travel bans and asset freezes. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that “a united transatlantic response sends a strong signal.”

 

MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin says he will get a coronavirus vaccine shot on Tuesday, several months after widespread vaccination has started in Russia. Putin said at a meeting with government officials on Monday that he will get his shot “tomorrow,” without specifying which vaccine out of three approved for use in Russia he will take. Putin said that over 6 million people in Russia have already received at least one shot, and more than 4 million have gotten both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. Widespread vaccination with the domestically developed Sputnik V shot started in Russia in December, but has so far been going slower than in many other countries.

 

ATLANTA (AP) — A man who survived the shooting that killed his wife at a Georgia massage business last week said police held him in handcuffs for four hours after the attack. Mario Gonzalez told Spanish-language news website Mundo Hispanico in a video interview that he heard the gunshots and worried about his wife, who was in a separate room. Cherokee County sheriff’s deputies arrived minutes later. The website says deputies detained him in handcuffs for about four hours outside the spa. Gonzalez questions whether they treated him badly because he’s Mexican. The sheriff’s office did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment Monday.