CSi Weather…

FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the northwest after midnight.

.SATURDAY…Sunny. Areas of smoke in the morning. Highs in the mid 80s. North winds 5 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in

the afternoon.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. North

winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the evening.

.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s.

.MONDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 80s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs around 90.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers

and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s.

.THURSDAY…Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and

 

Several periods of thick smoke will continue to move across

the region impacting parts of eastern ND through Saturday.

Visibilities will be reduced at times, with variable smoke

concentrations. Members of the general public, especially

sensitive groups, may experience health effects if outdoors.

 

 

Bismarck  (CSi)   The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality advises the public to take precautions due to unhealthy levels of wildfire smoke circulating throughout the state. This smoke is being carried by current wind and weather patterns. The air quality index in our state has generally been ranging from moderate (yellow) to unhealthy (red).

In general, we advise everyone to use common sense and avoid prolonged exposure outdoors. Elderly persons, children, and individuals with heart or lung disease are particularly susceptible to ash particles and should take extra precautions to avoid exposure. Smoke can irritate the eyes and airways, causing coughing, a dry scratchy throat, and irritated sinuses. Elevated particulate matter in the air can trigger wheezing in those who suffer from respiratory conditions, such as asthma or emphysema/COPD.

If you see or smell smoke, protect your health by avoiding exposure:

  • If possible, stay inside with windows and doors closed until smoke levels subside.
  • Reduce outside physical activity.
  • Set air conditioning units and car vent systems to re-circulate to prevent outside air from moving inside.

What you should do depends on the air quality index and your personal health status. Due to the active wildfires and changing wind patterns, air quality can be variable and unpredictable. Air quality may improve at times or get worse very quickly. We strongly recommend checking the latest air quality data for your area by searching your location at AirNow.gov

 

 

 

Jamestown  (City)  Monday, August 2, 2021; there will be a temporary road closure on 5th St SE (between 2nd & 3rd Ave SE). This closure will take place at 6:00 AM and last approximately until 5:00 PM.
Motorists should use extreme caution in this area and use alternate routes, if possible.

 

 

The North Dakota Department of Health dashboard is updated daily by 11 am and includes cases reported through the previous day. The investigations are ongoing and information on the website is likely to change as cases are investigated. The information contained in this dashboard is the most up to date and will be different than previous news releases. This dashboard supersedes information from previous news releases or social media postings.

Check out our other dashboards: The COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard, NDUS Dashboard.

 

COVID-19 Stats

Fri. Jul 30,  2021

10:15 – a.m.

Barnes

New Positives  1

Total Positives  1430

Active 4

Recovered: 1394

 

Stutsman

New Positives 3

Total Positives 3572

Active 8

Recovered  3482

 

 

(CCHD)  City/County Health reports, that testing continues to be important. If you have any symptoms, it is important to be tested. If you have symptoms and need to be tested at other times contact your clinic.

Administrator Theresa Will says testing has moved inside City County Health, at the CCHD location.  415 2nd Ave NE, from 12:30-p.m., to 1:30-p.m, with  the Quick test will be administered by staff members inside their offices in Valley City, on Mondays and Fridays.

Reminder

Walk in Vaccination Clinics available, 9-a.m. to 4:30-p.m., Monday through Friday.

Vaccines available,  Pfizer, Moderna, available most days.

Vaccination available for those 12 years of age and older.

Call 845-8518 to make an appointment.

Pre-register for all clinics.

 

 

Jamestown  (Chamber)    The Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Beautification Committee  and is pleased to announce Rod & Terri Wolters of 908 13th St. SW as the 9th Yard of Week winner for 2021. Congratulations on this beautiful yard and thank you for your efforts to help beautify Jamestown.  Job well done! The Wolterses will receive a gift certificate from our award sponsor Menards in Jamestown.

The Yard of the Week program has been established to recognize those within the community that take pride in the appearance of their yard and do their part to beautify the community. The program began June 7th and ends September 3rd. Yards will be selected each week from nominations received. Nominated yards must be visible from the street.

Thank you to Menards in Jamestown for sponsoring this program.

To nominate a yard for the Yard of the Week program, please contact the Chamber at 701-252-4830.  The completed forms require a valid phone number so we can contact the perspective winner. Forms are also available on our website at www.jamestownchamber.com. Forms can be emailed to director@jamestownchamber.com. All single family residences within Jamestown are eligible for the program.

 

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (AP) — An Ogema man has been sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison for fatally shooting a retired Lake Park police chief in Becker County. Fifty-six-year-old Morris Dodd Jr. was earlier found guilty of second-degree manslaughter in the 2018 shooting death of Jay Nelson, who was killed in his pickup truck on a trail near his family’s hunting cabin on the White Earth Reservation. Dodd said he had fired a shot to spook a fawn and was scared to turn himself in after seeing news reports about Nelson’s death because he, as a sex offender, was not allowed to possess a gun.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The scheduled end of a federal moratorium on evictions Saturday has raised concerns that thousands of North Dakota residents who are behind on their rent could lose their homes. The state has set aside $352 million to help with outstanding rent, utility payments and other expenses. But the head of a group that provides legal advice to low-income residents says it’s not enough to prevent future evictions. The number of eviction judgments in North Dakota increased by 15% every year from 2016 through 2019. But last year, that figure dropped, due in part to the federal evictions moratorium and rent assistance.

 

 

In sports…

(AP) The playoff-chasing Toronto Blue Jays won the pursuit for All-Star pitcher José Berríos, acquiring the Minnesota right-hander for two minor leaguers. The Twins got infielder/outfielder Austin Martin and righty Simeon Woods Richardson for their top pitcher. The deal was made shortly before Friday’s 4 p.m. EDT trade deadline. Berríos was 7-5 with a 3.48 ERA in 20 starts for the Twins this season, and attracted interest from several contenders. Toronto began the day at 51-48, in the fifth spot chasing two AL wild-card slots. The 27-year-old Berríos was Minnesota’s unquestioned ace, a two-time All-Star who has been as durable as any pitcher in the game and remains under team control through the 2022 season.

 

 

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have acquired left-handed pitcher J.A. Happ and cash from the Minnesota Twins for right-handed pitcher John Gant and a minor-leaguer. The deal was finalized before the trade deadline. The 38-year-old Happ is in his 15th major league season and his first with the Twins after signing for $8 million this year. Happ has an 8.74 ERA over his last 14 starts after beginning the season strong. The Cardinals will be his eighth major league team. He followed right-hander José Berríos out of Minnesota’s rotation, after the Twins traded him to Toronto.

 

 

In world and national news…

NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart is requiring that all workers at its headquarters as well as managers who travel within the U.S. be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 4. The retailer based in Bentonville, Arkansas, is also reversing its mask policy for its employees, including vaccinated ones, who work in stores, clubs, distribution facilities and warehouses. Going forward, they will be required to wear masks in areas with high infection rates. The moves are part of a series of sweeping measures the nation’s largest retailer and private employer announced Friday to help curb the spread of the virus and drive more of its workers to get the shot in the arm.

(AP)  New evidence showing the delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox has prompted U.S. health officials to consider changing advice on how the nation fights the coronavirus. Recommending masks for everyone and requiring vaccines for doctors and other health care providers are among measures the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering. That’s according to internal documents obtained by the Washington Post. The presentation for CDC staff tells them to “acknowledge the war has changed.” It also notes that infections in vaccinated people may be as transmissible as in the unvaccinated.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has advanced a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure plan with a bipartisan group of senators helping it clear one more hurdle on Friday. They are now bracing to see if support can hold during the next few days of debate and efforts to amend it. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., says that the chamber should be able to process the legislation quickly given the bipartisan support. Whether the number of Republican senators willing to pass a key part of President Joe Biden’s agenda grows or shrinks in the days ahead will determine if the president’s signature issue can make it across the finish line.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top congressional Democrats will huddle with President Joe Biden, looking to salvage their push to enact voting rights legislation. The meeting Friday between Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer comes after Democrats were forced back to the drawing board with their signature voting bill, after Senate Republicans blocked it with a filibuster last month. They’ve retooled the proposal and will present a framework to Biden. They are also expected to discuss a separate bill that will soon be proposed that would restore key portions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which were gutted by the Supreme Court in 2013.

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump urged senior Justice Department officials to declare the 2020 election results “corrupt” in a December phone call. That’s according to handwritten notes from one of the participants in the conversation. The notes of the Dec. 27 call were released Friday by the Democratic-led House Oversight Committee. They underscore the lengths to which Trump went to overturn the results of the election and to elicit the support of law enforcement officials and other government leaders in that effort. The notes show that at point, Trump told Justice Department officials to “just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me.”

 

 

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first flight evacuating Afghans who worked alongside Americans in Afghanistan has brought more than 200 people to new lives in the United States. Friday’s arrival at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C., brought Afghan translators and close family members, including scores of children and babies in arms, to new lives in the United States. The U.S. plans several more flights for Afghan translators who fear retaliation from the Taliban as U.S. forces leave Afghanistan. President Joe Biden has issued a statement saying he was proud to welcome them home.

 

NEW YORK (AP) — One of Fox News’ most visible advertisers, Mike Lindell and his MyPillow line of productes, has pulled his commercials from the network because it would not air his ad promoting discredited claims of election fraud. Fox confirmed the move, which was first reported in the Wall Street Journal. Lindell has become a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump and his false claims of widespread voter fraud. Lindell wanted to promote a symposium on the topic being held next month. Fox called the move unfortunate, given Lindell’s success in building his brand on the network. A Lindell representative was not immediately available for comment.

TRAPPED IN TUNNEL-MUDSLIDES-COLORADO

Mudslides force about 20 to spend night in highway tunnel

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say about 20 people had to spend the night inside a highway tunnel after rain over an area burned by a wildfire once again triggered mudslides in western Colorado. The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office says the people were caught with their vehicles inside the tunnel along Interstate 70 in Glenwood Canyon for about nine hours until crews could carve out a path through the mud to reach them at about 6:30 a.m. Friday. No injuries were reported. The area has been prone to mudslides in recent weeks because of a wildfire that burned in the area last year.