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CSi Weather…
.REST OF TODAY…Mostly sunny. Highs 90 to 95. Southwest winds around 5 mph increasing to south around 15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Showers likely and chance of
thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast
winds around 10 mph with gusts to around 25 mph. Chance of
precipitation 60 percent in the Jamestown area, 50 percent in the Valley City area.
.FRIDAY…Showers and chance of thunderstorms. Not as warm. Highs
in the mid 70s. South winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the west in
the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely and chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then chance of rain showers and
slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower
50s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.
Chance of precipitation 70 percent in the Jamestown area, 90 percent in the Valley City area.
.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in
the morning. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph
with gusts to around 35 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY…Partly sunny with a 50 percent chance of rain showers
and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Chance of rain showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then slight chance of rain showers
after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.MONDAY…Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy with chance of rain showers and
slight chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance of
precipitation 40 percent.
.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny with chance of rain showers and slight
chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance of
precipitation 30 percent.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s.
.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
Thunderstorm chances increase Thursday evening and into the overnight
hours. A few strong storms are possible.
Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected Friday afternoon and
evening, with a risk for damaging wind gusts, large hail, and
tornadoes. Very high rainfall rates are possible, to allow a risk of flash flooding.
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:
Wed. Aug. 18, 2021
11:00- a.m.
Barnes
New Positives: 1
Total Positives: 1448
Active: 7
Recovered: 1409
Stutsman
New Positives: 5
Total Positives: 3615
Active: 21
Recovered: 3512
Jamestown (CVHD) Central Valley Health District reminds residents that COVID testing HAS resumed on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, at the Jamestown Civic Center, Exchequor Room, from 11-a.m. to noon.
Call CVHD at 701-252-8130 to register.
Central Valley Health District Regularly Scheduled Vaccination Clinics And Locations
Thursday, August 19, 2021
Vaccine Type: PFIZER, MODERNA
Event Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm
Event Location: Central Valley Health District
Thursday, August 26, 2021
Vaccine Type: PFIZER, MODERNA
Event Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm
Event Location: Central Valley Health District
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Vaccine Type: PFIZER, MODERNA (1st and 2nd Dose)
Event Time: 9:00am – 11:30pm
Event Location: Central Valley Health District
Drive-up vaccination clinics are being held on Sundays and Mondays. The event will take place from 1 pm to 6 pm in the Buffalo Mall parking lot located at 2400 8th Ave SW in Jamestown. The clinics are open to anyone 12 years of age and older no appointment is needed you can preregister at https://www.ndvax.org.
Dates of the clinics continue on August 22 and 23, August 29 and 30, September 5 and 6, September 12 and 13 and September 19 and 20. The clinic will be open on Labor Day September 6 from 1 to 6.
For more information, please call CVHD at 252-8130.
Jamestown (City) Please be advised that areas included in this years’ #21-41 street maintenance project will be chip-sealed as part of the City’s road maintenance program.
Thursday, August 19, 2021, there will be chip-sealing done as part of the City Street Maintenance Program. This will continue into early next week.
Major traffic areas that will be impacted include:
8th St SW to 22nd St SW
8th Ave SW to 2nd Ave SW
17th St SW, from Highway 281 into the Frontier Village
Where signs are posted, remove vehicles and trailers from roadway during this operation.
Motorists and other traffic should use extreme caution when entering these construction areas and consider alternate routes, if possible.
The above schedule is contingent upon weather conditions.
Valley City (From Chamber) With the Streetscape phase II project, beginning Wednesday August 18, 2021, the eastbound parking lane between Central Avenue and 2nd Avenue will be closed for construction operations.
The roadway will remain open to thru traffic. Parking will be allowed on the north side of Main Street. A portion of the sidewalk on the south side of the road between Central Avenue and 2nd Avenue on Main Street will be removed; however, the sidewalk immediately adjacent to the building will remain in place. Pedestrians are to use the temporary crossings and channeling devices to access businesses.
Construction operations are still ongoing on Central Avenue. Parking is permitted south of 2nd Street on Central Avenue.
Valley City (CSi) Summer Nights on Central returns to Valley City with two evenings of entertainment planned.
The Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce, says, the final Thursday evening date is August 19 in Downtown Valley City, for a family-friendly evening of fun, late shopping, with food and beverage vendors on hand and live entertainment on Central Avenue, with Free Admission.
Shopping Happy Hour is 4-p.m. to 6-p.m., vendors open at 5:30-p.m., with the concerts from 6-p.m. to 9-p.m.
The schedule of entertainment:
August 19 Tripwire
Wristbands are required for those 21 and older.
For more information or to get involved contact the Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce.
E-mail: summernightsvc@gmail.con or call 701-490-3530.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Arts Center has announced this summer’s entertainment at the Downtown Arts Market, and the Hansen Arts Park, each Thursday, at 5:30 pm
Enjoy the best of regional live entertainment in The Hansen Arts Park. The Downtown Arts Market… a celebration of culture and community when we need it the most! Don’t forget your lawn chair or blanket.
Would you like to one of the artisan vendors at this year’s Downtown Arts Market? We are currently accepting applications. Click to download the Vendor Application.docx.
File Photos from 2019
August 19: Musical Entertainment by BLUE ENGLISH
August 26: Schedule Change
Entertainment by Stick Ponies, and Bolder Shades of Blue, along with music by Steve and Nancy Kuykendall.
The change was due to a previously cancelled event earlier this summer due to weather concerns, and now rescheduled to August 26.
This HUGE undertaking is only possible thanks to our many supporters, volunteers and grantors. Including, but not limited to, these Arts Market sponsors:
- Association of American University Women
- Dakota Central Communications
- Farmers Union
- Farmers Union Insurance
- First Community Credit Union
- Heartland Chevy Dealers
- i3G Media
- Interstate Engineering
- Jamestown Downtown Association
- Jamestown Chamber of Commerce
- Jamestown Tourism
- Lifetime Vision Source
- Medicine Shoppe
- Newman Signs
- North Dakota Council on the Arts
- OtterTail Power Company
- Sanford Health
- Unison Bank
- United Way
- Walter Brothers Lawn Service
- John Zvirovski
- Lynn Lambrecht
- Christine Witt
August 26: OPEN MIC NIGHT
Poets, writers, musicians, comedians, solos, duos, and any and all performers are welcome to share your talent with the community at our monthly open mic night. There will be a sign up sheet at the stage. Please limit your piece to 10 minutes. Facilitated by local musician and instructor Steve Kuykendall.
This HUGE undertaking is only possible thanks to our many supporters, volunteers and grantors. Including, but not limited to, these Arts Market sponsors:
- Association of American University Women
- Dakota Central Communications
- Farmers Union
- Farmers Union Insurance
- First Community Credit Union
- Heartland Chevy Dealers
- i3G Media
- Interstate Engineering
- Jamestown Downtown Association
- Jamestown Chamber of Commerce
- Jamestown Tourism
- Lifetime Vision Source
- Medicine Shoppe
- Newman Signs
- North Dakota Council on the Arts
- OtterTail Power Company
- Sanford Health
- Unison Bank
- United Way
- Walter Brothers Lawn Service
- John Zvirovski
- Lynn Lambrecht
- Christine Witt
Valley City (CSi) The District 24 Democratic-NPL Summer Picnic is Friday, August 20 at 6:30 p.m. in the Dacotah Pavilion at Chautauqua Park in Valley City.
Enjoy food and listen to speakers from the state Dem-NPL party and the ACLU of North Dakota discuss the ongoing redistricting process, voting issues, and the Rep. Kiefert recall attempt. Free will donations will go to support the ACLU of North Dakota and your local District 24 Dem-NPL party.
Another presentation called “Let Freedom Ring” will follow the District 24 Dem-NPL event. You can enjoy entertainment by the DeMasi Brothers at this event also in the Chautauqua Park Pavilion.
Finley (NDHP) The North Dakota Highway Patrol reports that a 35 year old Lisbon man died in a head-on collision in Steele County Wednesday, August 18.
The crash between his SUV and a semi occurred about 6:30-a.m. on Highway 32, about 12.5 miles south of Finley.
The report says, a Peterbilt was traveling southbound on Highway 32 near mile marker 104.5 and a Chevy Avalanche was traveling northbound. The Chevy crossed over the center line and struck the Peterbilt head-on. The semi and trailer continued into the west ditch traveling south and the Chevy entered the east ditch, rolling onto its top and catching fire.
The 35 year-old driver from Lisbon was pronounced dead on the scene by the Steele County corner. Semi driver 54 year old Ernest Matelski, of Hillsboro was not injured. The crash remains under investigation.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Steele County Sheriff’s Office, Hope Ambulance, and Hope Fire Department.
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — Jurors hearing the case against a North Dakota chiropractor accused of killing four people could begin deliberating as soon as Thursday. Attorneys for Chad Isaak rested their case Wednesday at the Morton County Courthouse in Mandan after questioning six witnesses. Closing arguments are set for Thursday morning, after which the jury will get the case. Isaak is accused of fatally stabbing and shooting RJR Maintenance & Management co-owner Robert Fakler and his employees, Adam Fuehrer, and Bill and Lois Cobb, in Mandan on April 1, 2019. Isaak lives in a mobile home on property managed by RJR. No motive has been established in the case.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Gov. Doug Burgum’s office attorney is retiring. Leslie Bakken Oliver has served as general counsel for the governor’s office since Burgum took office in December 2016. Oliver’s retirement is pending the transition to her successor. Oliver says she looks forward to more time with family. She called her position “rewarding, meaningful and thoroughly enjoyable.”
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — State officials say there are no current plans to bring any of the people fleeing the conflict in Afghanistan to North Dakota. The North Dakota Department of Human Services says there is no resettlement plan and that the process is actually quite extensive. The state’s refugee coordinator says the people being transported to the U.S. are classified as Special Immigrant Visa Holders. Each person will be resettled in an area of the country that Afghans have already settled in. Officials say it takes eight different government agencies and six background checks for a person to gain clearance for the Refugee Resettlement Program in North Dakota.
In sports
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (UJ) –– The second-ranked University of Jamestown women’s volleyball team opened the 2021 season on a winning note, taking a pair of matches in the first day of the Keiser University Invitational.
Match Score:UJ 3, Spring Arbor (Mich.) 0
Set Scores: 25-9, 25-14, 25-16
Records: UJ 1-0, Spring Arbor 0-1
Location: Student Life Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Key Stats: The Jimmies outhit Spring Arbor .329 to .011 in winnng match number one of 2021.Anna Holen (JR/LaMoure, N.D.) led the offense with 10 kills and added seven digs on defense. Corina Huff (SR/Pequot Lakes, Minn.) added seven kills and hit .875 without an error. Jackie Meiklejohn (JR/Dickey, N.D.) and Megan Gaffaney (JR/Jamestown, N.D.) both passed out 17 assists, and Meiklejohn recorded a double-double with 10 digs. Hannah Schiele (JR/Jamestown, N.D.) was also in double figures with 10 digs and had three of UJ’s eight service aces. Holen and Jayla Ritter (JR/Forest Lake, Minn.) each had three total blocks.
Match Score:UJ 3, Taylor (Ind.) 0
Set Scores: 25-18, 25-21, 25-14
Records: UJ 2-0, Taylor 1-1
Location: Student Life Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Key Stats:Jamestown continued its strong hitting from the first match, posting a team hitting percentage of .349 while holding Taylor to a .126 mark.Anna Holen posted a double-double of 11 kills and 10 digs, with Ellie Holen (FR/LaMoure, N.D.) recording a team-high 12 digs. Jayla Ritter added nine kills, with Aleah Zieske (FR/Spicer, Minn.) and Corina Huff both finished with seven kills. Taylor Sabinash (JR/Kensal, N.D.) hit .556 with six kills on nine attempts, while Zieske hit .538 for the match. Jackie Meiklejohn and Megan Gaffaney each had 20 assists, and Hannah Schiele chipped in with 10 digs. Schiele and Anna Holen combined for four of UJ’s six service aces.
Up Next: Jamestown concludes the Keiser Invitaional on Thursday with a 9 a.m. match against Indiana University East and a 1 p.m. match against William Carey University.
Valley City (VCSU) The Valley City State University athletic department is hosting its Century Club Kickoff in conjunction with a VCSU football scrimmage on Thursday, Aug. 19.
The VCSU Booster Board will be grilling a free meal of burgers and hot dogs at the tailgate shelter located at Lokken Stadium. VCSU fans and supporters are invited to stop by for a free meal and watch the VCSU football team scrimmage M-State Fergus Falls.
People joining the Century Club will be able to register and pick up their season passes that night, and the VCSU Bookstore will also be on site selling Viking Apparel.
The Century Club Kickoff runs from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. outside the stadium. The football scrimmage starts at 5 p.m. There is no charge to attend the scrimmage or the Century Club kickoff
MLB…
— Jorge Polanco drove in the game-ending run for the third time in four games, lining a bases-loaded single in the 11th inning to give the Twins an 8-7 win over the Indians. Minnesota erased a 5-2 deficit with six straight hits in a five-run fifth, including Miguel Sanó‘s (sah-NOHZ’) two-run double. José Ramírez homered and hit an RBI double for Cleveland before scoring the winning run on a wild pitch in the ninth.
— Anthony Rizzo came off the COVID-19 injured list and furnished a two-run single while the Yankees scored four times in the second inning of a 5-2 victory over the Red Sox. Andrew Velazquez hit a pair of RBI singles to help the Yankees complete a three-game sweep and move one game ahead of the Red Sox for second place in the AL East. Andrew Heaney had his best start since joining the Yankees, limiting Boston to a run and two hits over seven innings.
UNDATED (AP) — The New York Mets finally have their first win in a 13-game stretch against the two best teams in the National League West.
The Mets had dropped five in a row and trailed 1-0 in the ninth before pulling out a 6-2, 12-inning victory over the Giants in San Francisco. Kevin Pillar (pih-LAHR’) snapped a 2-2 deadlock with a three-run homer before Chance Sisco added an RBI double.
J.D. Davis forced extra innings with a sacrifice fly in the ninth before the Mets improved to 1-5 in their string of games against the Giants and Dodgers.
New York remains 4 1/2 games behind the NL East-leading Braves.
The outcome allowed the Los Angeles to climb within three games of San Francisco. Max Muncy hit two of the Dodgers’ four home runs while driving in five runs in a 9-0 thrashing of the Pirates. AJ Pollock and Corey Seager also went deep as the Dodgers earned their six straight win.
Mitch White was terrific over 7 1/3 innings of relief, limiting Pittsburgh to two hits and two walks while striking out six.
In other major league action:
— Freddie Freeman hit for the cycle and the Braves survived the Marlins’ six-run ninth to earn an 11-9 victory. Freeman is the first player in Atlanta Braves history to hit for the cycle twice, completing it with a two-run homer in the sixth. Charlie Morton was sharp over six innings, striking out nine and holding Miami to two runs and three hits.
— Atlanta’s lead in the NL East is up to 3 1/2 games after the second-place Phillies lost for the sixth time in eight games since an eight-game winning streak, 4-2 to the Diamondbacks. Humberto Castellanos earned his first major league win on the mound and added two hits at the plate for Arizona. Castellanos helped himself with an RBI single in the fourth that scored Christian Walker.
— Jackie Bradley Jr. scampered home from third base on a wild pitch in the 10th inning as the Brewers outlasted the Cardinals, 6-4. Avisail (a-vih-sah-EEL’) Garcia homered twice, including a tying blast in the ninth inning. Willy Adames (ah-DAH’-mehs) also homered in Milwaukee’s 17th win in its last 19 road games.
— Michael Hermosillo (hur-moh-SEE’-oh), Ian Happ and Sergio Alcantara (al-KAHN’-tah-rah) homered for the Cubs in their second straight win over the Reds, 7-1. Hermosillo’s two-run blast was his first home run since 2018, highlighting the Cubs’ four-run second. Chicago banged out 12 hits and won for just the fourth time in 19 games since moving several key plays at the trade deadline.
— The Reds remain 1 1/2 games behind San Diego for the second NL wild card following the Padres’ seventh loss in eight games, 7-5 to Colorado. C.J. Cron had two hits and three RBIs and Trevor Story homered for the Rockies. Colorado scored five runs in 3 1/3 innings against Jake Arrieta (ar-ee-EH’-tah) before he left his Padres debut with an injured left hamstring.
— Josh Bell hit a three-run homer off former teammate Brad Hand to push the Nationals past the Blue Jays, 8-5. Juan Soto and Carter Kieboom (KEE’-boom) also connected for Washington, which won back-to-back games for the first time since July 27-29. Marcus Semien homered twice and Teoscar (tay-AHS’-kur) Hernández went deep for the fourth consecutive game for Toronto.
— The Rays doubled up the Orioles, 8-4 behind Ryan Yarbrough, who came off the COVID-19 related IL and went five scoreless innings. Wander Franco, Austin Meadows and Ji-Man Choi drove in two runs apiece, with Franco providing three of Tampa Bay’s 12 hits as the Rays maintained their five-game lead in the AL East. The Orioles joined the 1911 and 1935 Boston Braves as the only teams to record a pair of 14-game losing streaks in the same season.
— Hunter Dozier’s two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh allowed the Royals to earn their third straight win over the Astros, 3-2. The game ended when Andrew Benintendi threw out Chas McCormick trying to score from second on a single by Jose Altuve (al-TOO’-vay). The loss keeps the Astros’ lead in the AL West at 2 1/2 games over Oakland.
— The Athletics absorbed a 3-2 loss to the White Sox as Luis Robert had three hits and two RBIs for the runaway leaders in the AL Central. White Sox starter Lance Lynn was ejected by third-base umpire Nic Lentz in the middle of the fourth when he complained and appeared to throw his belt during a foreign substance check at the dugout. Liam Hendriks got the final five outs against his former team, striking out the side in the ninth, for his 28th save.
— Kyle Seager crushed a two-run homer three batters into the Mariners’ 3-1 downing of the Rangers. Seager’s 421-foot drive midway up the first deck in right field was his club-leading 27th of the season and his 37th career homer against Texas. Marco Gonzales followed up a two-hitter against Texas last week by allowing six hits over 5 1/3 shutout innings.
— Shohei Ohtani (SHOH’-hay oh-TAH’-nee) smacked his 40th homer and pitched eight sharp innings in helping the Angels beat the Tigers 3-1. The Japanese right-hander allowed six hits, struck out eight and walked none. Detroit slugger Miguel Cabrera sent a ball to the warning track in the ninth inning but remains stuck on 499 career home runs.
MLB-NEWS
A’s say Bassitt has cheek fracture but no eye damage
UNDATED (AP) — Oakland Athletics right-hander Chris Bassitt has a broken bone in his cheek but no eye damage after being struck on the side of the head by a line drive.
Bassitt was taken to the hospital after being hit by a drive from Brian Goodwin in the second inning of Tuesday’s 9-0 loss to the White Sox in Chicago. He was released from Rush University Medical Center after receiving stitches for two cuts on his face and being diagnosed with a fracture in his right cheek that will require surgery. The A’s say an exam of his right eye was normal for vision and no other damage was found in the eye or the orbital bone.
In other MLB news:
— Tigers broadcaster Jack Morris has been suspended indefinitely for racist comments made about Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani (SHOH’-hay oh-TAH’-nee) during Tuesday’s game. When asked by play-by-play announcer Matt Shepard how the Tigers should pitch to Ohtani in the sixth inning, Morris adopted an exaggerated East Asian accent while saying “be very, very careful.” When Ohtani came back up in the ninth, Morris issued a lengthy apology.
NFL-NEWS
Attorney: FBI probing allegations tied to Texans quarterback
UNDATED (AP) — An attorney for 22 women who have filed lawsuits accusing Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual assault and harassment says he and some of his clients have spoken to the FBI about the case. Tony Buzbee told The Associated Press that the FBI “reached out to me, and I responded.”
In a news conference Wednesday, Watson’s lead attorney said FBI agents approached him in April over allegations that one of the women who has sued Watson tried to extort $30,000 from him. The attorney said agents interviewed Watson.
In an email, a spokeswoman for the FBI’s Houston office said she could neither confirm or deny the existence of an investigation.
In other NFL news:
— Jets guard Alex Lewis is retiring from football, according to a person with direct knowledge of the decision. The 29-year-old Lewis last practiced on Aug. 5, when he came off the field with what coach Robert Saleh said was a head injury. Lewis was entering his third season with the Jets, who acquired him from Baltimore for a seventh-round draft pick in 2019.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL-NEBRASKA-NCAA
NCAA investigating Nebraska’s storied football program
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska has announced that the NCAA is looking into its football program amid allegations Cornhuskers staff improperly used analysts and consultants with the knowledge of coach Scott Frost . The team also allegedly moved workouts off campus last year when such activities were banned during the pandemic.
Athletic director Trev Alberts confirmed the investigation first reported by The Action Network. Citing unidentified sources, The Action Network report said Nebraska has “significant video footage” confirming practice violations occurred in the presence of Frost and other assistants.
Frost said any workouts were approved by his superiors.
TENNIS-US OPEN
Defending champion Thiem pulls out…Venus Williams gets a wild card
NEW YORK (AP) — Defending champion Dominic Thiem (teem) has pulled out of the U.S. Open, saying he will miss the rest of the year because of a right wrist injury.
Thiem was hurt in June while playing in the Mallorca (mah-YOHR’-kah) Open, He said the pain returned last week after he hit a ball during training. Doctors recommended he wear a wrist splint for another six weeks before resuming training.
Two-time champion Venus Williams has been given a wild card into the the U.S. Open. The seven-time Grand Slam champ has fallen to 112th in the WTA ranking, below the 104 cutoff for automatic entry into the women’s main draw.
CoCo Vandeweghe (VAN’-duh-way) also was awarded a wild card by the U.S. Tennis Association after injuries dropped her to 160th in the ranking.
F1-JAPANESE GP CANCELED
Japanese GP canceled because of coronavirus pandemic
TOKYO (AP) — This year’s Japanese Grand Prix has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The race in Suzuka had been scheduled for Oct. 10.
Formula One says it is working on the details of a revised calendar.
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Tigers broadcaster Jack Morris has been suspended indefinitely for racist comments made about Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani during Tuesday’s game. When asked by play-by-play announcer Matt Shepard how the Tigers should pitch to Ohtani in the sixth inning, Morris adopted an exaggerated East Asian accent while saying “be very, very careful.” When Ohtani came back up in the ninth, Morris issued a lengthy apology. Bally Sports Detroit announced the suspension Wednesday and said the 66-year-old Morris would undergo bias training.
In world and national news…
GRIZZLY FLATS, Calif. (AP) — A small wildfire that swept through a mobile home park and left dozens of homes in ashes is the latest in a series of explosive blazes propelled by gusts through Northern California. The drought-parched region is expected to see red flag warnings for dangerously high winds and hot, dry weather through Thursday. Those conditions have fed a dozen uncontrolled wildfires, including the Dixie Caldor fires in the Sierra Nevada that incinerated much of the towns of Greenville and Grizzly Flats. On Wednesday, another wind-driven fire destroyed dozens of mobile homes in Lake County and injured at least one resident before firefighters stopped its progress
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Britain’s foreign secretary is rejecting calls to resign for not interrupting his holiday on the Greek island of Crete to make a call to help translators flee Afghanistan. According to the Daily Mail newspaper, Dominic Raab did not call his Afghan counterpart Hanif Atmar on Friday after officials suggested he “urgently” do so in order to arrange help for those who supported British troops. Two days later, the Taliban captured Kabul and Raab cut short his holiday and headed back to the U.K. to deal with the crisis. Defense Secretary Ben Wallace told BBC radio that the suggested phone call would not have made “any difference whatsoever.”
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a powerful roadside bomb has exploded among a procession of Shiite Muslims in central Pakistan, killing at least three and wounding over 50 people. Videos circulating on social media showed police and ambulances rushing toward the site of the explosion. Several wounded people were seen waiting for help along a road in the deeply conservative city of Bahawalnagar in the eastern Punjab province, where the attack took place. Witnesses said tensions are now high in the city, with Shiites protesting the attack and demanding retribution.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Africa director for the World Health Organization says rich countries’ decisions to roll out COVID-19 booster shots “threaten the promise of a brighter tomorrow for Africa,” and she warns that “as some richer countries hoard vaccines, they make a mockery of vaccine equity.” U.S. health officials on Wednesday announced plans to dispense COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans. The WHO’s Matshidiso Moeti and the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had warned against booster shots in recent weeks as less than 2% of the population on the continent of 1.3 billion people is fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
SINGAPORE (AP) — World stock markets are retreating after U.S. central bank policymakers made no firm decision on when to unwind their support measures for the economy. In early trading, France’s CAC 40 lost 2.8%, Britain’s FTSE 100 gave up 2.3%, and Germany’s DAX dropped 1.8%. Wall Street was positioned for a lower open. Minutes of the Fed’s July 27-28 meeting, released Wednesday, indicated that most officials in attendance thought it was “appropriate” to begin reducing the pace of asset purchases this year. However, they stopped short of setting a firm timeline.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of Greek and Polish firefighters are battling a major wildfire decimating a pine forest for a fourth day northwest of the Greek capital. The fire near the village of Vilia has already burned through thousands of hectares and led to evacuation orders being issued for several villages in the area. Strong winds predicted for later in the day could complicate firefighting efforts. The fire department says 427 firefighters, including 143 from Poland, along with 149 vehicles, five water-dropping planes and five helicopters are battling the flames. The Vilia blaze is the latest of hundreds of wildfires that have burnt across Greece this month, fueled by a heat wave – the country’s most severe in about three decades – that parched shrubland and forests.
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