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ND Human Services recognizes Jmst employees

(CSi-NDDHS) The ND Department of Human Services recognized 286 employees  for their public service. Employees were honored for reaching milestone employment anniversaries.   The department employs 2,162 people statewide. About 75 percent of them work at the eight regional human service centers, the North Dakota State Hospital in Jamestown, or […]

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Nat’l Toy Hall of Fame set to induct new toys

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A new group of toys is set to be inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in New York, where they will have a permanent place alongside previous honorees including the dollhouse, jump rope and Radio Flyer wagon. The hall located inside The Strong museum […]

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Voters to political parties: “We don’t need you”

SYRACUSE, N.Y.— Throughout a heated campaign, Ben Walsh’s opponents dubbed him a “Republican in sheep’s clothing.” When he took the stage to declare victory Tuesday, he was flanked on either side by some of Syracuse’s best-known Democrats. If you’d just wandered in from the street, you’d have thought you were […]

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Burgum Exec. Order, forms higher ed. task force

BISMARCK, N.D. (Nov. 7, 2017) – Gov. Doug Burgum Tueday signed an executive order creating a task force to assess the existing governance structure for higher education in North Dakota and determine if changes are needed to ensure the system meets the state’s educational and workforce needs in the 21st […]

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Apollo 12 astronaut Richard Gordon passes, 88

WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA says former Apollo 12 astronaut Richard Gordon has died. He was 88. Gordon was one of a dozen men who flew around the moon but didn’t land there. He was a test pilot chosen in NASA’s third group of astronauts in 1963 and flew on Gemini […]

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PSC public hearing, Foxtail Wind Proj. Ellendale, Nov 20

Bismarck  (CSi)  The North Dakota Public Service Commission has scheduled a public hearing on the Foxtail Wind project On Monday November 20, 2017 at  11- a.m. at the Fireside Restaurant in Ellendale. Foxtail Wind, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources and has applied for a permit for a 150-megawatt wind […]

Jamestown

Hoeven introduces legislation, Jmst Res. lot purchases

  Washington   (CSi)  – Senator John Hoeven recently introduced legislation that would allow homeowners at the Jamestown Reservoir to purchase their lots from the federal government and transfer all remaining Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) lands around the reservoir to state and local public ownership. The bill grew out of […]

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City approves amending recycling agreement

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown City Council met in Regular Session Monday evening at City Hall.  All members were present. NO CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS DISCUSSED SEPARATELY: REGULAR AGENDA RESOLUTIONS: The Council considered matching funds required to pursue CDBG funding, in the amount of $150,000, for the purpose of James River clearing […]