CSi Weather…

 

.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs around 90. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph.

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

winds 10 to 15 mph.

.LABOR DAY…Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain

showers. Highs in the lower 70s.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.

.TUESDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows in

the upper 40s. Highs near 70.

.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Highs in the upper

70s. Lows in the lower 50s.

.FRIDAY…Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.

 

A round of thunderstorms is possible Friday afternoon into

early evening. Although widespread severe weather is not expected,

a few of these storms could be strong to severe over the James

River Valley.

 

Very warm and windy conditions are in the forecast for Sunday, as a

frontal system is expected to advance southeastward across the

state. Forecast highs are in the 90s, roughly 10 to 15 degrees above

average. Winds will shift from southerly to northwesterly through

the afternoon. Gusts of around 30 mph are forecast and minimum humidity

values between 15 and 20 percent has resulted in a fire weather

watch for southwest ND.

 

 

 

From the City of Jamestown:  Due to technical difficulties in other areas of the project, WATER OUTAGES in NW Jamestown will now occur on TUESDAY, September 5, 2017, during the hours of 7AM to 7pm in the following areas:

  • Homes in the 1100 – 1200 Block of 4TH Ave NW
  • Homes along 11th St NW between 3rd Ave & 4th Ave NW

Water outages will be temporary  – water service will be resumed as soon as is possible.

This announcement is contingent upon changing weather conditions.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi-United Way)  The magic is U! The United Way of Stutsman County is hosting its second annual 5K Run/Walk Saturday September 9, 2017. Please join us as we raise our magic wands and put our happy feet to work.

Registration is at 9:30 a.m. on the front lawn of Ave Maria Village (501 19th St NE Jamestown). followed by the walk./run at 10:00 a.m.

Early registration fee is $20 for ages 13 and up and includes a T-shirt. $25 day of the event. Children under the age of 13 are free unless they want to order a shirt.

Registrations are available at Unison Bank in Jamestown. Or you can register by calling the United Way at 701-952-8929.

The United Way of Stutsman County will be supporting the following agencies during this year’s fundraising campaign: Alano Society, Boy Scouts – Northern Lights, Camp Rokiwan, Child Care Aware, Community Corrections, Girl Scouts – Dakota Horizons, Imagination Library, James River Transit, MOST/21st Cen. After School, PATH, Safe Shelter, Salvation Army, SANE/SART, Senior Companion Program, and The Arts Center.

The United Way of Stutsman County is part of United Way Worldwide. Its mission is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world to advance the common good. The current impact model emphasizes that 99% of all funds raised stays within in Stutsman County.

 

BUFFALO, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the state Health Department’s decision to issue a permit for a 9,000-hog farm in Buffalo.

Many of the town’s 200 residents had worried about potential pollution from the $15 million facility at Rolling Green Family Farms.

But the Health Department granted a permit, saying the farm would meet state standards. The state also added conditions to the permit to address concerns about odor, surface water and groundwater.

Opponents went to court last year and asked a judge to block the project and rescind the permit. But the judge refused and the state Supreme Court upheld that decision in an opinion filed earlier this week.

Minnesota-based Pipestone Holdings will operate the facility.

 

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Research from North Dakota State University shows the state’s five tribal colleges have contributed more than $190 million to the state’s economy during fiscal year 2016.

The university’s study also included the social and economic effects of education. It’s the second study of its kind to be completed by the university.

The North Dakota Association of Tribal Colleges ordered the study to measure the combined impact of the state’s tribal colleges. Those colleges include Cankdeska Cikana Community College, Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, Sitting Bull College, Turtle Mountain Community College and United Tribes Technical College.

University researchers studied the state and local economic impacts using the colleges’ operations expenditures and student spending.

 

 

DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — A company with a deep history in North Dakota is one of the four firms awarded contracts to build a prototype for a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it will award one of the contracts to Fisher Sand & Gravel Co., founded more than 60 years ago in southwestern North Dakota and headquartered in Dickinson.

CBP is providing few details of the concrete prototypes and says funding for four other prototypes for a see-through structure will be awarded next week. The prototypes will cost a total of $3.6 million and will be built in San Diego.

The Trump administration is moving forward on the wall, even though funding for the overall project is uncertain.

 

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — The new Lewis and Clark Bridge in the western North Dakota oil patch has opened to traffic.

The $80 million bridge south of Williston is part of a four-lane expansion project on U.S. Highway 85. The project included more than $340 million of state money invested in the bridge, two bypasses and 60 miles of highway from Watford City to Williston.

The bridge was the single largest infrastructure project bid in state history.

Transportation Director Tom Sorel says the highway is essential to the energy industry. Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford calls the project “a major milestone in the history of North Dakota’s transportation system.”

 

In sports…

CULLEN-STANLEY CUP…

MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — Moorhead, Minnesota, native Matt Cullen has brought the Stanley Cup back home for the second time in as many years.

Cullen was part of the Pittsburgh Penguins team that won the NHL championship for a second straight season earlier this year.

Tradition calls for all players on a cup-winning team to get the trophy for 24 hours. It’s the oldest professional team sports trophy in North America.

Cullen on Thursday brought the cup to Moorhead and neighboring Fargo, North Dakota. Among his stops were a children’s hospital, a baseball game and a Dairy Queen.

Cullen has signed a one-year deal with the Minnesota Wild this offseason.

 

In world and national news…

DALLAS (AP) — The spike in gasoline prices in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey has hit the accelerator.

The national average for regular was $2.54 a gallon by Friday afternoon, an increase of 18 cents in the last week, according to GasBuddy.

Prices jumped at least 10 cents a gallon in 24 hours in Texas, Ohio, Georgia and the Mid-Atlantic states, travel club AAA reported Friday.

The nationwide average was already higher than most experts predicted as a worst-case scenario when flooding from the devastating storm began knocking out refineries along the Texas Gulf Coast a week ago.

Two of the leading price-forecasting analysts, GasBuddy’s Patrick DeHaan and Tom Kloza of the Oil Price Information Service, now see the national average peaking as high as $2.75 a gallon in the next few days.

 

HOUSTON (AP) — The mayor of Houston is telling residents whose homes are still flooded in the western part of the city to evacuate, because reservoir releases will keep water flowing into their homes for 10 to 15 days. Mayor Sylvester Turner made the voluntary evacuation announcement Friday, almost a week after Harvey started flooding most of the city. Officials have released water from reservoirs in an attempt to control flooding.

WASHINGTON (AP) — An initial $5.9 billion down payment in Harvey recovery aid will head for congressional passage as early as next week _ and it looks likely to be the vehicle to increase the federal debt limit to stave off default. The Harvey proposal is a first installment to keep recovery efforts adequately funded. And GOP leaders aim to use the popular vote on the Harvey money to sweeten the contentious but necessary vote to increase the nation’s debt limit.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors will lead a new Houston-based group created to help law enforcement agencies respond to an inevitable wave of fraud and other criminal activity set off by Harvey’s punishing rains. Authorities are warning residents, volunteers and officials in flood zones they could be targeted by storm-related scams. They emphasize that the easy availability of personal information on the internet has widened criminal activities and potential victims to anywhere in the U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’ll announce a decision on the fate of hundreds of thousands of young people who were brought into the country illegally as children Friday afternoon or over the weekend. He’s telling reporters: “We love the dreamers, we love everybody.” At issue is the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The DACA program has given nearly 800,000 young immigrants a reprieve from deportation and the ability to work in the country.

PHOENIX (AP) — President Donald Trump is facing increasing pressure from CEOs, Roman Catholic bishops, celebrities and a national mobilization effort as he weighs eliminating an Obama-era program for young immigrants. Speculation has been growing that Trump may do away with the program as soon as Friday. Immigrant groups have been staging daily protests in the scorching Phoenix heat, mobilizing people in California, and demonstrating outside House Speaker Paul Ryan’s church and office in recent days.