Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Mar 26

CSi Weather…

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY EXTENDED TO UNTIL 7-P.M. MONDAY IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA

* WHAT…Mixed precipitation. Additional snow accumulations of up to one inch and ice accumulations of a light glaze are expected.

* WHERE…Portions of northwest and west central Minnesota and
southeast North Dakota.

* WHEN…Until 7 PM CDT Monday evening.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Plan on slippery road conditions,
including during the evening commute. Be prepared for reduced
visibilities at times.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A Winter Weather Advisory means that periods of snow, sleet or
freezing rain will cause travel difficulties. Be prepared for
slippery roads and limited visibilities, and use caution while
driving. The latest road conditions for the state you are calling
from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1.

Snow or a wintry mix will again be possible across the region late
Tuesday night into Wednesday morning and again from Thursday night
into Friday. Primary impacts will be slick roadways during the
morning commute.

 

Forecast…

 

 

 

 

Jamestown  (UJ)   The First Lady of North Dakota, Kathryn Helgaas Burgum, will be presenting on her platform topic, Addiction Recovery,  Reinventing Recovery in North Dakota, at the University of Jamestown on Tuesday, March 27  at 7-p.m. at the University of Jamestown’s Reiland Fine Arts Center, DeNault Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

A reception to follow.

Helgaas Burgum became First Lady on December 15, 2016. In this position, she has made it her priority to support and develop initiatives for fighting addiction in North Dakota’s communities. For more information on the First Lady’s upcoming presentation, please visit uj.edu/addiction.

Established in 1883, the University of Jamestown is a private, liberal arts university granting Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Science in Nursing degrees, as well as Master’s Degrees in Education, Leadership, Clinical Counseling, and a Fargo-based Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. With the Jamestown Journey to Success, emphasis is placed not only on preparing students academically in their chosen areas of study, but also on preparing them through a student-centered experience.

 

Valley City  (CSi)  A joint meeting of the Barnes County and Valley City Commissions and the Valley City Public School District is Tuesday, March 27^th, starting at 5:30-p.m., at the Town and Country Club. The meeting is open to the public.

As reported at the March Valley City Commission meeting, it will focus on law enforcement, emergency response, mental health issues and the future direction of the Barnes County jail.

 

Bismarck (CSi)  In an effort to make North Dakota roads safer, law enforcement across the state will be on alert for those drivers texting while driving during the nationwide U Drive. U Text. U Pay. enforcement campaign from April 1-30.

Last year nearly 400 citations were issued in North Dakota for distracted drivers during the state’s two enforcement periods (April and September).

Composing, reading or sending any electronic message or using a communications device to access the Internet while driving is illegal in North Dakota for drivers of all ages, and is punishable with a fine of $100. The law applies to any driver of a vehicle in a traffic lane, even while stopped at a red light or in a construction zone.

Additionally, drivers under the age of 18 are prohibited from using any electronic communications devices, including cell phones, unless in an emergency. For 14 and 15 year-olds, this law carries a $20 fine and 4 points on the driver’s record. For 16 and 17 year-olds, this law carries a $20 fine and no points on the driver’s record.

Jamestown Police Lt. Justin Blinsky says,“The U Drive. U Text. U Pay. enforcement campaign gives law enforcement the opportunity to educate people on the risks of distracted driving.  Our enforcement teams will be actively watching for and pulling over any driver who demonstrates behaviors consistent with texting. These enforcements really make a difference on our roads to ensure everyone’s safety.”

While this enforcement period specifically targets texting while driving, it’s important to note that, in 2017, North Dakota expanded its distracted driving law to include all acts of distraction. If a driver is distracted by anything that impairs the ability to safely operate the vehicle and commits a traffic violation, that driver can be given a $100 citation for distracted driving above any other fine for the traffic violation committed.

Karin Mongeon, the  NDDOT Safety Division Director, says,  “With high visibility enforcement campaigns such as U Drive. U Text. U Pay., we can move toward the goal of zero fatalities and serious injuries from motor vehicle crashes in North Dakota through the Vision Zero initiative. However, this means everyone will need to take personal responsibility for their actions behind the wheel.”

Learn more about these and other traffic safety initiatives at dot.nd.gov, VisionZero.ND.gov, or join the conversation on the Vision Zero ND Facebook or Twitter page.

View memorials of families who have lost a loved one due to a distracted driver by visiting the North Dakota Crash Memorial Wall at VisionZero.ND.gov.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota and Canadian officials are working to settle differences over a long-delayed project that would bring Missouri River water to residents of northwestern North Dakota.

Federal Judge Rosemary Collyer last August ruled that the $244 million Northwest Area Water Supply project first authorized by Congress 31 years ago complies with federal environmental law. But the Canadian province of Manitoba and the state of Missouri appealed over concerns about water quality and water depletion.

Officials with Minot and the State Water Commission tell the Minot Daily News Manitoba might be willing to drop the appeal in exchange for being involved in the NAWS design.

State NAWS director Tim Freije (FREE’-jee) says Missouri’s appeal is tied to Manitoba’s, and he doesn’t think Missouri has a strong case on its own.

 

In sports…

Bismarck  (CSi)  North Dakotans who want to hunt elk, moose and bighorn sheep in 2018 are reminded the deadline for submitting applications is March 28.

Prospective hunters can apply online at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s website, gf.nd.gov. General lottery applications can also be submitted by calling 800-406-6409. Preferential landowner (gratis) applications must be submitted online. Paper applications are no longer available for any lottery or gratis licenses, which will also include deer gun, pronghorn, swan and fall turkey.

The status of the bighorn sheep season will be determined Sept. 1, after summer population surveys are completed. However, bighorn sheep applications must be submitted before the deadline. Once total licenses are determined for each unit in late summer, the bighorn lottery will then be held and successful applicants will be contacted to select a hunting unit.

Elk, moose and bighorn sheep lottery licenses are issued as once-in-a-lifetime licenses in North Dakota. Hunters who have received a license through the lottery in the past are not eligible to apply for that species again.

Drawing statistics from 2017.

Online lottery questions/answers.

 

In world and national news…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman says Britain has made European countries hostage of its anti-Russian policy.

Maria Zakharova said in televised remarks that Britain failed to provide any evidence to back its accusations of Moscow’s involvement in the poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter.

The U.S., Canada, and more than a dozen European countries have joined Britain in expelling Russian diplomats in a show of solidarity over the poisoning. Russia has fiercely denied its involvement in the poisoning and warned that it will respond in kind.

Zakharova alleged that “powerful forces” in Britain and the United States were behind the attack, which she called a “provocation” aimed at unleashing a “Russophobic” campaign.

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans appear open to President Donald Trump’s decision to negotiate directly with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and are less concerned than in recent months by the threat posed by the pariah nation’s nuclear weapons.

That’s according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, taken after Trump agreed to what would be unprecedented meeting with the North Korean leader.

North Korea has yet to publicly confirm plans for the summit, but the poll suggests its potential has eased fears of war that intensified last year as the North made rapid strides in its nuclear and missile capabilities.

Some 48 percent of Americans favor and 29 percent oppose Trump’s plan to talk with Kim, while 21 percent say they’re neither in favor nor opposed.

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Associated Press investigation has found that a top fundraiser for President Donald Trump received millions of dollars from a political adviser to the United Arab Emirates before he began making political donations to U.S. lawmakers considering legislation targeting the UAE’s chief rival in the Persian Gulf, Qatar.

The UAE adviser, George Nader, is now a witness in the U.S. special counsel investigation into foreign meddling in American politics.

Two people tell the AP that Nader wired $2.5 million to the Trump fundraiser, Elliott Broidy, through a company in Canada. They say Nader paid the money to Broidy to bankroll an effort to persuade the U.S. to take a hard line against Qatar, a longtime American ally but now a bitter adversary of the UAE.

 

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — An attorney for Trump lawyer Michael Cohen says his client had nothing to do with an alleged threat made against adult film star Stormy Daniels.

Lawyer Brent Blakely said in a letter late Sunday that Daniels and her lawyer Michael Avenatti made “false and defamatory statements” in an episode of “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday night.

Daniels said in the interview she’d been threatened by an unidentified man to keep quiet about her alleged relationship with Trump.

Blakely says Cohen “had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with any such person or incident, and does not even believe that any such person exists, or that such incident ever occurred.”

He’s accusing the pair of libel and demanding they “cease and desist from making” false and defamatory statements” and apologize to Cohen publicly.

 

 

(AP)  U.S. gun maker Remington Outdoor Company has filed for bankruptcy protection, after years of falling sales and lawsuits tied to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.

Records from the bankruptcy court of the district of Delaware show that the company filed late Sunday.

Remington had in February reached a deal with lenders to reduce its debt by about $700 million and add about $145 million in new capital. But that only bought time for it to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Remington makes the Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle that was used in the Sandy Hook shooting in Connecticut that left 20 first-graders and six educators dead in 2012. The company was cleared of wrongdoing in the shooting, but investors distanced themselves from the company’s owner, investor Cerberus Capital Management.

 

 

NEW YORK (AP) — The chief law enforcement officers for 37 U.S. states and territories are demanding to know when Facebook learned of a huge breach of privacy protections.

The officers say in a letter Monday to CEO Mark Zuckerberg that users’ trust in the social media platform is “broken.”

The attorneys general are asking how Facebook monitored what these developers did with all the data they collected and whether Facebook had safeguards to prevent misuse.

They also asked Zuckerberg for an update on how Facebook will allow users to more easily control the privacy of their accounts.

Cambridge Analytica, a political data-mining firm, is accused of lifting data from some 50 million Facebook users to influence voters in the 2016 elections.