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WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST TUESDAY…FOR THE JAMESTOWN AREA….NOON IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 20 BELOW. NORTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 15 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 40 BELOW.
.TUESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS NEAR ZERO. WEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH.
LOWEST WIND CHILLS AROUND 45 BELOW IN THE MORNING.
.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. NOT AS COLD. LOWS NEAR ZERO.
SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH. WIND CHILLS AROUND 25 BELOW.
.WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. NOT AS COLD. HIGHS IN THE MID
20S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST
AROUND 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.
.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS ZERO TO
5 ABOVE. LOWS AROUND 10 BELOW.
.FRIDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 10.
.FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
.SATURDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
.SATURDAY NIGHT…INCREASING CLOUDS. LOWS AROUND 5 BELOW.
.SUNDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 10.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS NEAR ZERO. HIGHS
AROUND 10.
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING…AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.
Jamestown, (CSi) Jamestown Regional Airport Manager, Matt Leitner says Jamestown and Devils Lake were informed, on Monday (Jan 27, 2014) that Great Lakes intends to discontinue commercial air service effective February 1, 2014.
Leitner adds, due to a lack of qualified pilots Great Lakes is drastically scaling back Minneapolis St. Paul operations and exiting many markets. For affected markets, fares will be refunded and tickets will no longer be sold.
Letiner points that the North Dakota congressional delegation and North Dakota Aeronautics Commission have been apprised of the situation.
On Monday, Jamestown Regional Airport Authority Chairman Jim Boyd, Jamestown Mayor Katie Andersen and Leitner participated in a conference call with Devils Lake, North Dakota Aeronautics, the federal congressional delegation and the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Officials in both Devils Lake and Jamestown earlier endorsed a switch from Great Lakes to SkyWest Airlines to provide service under the federal Essential Air Service program. Great Lakes provides service on turboprop planes, while SkyWest flies jets. The federal Department of Transportation has the final say,and has until February 6, 2014, to make a decision on either of the two airlines making bids on the Jamestown EAS package, the present carrier, Great Lakes Airlines, or SkyWest.
The federal Department of Transportation has the final say.
Starting Monday, Jan 20, Great Lakes Airline reduced service to only 1 flight a day from and to Minneapolis, Sunday through Friday. There are no flights on Saturday. This brings the total weekly flights to 6, on the 19 passenger Beech 1900 turbo-prop.
Great Lakes Airlines Statement:
CHEYENNE, Wyo., January 27, 2014 – Effective February 1, 2014, Great Lakes Airlines will be suspending service from Devils Lake and Jamestown, ND; Fort Dodge and Mason City, IA; Ironwood, MI; and Thief River Falls, MN due to the severe industry-wide pilot shortage and its relative acute impact on Great Lakes.
Charles Howell, CEO released the following statement:
“Due to the unintended consequences of the new congressionally mandated pilot regulatory requirements, the Company feels it is in the best interest of our customers, communities, and employees to suspend service from these stations until we are able to rebuild our staff of pilots in order to provide reliable service. We deeply regret and apologize for this inconvenience.”
All customers with future flights in any of these stations will be given refunds. Please begin your refund efforts with your initial booking source.
For more background information regarding how the regulatory changes have affected Great Lakes’ unique role in the airline industry, please visit our website at www.FlyGreatLakes.com
Great Lakes Airlines provides scheduled passenger air service with a fleet of Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia’s and Beechcraft 1900D regional airliners. A current route map may be viewed at: http://www.flygreatlakes.com/route_map/Docs/route_map.pdf
Additional information is available on the Company web site that may be accessed at www.flygreatlakes.com
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CSi) – U.S. Senators Heidi Heitkamp and John Hoeven today met with senior U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) officials to stress the need for regular and dependable air service to Devils Lake and Jamestown Regional Airports.
The DOT officials committed to Heitkamp and Hoeven that they would announce Essential Air Service (EAS) contracts for North Dakota communities this week. If a new airline is selected in the EAS process, Heitkamp, Hoeven and the DOT also committed to pressing for an expedited transition to new service after the new bids are announced. Expedited transition for Devils Lake and Jamestown is necessary because the current provider – Great Lakes Airlines – recently announced its intention to discontinue service on February 1, 2014.
The delegation addressed potential concerns that have been raised regarding the approval of EAS contracts, which provide reliable service for Jamestown and Devils Lake. EAS often supports economic development and job creation by enabling businesses to more easily access rural communities.
Also attending the meeting was a representative from Congressman Kevin Cramer’s office, Devils Lake Mayor Richard Johnson, Jamestown Mayor Katie Anderson, along with the communities’ airport authority leadership.
“We are working in lockstep with Devils Lake and Jamestown to make sure the Department of Transportation understands how important reliable air service is to both of these communities,” the Delegation said. “Over the years, we have seen firsthand the economic impact that EAS has had on Devils Lake and Jamestown – enabling businesses to expand and helping our rural communities grow. We will continue to work to put in place a long-term plan that will give local leaders and residents the assurance they deserve that there will be high-quality air service.”
Last week, the Delegation highlighted its support for Essential Air Service in North Dakota to DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx.
Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Parks and Recreation Department is asking the public to keep snowmobiles off Hillcrest Golf Course property, all city parks, and Park land located along 17th Avenue Southwest. Fines could be incurred.
Anyone seeing snowmobiles on these properties are asked to report the activity to the police department.
PEMBINA, N.D. (AP) – A Canadian man survived an accident caused by the weekend snowstorm near the border in North Dakota but was struck and killed when he went to help someone else.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol says it happened Sunday afternoon on Interstate 29 just south of the Pembina Port of Entry.
The agency says 53-year-old John Geortz, of Winnipeg, got out of his vehicle to check on another driver involved in the crash and was struck by a tractor trailer.
Four other people were injured in a third vehicle.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Williston police are investigating a report of a homicide and want the public’s help locating a piece of evidence.
Detective David Peterson tells The Associated Press that police received the report of a homicide on Saturday. He says police have not confirmed the report nor have they found a body.
Peterson says police are looking for a bed mattress that is considered evidence in the case. He says the mattress may have been discarded along a roadway or ditch in the Minot area after being transported from Williston.
Peterson says the public should report any discarded mattress found in the region. But he says people should not touch the mattress or disturb the area.
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (AP) – Authorities have released the name of a man who died in a Devils Lake house fire over the weekend.
Fifty-seven-year-old William Hendrickx died Saturday morning in the blaze that destroyed the home.
Assistant Fire Chief Cory Meyer says authorities determined the fire was electrical in nature and started in the basement.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Xcel Energy has lifted its appeal for conservation for all customers in the Upper Midwest after three natural gas pipelines were knocked out by an explosion in Canada.
The Minneapolis-based utility says natural gas is once again flowing to the region in one of two pipelines shut down for inspection Saturday after a third pipeline was ruptured in an explosion south of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Xcel Energy lifted its request to turn down the thermostat for customers in Minnesota and North Dakota late Monday morning. A conservation appeal was lifted for customers in western Wisconsin at noon Monday.
The company lifted its conservation appeal in stages to safely return the system to full capacity.
The call for conservation came just as much of the territory confronted another stretch of bitter cold.
In world and national news…
COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) – There’s increased security in place Monday at a shopping mall in Columbia, Maryland. It reopened Monday afternoon, two days after a gunman killed two store employees and himself. Police have been looking at a journal belonging to the 19-year-old shooter, Darion Aguilar. They say it expressed “general unhappiness.” But after reading the contents of the journal, an officer who had been looking for the missing teen on the day of the shooting had been worried about the young man’s safety.
LONDON (AP) – Documents leaked by former NSA contactor Edward Snowden suggest that the apps on smartphones around the world could be a powerful ally for spy agencies. The documents, published by The New York Times and others, suggest that the mapping, gaming, and social networking apps available on smartphones can feed the National Security Agency and British intelligence with huge amounts of personal data. The publications outlined how the data could be harvested from apps such as Angry Birds or Google maps.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Three Senate Republicans want to repeal the new health care law and replace it with an alternative that eliminates most of the coverage mandates. It would instead offer tax breaks to help those with lower incomes obtain coverage. Congressional Republicans vowed more than three years ago to repeal and replace the health care law — but since then they’ve focused mostly on trying to repeal it without advancing a comprehensive alternative.
MIAMI (AP) – Florida Republican Congressman Trey Radel (RAY’-dul) is resigning from his House seat, two months after he pleaded guilty to a charge of cocaine possession. The first-term lawmaker admitted buying 3.5 grams of cocaine from an undercover officer in Washington. In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, Radel says that some of his “struggles had serious consequences.” The letter says he is stepping down at the end of the day.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Voters in Florida will be deciding whether to approve the use of medical marijuana. A measure that would legalize pot for medical purposes has cleared its final legal hurdle, and will be on the ballot in November. The approval from the state Supreme Court came just three days after a petition drive reached the required number of signatures.
CHICAGO (AP) – The frigid temperatures gripping the central U.S. for the second time in weeks are upending people’s routines and travel plans.
With the bitter weather settling in Monday across the Midwest, parents are bringing kids to work or just staying home because schools were closed, again. Companies that offer delivery services are being flooded with calls from customers eager to pay someone else to brave the severe weather. And cabdrivers say it’s so chilly that people are hailing them for trips only a block away – or even half a block.
Temperatures across the region were falling below zero Monday with wind chills in some areas forecast to dive below minus 40 degrees. And there’s no quick relief in sight as subzero highs were expected to dominate into Tuesday.
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