Jamestown Sun

The lights went out in at least part of Jamestown as it became one of 20 area communities affected by downed power lines Monday evening, according to an Otter Tail Power Co. spokesperson. "It's just the result of the storm. Apparently this one's got pretty bad high winds and lightning,"...

Mosquito spraying in Jamestown will begin Tuesday and will continue throughout the week as necessary. All spraying is contingent upon weather conditions. All spraying operations will take place between approximately 8:30 p.m. until approximately 6 a.m. Parents are advised...

GRAND FORKS — When sex offenders in North Dakota are about to be released from prison, they are given a risk assessment by a committee with the state attorney general’s office. When they are released, they are given a low, moderate or high rating. However, some are given a more...

For the first time in its 27-year history, the annual North Dakota Ladies Run was held in Jamestown last weekend. The annual women-only motorcycle tour had 155 riders this year, and has been held in various cities across the state, as well as South Dakota, Minnesota and Canada. Founder...

Monday, July 21 Public meetings Central Valley Health Board of Health, noon, Central Valley Health District, 122 2nd St. NW.

Here’s a suggestion for people who’d like to establish a university district or an arts-and-entertainment zone in Grand Forks: First things first. And among those “first things” are many that are either minimally controversial or not controversial at all. So, get the bike...

Deport immigrant children? Fly them back to Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala where most of them are coming from? Why are we spending so much money on these illegal immigrants? Why not shoot them here in this country? They will be shot back home in their countries anyway. This after...

  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Prosecutors have charged three New Mexico teens with murder for allegedly beating to death two homeless men whose bodies were so badly disfigured they have yet to be identified, police and the Albuquerque District Attorney's Office...

  WASHINGTON - A former paratrooper who was the only survivor of one of the bloodiest battles of the war in Afghanistan was awarded the Medal of Honor on Monday in a ceremony at the White House as his family and comrades looked on. Former Army Staff...

  WASHINGTON - As more U.S. corporations do deals to cut taxes by shifting their tax domiciles overseas, the Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing on Tuesday focused on these transactions known as inversions. Nine such deals have been agreed to this...

WASHINGTON - A Republican House committee chairman scolded Boeing Co and a large U.S. trade group on Monday for lobbying to keep the Export-Import Bank alive, saying their efforts amounted to petitioning for "special privilege." Representative Jeb Hensarling wrote...

  New York state environmental regulators have proposed shutting the giant Indian Pointnuclear power plant to protect fish in the Hudson River during summer months, when demand for electricity for air-conditioning is greatest. The 2,061-megawatt plant, located...

  KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia has reached an agreement with Aleksander Borodai, leader of the separatist group in eastern Ukraine, to retrieve the bodies of the victims of MH17, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Tuesday. They have...