Jamestown Sun

  BISMARCK – Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem on Thursday unveiled his much-anticipated list of “extraordinary places” in North Dakota and an accompanying set of proposed rules that would require oil companies applying for permits to submit a plan to minimize the impacts...

GRAND FORKS — When it comes to infectious diseases, North Dakota and Minnesota vary in preparedness in the case of an outbreak, a new study shows. In a report released Tuesday by Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, North Dakota was ranked in the...

FARGO — North Dakota’s growing need for corrections officers is the force behind a new academy here that certifies students to work in county jails and state prisons. Over the next five years, North Dakota’s corrections industry is expected to expand by nearly 10 percent due...

The South Central Dakota Regional Council Executive Committee met Wednesday with its fellow owners of the Center for Economic Development building to review space needs. One idea raised by the building’s owners was selling the building and relocating to a larger building in Jamestown. Deb...

The James River Valley Library System is continuing its search for property suitable for building a new library, and the JRVLS Library Board hired a broker from Dardis Realty to help. “Our Realtor will also expand our search to sites that we possibly haven’t considered yet,”...

Grand Forks Herald Skeptics of man-made global warming put great weight on the fact that doomsayers’ predictions so seldom pan out. The true test of any model is its ability to accurately predict the future; and when a prediction points north but the future unfolds south, the model...

Thursday, Dec. 19 Public meetings Buffalo City Tourism Foundation Marketing Committee, noon, National Buffalo Museum, 500 17th St. SE. Special events Classic movie night, 7 p.m., Arts Center, 115 2nd St. SW. “Christmas in Connecticut” will be shown at no charge.

Jamestown High School’s Ethan Gumke is the top-ranked Class A wrestler at 195 pounds. Gumke, a senior, earned the top nod in the second coaches’ poll of the season, which was released on Wednesday. Gumke moved up one spot from the initial poll where he was ranked behind Zach...

Mark Schuttenhelm, For The Sun It might seem odd, but I need to come to the defense of the NCAA. Two seasons ago, in the midst of the Fighting Sioux nickname controversy, I used quite a bit of ink blasting the NCAA on a regular basis. Last week, the NCAA announced the national...

J.T. Petsch of the University of Jamestown and Valley City State’s Derek Elliott have been named NAIA All-Americans by the American Football Coaches Association. Petsch, named to the second-team defense, and Elliott, one of just two first-team running backs, were the only players...

   Verizon Communications Inc said it would regularly report information on government requests for customer data from now on, following pressure from activist shareholders. A group of investors, concerned about the role of telephone companies in government spying...

  HERAT, Afghanistan - After Farida's husband sold their three-year-old daughter to support his drug habit of several years, she took a knife and stabbed him to death in their house in the western Afghan province ofHerat. The young mother of three then...

  WASHINGTON - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's execution of his uncle last week is an example of the worrisome unpredictability of that regime and could be a prelude to some kind of provocation by Pyongyang, top Pentagon officials said on Thursday. The...

  LONDON - President Barack Obama could probably lift the prohibition on domestic oil exports on his own, but the White House has little reason to favour U.S. oil producers and it would be safer politically to involve Congress in any...