Jamestown Sun

WASHINGTON — Leaders of the Veterans Affairs committees in the U.S. Congress said on Monday they had struck a rare compromise deal on legislation that provides about $17 billion in funding to ease long waiting times for VA medical centers. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Jeff...

WAHPETON, N.D. — The former manager of a motor vehicle branch office here pleaded guilty Monday to improperly managing office funds and was ordered to pay more than $100,000 to the North Dakota Department of Transportation. The sentencing of Catherine Muehler, 72, comes 13 years...

FARGO — About 430 Essentia Health patients recently received notice of a “breach of patient information” resulting from a marketing firm’s involvement in promoting an education seminar for patients. A letter touting a “free educational event” was sent June 6 to patients...

Last December I held my grandmother’s hand as she took her last breath in the Alzheimer’s unit of her nursing home. It was by far the most difficult but also among the most special moments that she and I have ever shared. As she passed away peacefully with her favorite Raggedy...

I read Jamestown Mayor Katie Andersen’s irresponsible comments on fireworks in Wednesday’s edition of The Sun with much disbelief. Could those quotes possibly have come from a public official in charge, in part, with attempting to ensure the safety of the public? Andersen said,...

The Democratic-NPL candidate for North Dakota’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives has a shot at unseating the one-term Republican incumbent, but only if George B. Sinner gets serious about his campaign. His “No Work, No Pay” stunt earlier this week, in which he...

With all the changes to Legion baseball this summer, one thing remained the same in the end — LaMoure Post 19 is back in the state tournament. In the new setup, Class B switched from having seven sections to four regions, meaning the top two teams in each region advanced to state. It...

  MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin risks becoming an international pariah over the Ukraine crisis but the Russian president is battening down the hatches for the gathering economic and political storm. The United States and the European...

  CHICAGO - A 40-year-old man who died in a Nigerian hospital last week from the ebola virus was an American from Minnesota, his wife told NBC News on Tuesday. Decontee Sawyer told NBC that her husband, Patrick Sawyer, who was working for the Liberian...

        ST. PAUL -- A split federal jury awarded former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura $1.8 million in his case against the estate of an author who claimed they were in a bar fight. Attorneys from Ventura and the author's estate agreed to accept the 8-2 jury...

  NEW YORK, July 29 (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence jumped in July to a monthly high not seen since October 2007, according to a private sector report released on Tuesday. The Conference Board, an industry group, said its index of consumer attitudes rose to...

  GAZA/JERUSALEM - Israel knocked out Gaza's only power plant and pounded dozens of other high-profile targets on Tuesday, while Egyptian mediators prepared a revised proposal for halting its war with Islamist militants in the enclave. Israel's Channel...

    July 29 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit southwest of Juan Rodriguez Clara, in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz on Tuesday at a depth of 95 km (60 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries...