Jamestown Sun

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine/KIEV — Crimeans voted in a referendum on Sunday on whether to break away from Ukraine and join Russia, with Kiev accusing Moscow of rapidly building up its armed forces on the peninsula in "crude violation" of an international treaty. Caught in an East-West...

SEOUL — North Korea fired 10 short-range missiles into the sea off the east of the Korean peninsula on Sunday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported, citing unidentified government officials in South Korea. Yonhap said the missiles flew for 45 miles before splashing into...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and his Democrats face the challenge of limiting fallout from the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, and drumming up voter enthusiasm in the November congressional elections, problem areas exposed by the loss of a Florida candidate...

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia has appealed for help and international coordination in a search for its missing passenger jet stretching across two corridors from the Caspian Sea to the southern Indian Ocean, diplomats said on Sunday. Malaysian officials briefed envoys from about 20...

 Howard "Bo" Callaway, who served as secretary of the Army after becoming the first Republican from Georgia elected to the U.S. House of Representatives since the Civil War, died on Saturday at age 86. Callaway died in Columbus, Ga., according a statement from Callaway Gardens,...

DENVER — A third person was arrested Saturday in connection with the murder of an Aspen, Colo., socialite whose body was found inside her home in the chic ski resort town last month, police said. Kathy Carpenter, 56, was being held without bond pending the filing of first-degree...

TRENTON, N.D. — Containment booms are surrounding a flooded oil well near the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers to prevent oil that leaked from a tank from spilling into the rivers, the North Dakota Department of Health said. Crews used two boats to deploy about...

It’s called the command post. On Saturday the Jamestown Fire Department station on 2nd Avenue Northwest becomes the area where people who get caught doing something they shouldn’t during the Runnin O’ the Green will spend some time. The Jamestown Police Department and Jamestown...

A Jamestown man battling leukemia can thank his sisters-in-law for establishing a bone marrow registry drive that could potentially find a marrow donor for him. The drive is at 1 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Anne Carlsen Center, 701 3rd St. NW, in Jamestown for potential donors between...

I recently contacted Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., and Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., regarding the Affordable Care Act. I explained to them that my wife is a juvenile diabetic (Type I) and could not obtain health insurance, other than with the comprehensive Health Association of North Dakota,...

The Jamestown Sun hands out these bravos and a buffalo chip this week: * Bravo to the Kidder County Angels, a group that provides gas vouchers to people with chronic illnesses to help them get to their medical appointments. The vouchers are used at gas stations in Kidder County....

Saturday, March 15 Runnin O’ the Green starts at 2 p.m. at Frontier Fort. The 10-stop pub crawl begins at 2 p.m. Registration: $10 at the Fort. Whoever Can Come Band jam session, 1 to 4 p.m., Barnes County Historical Society, 315 Central Ave. N., Valley City. No charge for players,...

Jimmie softball coach Kevin Gall was hoping to bring some momentum, and good weather, back from the desert with them. It appears, both will be accomplished. The Jimmies registered two more wins on Friday, ending their trip to Tucson, Ariz., with four straight wins, while the snow...