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Jamestown Public Schools and St. John's Academy are both dismissing classes at 1 p.m. this week, starting today, due to the high heat index forecast. Officials from both schools met Monday afternoon to make the decision, said Robert Lech, superintendent for Jamestown Public Schools. Lech...

Dry conditions for July in Jamestown and Stutsman County set an all-time record, according to the National Climatic Data Center. "It didn't surprise me that it is dry," said Adnan Akyuz, North Dakota state climatologist. "It surprised me that it was a record. To my dismay, it seems...

Earth experienced its fifth-hottest June on record, according to a report released on Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The average global temperatures last month of 60.54 F (15.86 C) tied with 2006, and was 1.15 F (0.64 C) above the 20th century average...

A heat advisory is in effect for the James River Valley this afternoon. As of 3 p.m., the advisory issued by the National Weather Service was set to expire at 7 p.m. and included Barnes, Cass, Dickey, La Moure, Logan, McIntosh, Ransom, Richland, Sargent and Stutsman counties. "The...

A flash flood watch has been issued for northwest and central North Dakota this afternoon and evening, the National Weather Service stated. "Slow moving thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall are expected across northwest and central North Dakota this afternoon through this evening,"...

Parts of the east side of Jamestown were without power for more than 2 1/2 hours Thursday night into Friday morning after a tree fell on a power line, according to the Otter Tail Power Co. Cris Oehler, director of public relations for Otter Tail, said the outage affected 1,450 customers...

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) -- Calgary's mayor said Friday the flooding situation in his city is as under control as it can be -- for now. Officials estimated 75,000 people have been displaced in the western Canadian city. Mayor Naheed Nenshi said the Elbow River, one of two rivers that...

A deluge of rain -- 4.3 to 6.2 inches -- blasted Valley City and the surrounding Barnes County Thursday evening, and officials advised no travel in the area. Water had risen over numerous roads, making some impassable, said Fred Thompson, chief of police with the Valley City Police...

Storms dumped heavy rain and some hail across much of the Jamestown area from Wednesday into Thursday, damaging crops and swamping roads. The storms late Wednesday and Thursday had dropped 2.67 inches of rain on Jamestown as of 5 p.m., according to the North Dakota Agricultural...

KEENE, N.D. -- A lightning strike at a saltwater disposal facility near here caused an explosion and a fire Friday morning but did not cause any injuries. Jerry Samuelson, emergency manager for McKenzie County, said lightning struck a tank owned by Murex Petroleum about 8 a.m. Friday....

Jamestown has received twice the moisture so far this year as it did by this time last year. The Jamestown area saw mostly normal precipitation this year until the end of April, said WDAY Chief Meteorologist John Wheeler. Then May hit. Wheeler said that precipitation levels recorded...

It's June, but -- to the disappointment of North Dakotans who weathered an unusually long winter this year -- there hasn't been much sunshine this month. Recent rainy weather has kept many people from relaxing at the lake and has made it difficult for people to keep up with their...