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SkillsUSA looks forward to nationals
Jamestown High School is once again the North Dakota SkillsUSA champion and the team is fundraising to attend the national competition from June 24-28 at the Kentucky Expo Center.Five members of the JHS SkillsUSA team who won first place honors at the state competition in April will join 16,000 others... → Read More
Juried bison art exhibit opening at Buffalo Museum
The National Buffalo Museum is hosting a juried art exhibit on bison though the summer that will double as a fundraiser for future exhibits and programs.The... → Read More
Jamestown Middle School food shelf offers groceries to kids in need
Jamestown Middle School counselors have partnered with the Great Plains Food Bank School Pantry Program that opened in April and will also run during the summer... → Read More
County may join opioid suit
The Stutsman County Commission on Tuesday said it would consider joining a class-action settlement case related to the pharmaceutical industry's alleged role in causing an opioid epidemic from 1996 to 2015.The commissioners tabled the matter for the June meeting. → Read More
JHS sophomores above average in math and English
Jamestown High School scored above the state average on the North Dakota State Assessment, an online test taken by sophomores during April and May. → Read More
Grant to help pedestrian safety at schools
The North Dakota Department of Transportation approved a project to help create pedestrian safety zones around Jamestown schools and could start by the summer of 2020. → Read More
A perfect fit: National Buffalo Museum hires first curator
The National Buffalo Museum in Jamestown has hired its first professional collections staff as a step toward its vision of becoming a nationally accredited facility. → Read More
Jamestown's National Buffalo Museum hires first curator
JAMESTOWN, N.D. — The National Buffalo Museum in Jamestown has hired its first professional collections staff as a step toward its vision of becoming a nationally accredited facility. → Read More
Jamestown's National Buffalo Museum hires first curator
JAMESTOWN, N.D. — The National Buffalo Museum in Jamestown has hired its first professional collections staff as a step toward its vision of becoming a nationally accredited facility. → Read More
Jamestown's National Buffalo Museum hires first curator
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Omega House works to save rivers
Around 90 eighth-grade student members of the middle school’s Omega House were out in force Thursday to help encourage Jamestown residents to keep toxic waste and other debris out of the city’s storm drain system that leads directly to the James River.“It’s a tradition,” said Alexes Prasek,... → Read More
JRFD responds to shop fire
Stutsman County Communications Center received a 12:11 p.m. call about a shop fire in a building belonging to a farm at 3188 88th Ave. SE, northeast of Jamestown near the intersection of 32nd Street SoutheaJamestown Rural Fire Department responded and is still at the scene as of 1:30 p.m. → Read More
L’Amour tour showcases Jamestown years
Tourism officials say a self-guided walking tour will help provide a more complete picture of Louis L’Amour’s boyhood years living in turn-of-the-century Jamestown. → Read More
L’Amour tour showcases Jamestown years
Tourism officials say a self-guided walking tour will help provide a more complete picture of Louis L’Amour’s boyhood years living in turn-of-the-century Jamestown. → Read More
L’Amour tour showcases Jamestown years
Tourism officials say a self-guided walking tour will help provide a more complete picture of Louis L’Amour’s boyhood years living in turn-of-the-century Jamestown. → Read More
L’Amour tour showcases Jamestown years
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Gussner students celebrate animals
Gussner Elementary School third-grade students of Tricia Gaffaney and Jenny Peet line up for applause Thursday, after giving parents and fellow students a presentation... → Read More
Snake charmer
Mavis Lorig, a resident of Ave Maria Village in Jamestown, shows some affection for Tess the red-tailed boa constrictor on Wednesday, with fellow resident Diane Purcell at left. The snake was part of an animal presentation by Chahinkapa Zoo in Wahpeton, in conjunction with a community art project on... → Read More
Area parents named to Family Engagement Cabinet
Two area residents were named to the 23 member Family Engagement Cabinet of the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. The cabinet of family members will offer advice about ways to strengthen relationships between families and the educators who teach their children, according to the Wednesday... → Read More
Math tricks with Joe Jangula
Jamestown High School students said they were a little stunned at a mathematical tricks presentation but just as much by the presenter who concluded the event... → Read More