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"W. North bound and South bound between spurred to 80 highways to 87 2, 87, Decatur, Cut off and now in house from the W B A P Weather desk Here's meteorologist. Rad Barton. All right. Thank you. Don. We're gonna be here throughout the night to watch the snow Is it moves in and possibly moves out early tomorrow morning. We are seeing some snow across the area right now. Some flurries east Dallas County up to rock wall along I 30. Some flurries, actually, right on top of DFW Airport looks like And then back to the Northwest. Little bit more pretty good little snow back toward the dent in Decatur buoy up in Montana County and around Gainesville. Little heavier snow up in Oklahoma, But at any rate, we are starting to see at least flurries in this area. And at this point were the weather service and also the storm Prediction Center up in Oklahoma. There watching this pretty pretty carefully. There will apparently be some real heavy snow up in Oklahoma. And there could be a few heavier bands here, but probably no more than one inch per hour. That's still pretty good snow, so we'll continue watch that as it moves on through our low by morning, we'll be 15 to 20 degrees, but whole lot better and one below zero. And then tomorrow is no should be ending. I'd say, probably mid morning if not sooner. High of 26 lows 16 to 20 wins out of northeast 10 to 20 so pretty good wind chills. Thursday Partly cloudy and 29 finally above freezing on Friday. Let me update the current conditions around here is well, like, Get those four. Hold on. Everything's run a little bit slow here tonight, including me. 17 DFW Airport 19 at Dallas Love. Denton did not report McKinney is 18. Arlington is 20. So we're in the upper teens generally to a 20 degrees across the area. Wind chills are barely Above zero and again snow moving in for the next several hours. Live from the W B A T Weather center. I'm Brad Martin. Thank you, Brad. Federal regulators say they're launching an inquiry into the operations of the bulk power system during the severe winter storm that left millions without power in sub freezing temperatures here in Texas and in other states, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation announced this inquiry today. Officials say the immediate emphasis.
Native America Calling
Montana tribes begin next phase of COVID-19 vaccinations
"This is national native news. Tony gonzalez oklahoma congressman tom. Cole opposes impeaching president trump as members of the house moved to impeach trump accusing him of inciting violence against the government after last week's deadly riot at the us capitol and a house rules committee meeting tuesday. Kohl condemned the violence and called for justice for those who took part in violent acts. Cole says the president bears some responsibility for what occurred but says he will not support. Impeachment differ with my college in the majority. I do not believe there. Proposed course of action. Impeachment is the appropriate solution. I can think of no action. the can take is more likely to further. Divide the american people and by putting the country through the trauma of another impeachment. As i speak today. We're just eight days from the end of president trump's term of office next week president-elect biden will take the oath of office as the president of the united states at a time like this we should be seeking a path forward Healing a path toward healing the american people but instead majorities rushing to judgment without due process. The house wednesday began debate on an impeachment resolution against the president tribes in montana have vaccinated healthcare workers for covid nineteen and are moving forward on plans for community members. Yellowstone public radio's caitlyn nicholas reports last week the rocky boy health center which serves the chippewa cree in northern montana initiated phase two of the rocky boy covid nineteen vaccination plan misty denny the health centers public information officer says the scheduling team began calling elders age. Sixty five and older on december thirty first to schedule appointments or trying to discourage any kind of elderly patients from this show enough so they've been working diligently to contact the eligible recipients directly by phone danny says the clinic vaccinated healthcare workers from its initial shipment of two hundred doses of moderna vaccine and is using the remainder of its second shipment of two hundred doses for elders prioritizing those over seventy five with medical conditions most montana counties are still in there i roll out of the vaccine to healthcare workers who have direct contact exposure with the virus however other tribes in montana including the crow northern cheyenne black feet fort belknap indian community and the confederated salish and kootenai tribes started vaccinating elderly tribal members. This week. After completing the first phase of vaccinations all tribal members are prioritized to receive the vaccine under montana's vaccination plan native americans and montana have experienced disproportionately high rates of infection and mortality from the corona virus for national native news. I'm caitlyn nicholas. The navajo nation has connected more than seven hundred homes to the electrical grid using covid nineteen relief funds as arizona. Public radio's ryan hinds reports the navajo tribal utility. Authority is using nearly forty million dollars from last year's cares act to improve power lines grid capacity the tribe intended to bring power to about five hundred homes before the end of last year but was able to exceed. The goal is crews worked long hours over several months. It's a continuation of the light up navajo project that began in two thousand nineteen about a quarter of the fifty five thousand households on the navajo nation. Aren't connected to the electrical grid. It prevents access to running water reliable lighting heating and cooling as well as modern refrigeration and internet access the navajo tribal utility authority is also installing. Solar power systems in two hundred homes and several families have received bathroom additions in water. Cisterns using cares act funding. It's all part of a broad plan approved by the tribe in august for electrical water infrastructure and broadband projects in all the federal covid relief package allocated more than seven hundred million dollars to the navajo nation for national native news. I'm ryan hunches in flagstaff and demand. Tony gonzales
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The Lummi Nation is withdrawing from a COVID-19 vaccine trial conducted by AstraZeneca
"This is national native news make an camera in for Antonio Gonzalez, a Montana County has agreed to open a satellite voting office on the black feet nation in settlement of a lawsuit by the tribe Mt. PR's Aaron Bolton reports Jacqueline de Leon is a staff attorney for the colorado-based native American Rights Fund, which helped the bike, the nation file, a case in federal court last week after the. Tribe requested that Array County. Opened a satellite voting office on the reservation. The tribe argued failure to do so would violate federal and State Law de Leone says the county has now read to open a satellite office in heartbeat on. October, nineteenth settling the case we were worried and have been worried that the move to vote by mail was going to disenfranchise native Americans because we know that. Vote by mail in Indian country. We know that lots of people don't get residential mail delivery under a county election officials declined to comment on the case. Di Leone says the native American. Rights Fund also helped the Fort Pack and Northern Cheyenne Tribes Negotiate with Roosevelt Big Horn, and Rosebud. Counties. She says that all three counties were offering in person voter services off reservation according to de. Leon all three counties have now agreed to open satellite offices on the reservations for national native news I'm Erin Bolton. A first nations leader in Atlantic Canada is calling on the prime minister to help settle a lobster dispute as Dan Carpenter Chuck reports confrontations in the Nova Scotia, lobster fishery have become increasingly more violent. Now, indigenous leaders are asking for more protection from police against targeted attacks by nonindigenous lobster fishers police say there were about two hundred people present during violent clashes near lobster pounds one van was set on fire. The dispute began after indigenous lobster fishers say they exercise their? Treaty rights to fish outside the federally regulated fishing season. The chief of this epoch attack first nation Mike sack says they have a right to fish for a moderate livelihood where and when they want and that's based on a Supreme Court ruling from twenty years ago sack says during the confrontation police were on site but did nothing to intervene I've also sent a letter off to a prime minister and hoping that him from they're not sure where to go with IT A. Number of community members throughout Nova Scotia Canada are willing to come in and protect our equal. Or we're not looking to add any fuel to the fire. So we're open the RCMP can just help come in. Charge what was wrong doing the chief says his council has also decided to take legal action against those who are interfering with his bands lobster fishery. In Ottawa Indigenous Services Minister Mark Miller called the violence unacceptable. He says, it's important to get both sides to the table to talk about exactly what is a moderate livelihood for the Magma for National Native News I'm Dan Carpenter Chuck. The LemMe Indian Business Council said this week that the LEMme nation is withdrawing from covid nineteen vaccine trial conducted by Astra Zeneca leader said, there were ongoing communication challenges with officials at the pharmaceutical company which had put its trial on hold following adverse reactions among some volunteers. The Lemme end the Navajo nation faced some backlash from tribal members participating in the trial according to Indian country today that's because of a fraud history of medical procedures and outside research conducted on Indigenous People Lemme nation medical director Dr Dakota Lane said Native Americans face greater risk from covid nineteen but are rarely included and testing vaccines and medications, which is a disadvantage to determining whether they're effective in native populations. LemMe Business Council. Chairman Lawrence Solomon said they would explore whether future trials are safe and appropriate for tribal members for national. Native, News. I'm Megan Camera.
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Montana Counties To Conduct Primary Election By Mail
"Montana, meanwhile, becoming the latest to permit all male voting in November as a way to limit the spread of Corona virus Governor Steve Bullock issuing that order on Thursday. Is increasingly unlikely that the pandemic will fully abated by November, such a traditional in person voting. Won't pose a significant risk to public health and human safety. Additionally, Our election administrators are county clerks and recorders found with 2020 June primary was successful that it was quote, streamlined, accurate. It is safest possible. Under the current pandemic. It only makes sense that we start preparing now to ensure that no Montana and will have to choose between their vote. Or their health. They didn't have two in June. And they shouldn't have to in November there force we did for the June primary. Issuing a directive today to allow counties the choice to conduct a