More The municipality explains that the landslide occurred on a part of the bank that had not been reinforced with concrete The dolomitic limestone bank has washed away over time taking with it the trees growing on it and part of the clay layer above it A large overhang remains in the remaining part of the cliff to the west A vertical crack indicates a possible splitting of a part of the rock from the overall rock mass The municipality stresses that it is dangerous to stay below the overhang and at the top of the slope Photo: Publicitātes attēlsPhoto: Publicitātes attēlsPhoto: Publicitātes attēls To guarantee the safety of visitors to Castle Hill Park and to protect against future landslides the expert committee has recommended that a log barrier be built across the protection ditch along the bank of the Mēmele River thus preventing access to the cliff from the river.  The effects of the landslide should also be addressed as soon as possible and fallen trees removed Priority actions also include work on the design of the reinforcement of the slope of the mound The municipality of Bauska has informed the Ministry of Smart Administration and Regional Development about the incident the municipality's specialists are preparing the documentation for the procurement "Feasibility study for the project of strengthening the northern slope of the Bauska Hillfort" the municipality will submit a request for funds to compensate for the damage caused The municipality urges visitors to the Castle Hill Park to observe the warning signs and not to cross the demarcation tapes Select text and press Ctrl+Enter to send a suggested correction to the editor Select text and press Report a mistake to send a suggested correction to the editor The "Vairog EU" small caliber ammunition production plant houses automated equipment for the production of bullets and cartridges "At the moment we have a 9 mm shell production line where we produce a finished 9 mm shell from such very small brass starting materials this is where we seal - where we make sure that there is no moisture and that everything is beautiful and of high quality We also have our own laboratory where we carry out quality control," said Zane Lucaua Ammunition production in Latvia was developed by Juris Viktors Ozols who has lived and worked in the military in Canada and the USA said that Latvia is able to produce a wide range of small-caliber ammunition and that cooperation with other military industry companies is good which has to be reserved several years in advance which is mostly produced in distant countries like the USA and Canada and so on and then it takes a very long time for this powder to come to Latvia and the company has to wait in a queue for this gunpowder Then there is the transport time before the gunpowder is transported to Latvia so the company also has to freeze quite a lot of money in these raw material purchases," said Krauze-Čebotare Photo: Daina ZalamanePhoto: Daina ZalamanePhoto: Daina ZalamanePhoto: Daina Zalamane former Minister of Defense and head of the Latvian Association of Military Advanced Technologies said that cooperation with government institutions is very important in the military field and that reliable cooperation partners should be sought The second thing is that I think we need to improve our cooperation with the government and state institutions if the armed forces are making some plans on how they see we have to lobby our industry and economic and military interests also in the European Union because there is still no green corridor for financing the military industry through banks we have to understand that many larger countries where this military industry has been classically developed it is not that they need us very much because it is also competition," Pabriks said said that in the current geopolitical situation it is very important that Latvia is able to produce what it needs in the military field "There may be other countries where you can buy this low-caliber ammunition cheaper it is important to produce it here in Latvia Our production facility is also deliberately designed with the idea that we can move all the equipment and people to any other place in Latvia within 24 hours and the factory can also move to other premises if necessary," said Krauze-Čebotare Latvia can reduce dependence on other countries and strengthen its defense capabilities The most effective way to improve traffic safety is by reconstructing the busiest roads Chairman of the Board at Latvijas Valsts ceļi (LVC) during the annual Latvian Road Sector Conference on Wednesday He emphasized that the country’s most heavily trafficked roads must be rebuilt as dual carriageways with more than one lane in each direction he cited the first 11 kilometers of the Ķekava bypass which features grade-separated interchanges Lazdovskis stressed the importance of finding funding solutions and now the Bauska bypass is under development as a public-private partnership (PPP) project which is the most critical route in terms of capacity and traffic safety,” he said He also noted that the Riga Ring Road project is closely linked to the Rail Baltica railway project and delays in the latter have impacted the road project as well Lazdovskis expressed confidence that the Salaspils–Baltezers (A4) section of the ring road needs to be prioritized and completed sooner He concluded by stating that roads built in the 20th century are no longer adequate for the traffic volumes seen in 2025 He also pointed out that the highest number of road fatalities continues to occur in collisions—with 28 people losing their lives in such incidents last year alone “Roads that are not suited for today’s traffic levels pose a threat to both safety and mobility,” he added LVC representatives told LETA that under EU regulations all roads within the core TEN-T network must have separated carriageways and be free of level crossings Exceptions to these requirements are possible but only if a socioeconomic cost-benefit analysis is negative the TEN-T network roads that must meet these standards by the end of 2030 include: The Bauska Highway (A7) from Riga to the Lithuanian border The Ventspils Highway (A10) from Riga to Tukums The Tallinn Highway (A1) from Riga to Saulkrasti only the Bauska bypass has a confirmed reconstruction timeline and funding source It will be built as a PPP project and is expected to open to traffic in early 2031 The other heavily trafficked national roads currently have no allocated funding for reconstruction the annual Latvian Road Sector Conference organized by LVC is being held this Wednesday and Thursday The first day of the conference is focused on development plans and road safety while the second day will highlight technology and quality standards Also read: Rushed decision, double costs, and formal oversight – State Audit Office reveals problems in “militarized sculpture composition” project Follow us on Facebook and X the page you are looking for is currently unavailable.Please try again later If you see this error constantly and you are the system administrator of this resource then please make sure that you are not blocking our IP address: 51.210.136.122 This webpage uses Cookies and JavaScript in order to work properly We strongly recommend to enable those technologies in yur browser In case of wrongly displayed content you can request necessary information at e-mail address wwwadmin@mzv.cz together with First Secretary Veronika Sidó and representatives of the Czech NATO eFP unit in Ādaži led by Deputy Defence Officer for Lithuania and Latvia Anna Derka The visit started at Bauska State Gymnasium where Ambassador Vítek spoke about important anniversaries for both the Czech Republic and Latvia this year — the 25th anniversary of the Czech Republic's and the 20th anniversary of the Republic's of Latvia accession to NATO and the 20th anniversary of Czechia's and Latvia's accession to the EU The Ambassador's speech was followed by a presentation of members of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic in Latvia The aim of this event was to shed light on the work and tasks that Czech military medics perform within the mission in Latvia Another important point of the visit was the meeting of the ambassador with the mayor of the city and the chairman of the local government of Bauska region the topics of cooperation between the twin cities of Náchod and Bauska the main business directions in the region and the key challenges they face were discussed Also the fact that the European high-speed rail line Rail Baltica will run near the city was mentioned Both cities aim to strengthen their cooperation and develop economic relations in the fields of culture representatives of the Czech Army confirmed the objectives of the mission stating that its main task is to demonstrate its determination to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of NATO members by its active presence the Ambassador visited Bauska Medieval Castle which was renovated with the help of Czech experts Miloslav Hanzl and Václav Girsa participated in the restoration of this historical monument and their work is an admirable example of Czech-Latvian cooperation in the field of protecting historical heritage Members of the delegation had the opportunity to see the reconstructed central tower of the medieval castle and walk around the premises of the Bauska Castle The tour was personally led by the director of Bauska Castle Museum Czechia to Send New Ambassador to Lebanon "Czech Support to Ukraine Will Continue," Minister Lipavský Assured Ukrainian Foreign Minister Sybiha World Press Freedom Day 2025 New Ambassadors to Jordan and Ukraine Around 30 Ukrainian refugee families are accommodated in a building in the yard of the technical college in Saulaine a former canteen stores donated goods for Ukrainians and for shipment to Ukraine on the sheet there was information about donations to Ukraine Now we have moved all the charity goods away and it looks very unpleasant here because we also now have to understand what is what.. There has been a robbery in this room tidied up the place a bit and so on," said Gints Jankovskis a volunteer and chairman of the association "Laiks jauniešiem" "Which were also just thrown on the ground here and one of the drinks fridges were also taken "Someone was probably preparing for Christmas and the artificial tree and decorations were also needed This drawing on the wall was also drawn together with the theft," Jankovskis said The charity warehouse has been open for three years and has been robbed once and had its windows smashed another time but the perpetrators of both crimes have been caught No alarms were sounded and no suspicious activity was observed by nearby residents how low you have to sink for such a purpose. It doesn't really matter at the moment whether it's for the currently sensitive purpose of supporting Ukraine or the people of Latvia But if you can take from a charity warehouse then something is wrong..." Jankovskis said We use cookies to improve your experience on our site. Learn more. one of the biggest dairy enterprises in the Baltic States began building of a new cheese factory in Bauska The facility is the biggest investment project in the Group's history Additional production capacity of more than 8,000 square metres will be built on the territory of Baltic Dairy Board SIA the dairy processing plant owned by Vilvi Group The project is financed with own funds and Citadele Bank loans through the Latvian State Development Finance Institution ALTUM will contribute more than EUR 8.5 million to the project “The factory's construction will be completed in 2026 robotic and state-of-the-art cheese production facility We are confident that this plant will not only open up additional opportunities for Baltic farmers but will also allow our customers to enjoy the highest quality products,” said Gintaras Bertašius He claims that the new facility will process over 500 tons of milk and make about 50 tons of cheese per day It is projected that 18,000 tonnes of cheese will be produced year with the majority of that amount being exported to over 40 countries “The Vilvi Group's operations in our municipality are much welcomed and we think that these investments will have a major positive impact on the economic growth of not just Bauska but also Latvia and the Baltic States The decision of entrepreneurs to establish new jobs in our municipality attests to the favorable business environment in Bauska the availability of the necessary labor resources and the quality of life opportunities for young professionals” Vilvi Group is one of the biggest dairy processing businesses in the Baltic States The main export markets are the European Union countries Pieno logistika (Lithuania) and Baltic Dairy Board (Latvia) Vilvi Group's net profit for 2023 is EUR 14.6 million The Group's EBITDA amounted to EUR 21 million an increase of 9.1% compared to the previous year Additional information and comments:Gintaras BertašiusCEO of VILVI Group+370 655 55001gintaras.bertasius@vilvi.eu the most intense downpours and the highest number of lightning flashes were in the Bauska region wind gusts of up to 31 meters per second were recorded between Bauska and Ceraukste A red alert for very severe thunderstorms was in force in the central regions of the country After 20:00 an orange alert for heavy rain was in force in most parts of the country until 02:00 at night The State Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD) said that it had received 45 calls about the need to deal with the effects of thunderstorms by 20:00 were received in Bauska and Bauska municipality four calls were received in Sigulda municipality and the rest - in Pierīga and Cēsis.  Photo: Krišs Kairis/Latvijas TelevīzijaPhoto: Krišs Kairis/Latvijas TelevīzijaPhoto: Krišs Kairis/Latvijas TelevīzijaPhoto: Krišs Kairis/Latvijas TelevīzijaPhoto: Krišs Kairis/Latvijas TelevīzijaPhoto: Krišs Kairis/Latvijas TelevīzijaPhoto: Aculiecinieka fotoPhoto: Aculiecinieka fotoPhoto: Aculiecinieka fotoPhoto: Aculiecinieka fotoPhoto: Aculiecinieka fotoPhoto: Aculiecinieka foto a tree fell on the roof of a residential house the roof of a residential house was partially torn off Photo: Ivans Milovs/Latvijas TelevīzijaPhoto: Krišs Kairis/Latvijas TelevīzijaPhoto: Krišs Kairis/Latvijas TelevīzijaPhoto: Krišs Kairis/Latvijas TelevīzijaPhoto: Krišs Kairis/Latvijas Televīzija Electricity distribution operator AS "Sadales tīkls" reports that due to thunderstorms on Thursday evening the electricity supply was disrupted for about 4,000 customers the power supply was disrupted for about 8,800 customers of "Sadales tīkls" The most widespread power outages were in the town and district of Bauska Courtesy of A2SM ArchitectsThe functional program of the library was decomposed by different groups of target users. Each functional group got a volume. These small elements were connected by an irregular, adjusting to the trees volume – common space. The library building volumes form semi-closed yards. Each of them has different function: entrance yard, calm yard, yard for children and car parking. Courtesy of A2SM ArchitectsThe common space in library serves as a place to meet. To meet different people which come out from business, library, administration and cafe volumes. This place would become a public space. Its a place where you encounter different events which can arouse your curiosity and inspire your creativity. This project thinks that this goal would be most successfully achieved if such a programmatic flexibility became the library’s main identity feature. Courtesy of A2SM ArchitectsThe 1st floor would become a calm space for concentration and independent work. This is the place where visitors can work and study individually not in groups. In this king of space it is easy to concentrate because neither view nor people are distracting attention. Therefore the furniture is also organized that it would not form groups. Courtesy of A2SM ArchitectsThe administration volume is the closest to the parking. It has a convenient entrance both library employees and book loads. Technical premises and book storage is places on the mezzanine floor. The ground floor is dedicated to visitors cloakroom and bathrooms. The first floor places the administration facilities and has a view to the building and its territory. elevationsIn an attempt to break the boundaries between library and society, institution and common people, we propose that Bauska citizens are regularly invited in the future library to represent their own book collections and favorite books In this way common people are encouraged to join the library while the library benefits from being up to date with various peoples interests and fascinations You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email The Bauska bypass project needs to be completed by the year 2030 said Chairman of Latvian State Roads (LVC) Mārtiņš Lazdovskis at the annual Latvian Road Industry Conference on Thursday He said the Bauska bypass project is in its preparation stage to become a public and private partnership (PPP) project “The government will soon view Bauska bypass project in order to make a conceptual decision as to how it can be implemented as PPP the most optimistic and realistic scenario suggests construction work could commence around 2027 or 2028,” said Lazdovskis He stressed that the project should be completed by 2030 Lazdovskis said there won’t be any funding from classic financing sources and foundations This means the project is planned to be implemented as PPP “This project is not at the same stage of preparation as Bauska bypass I see no obstacles for it to be realised by approximately 2032,” added Lazdovskis Information on the Legislative Portal shows that the Ministry of Transport has prepared and has submitted for coordination a draft order as part of which it is planned to commence PPP procedure for Bauska bypass The purpose of this order is to start the PPP procedure for the implementation of the first stage of the reconstruction project “Bauska Bypass” of the state main road Riga-Bauska-Lithuanian Border (Grenctāle) (A7) from Kekava Bypass to Bauska commence the alienation of real estate for the implementation of the second stage of the project “Iecava Bypass” as well as determine the status of the object of national interest for the infrastructure of the Bauska Bypass and Iecava Bypass The total capital investments into Iecava bypass and Bauska bypass infrastructure is around EUR 352 million in 2022 prices (excluding VAT) Also read: Foreign investors give Latvia’s investment climate historically the lowest score Follow us on Facebook and X to celebrate the anniversary of the accession of the Czech Republic and the Republic of Latvia to the EU and Europe Day as well as part of the activity "Back to School" organised by the European Commission Representation in Latvia visited Bauska State Gymnasium to introduce the students with the Czech Republic its role in the EU and to present the political cultural and economic relations between the Czech Republic and Latvia On the occasion of the upcoming anniversary of the accession to the European Union by the Czech Republic and the Republic of Latvia on 1 May 2004 and Europe Day that is held on 9 May and as part of the EC Representation's in Latvia activity “Back to School” M Hušková attractively presented her country and engaged young people in an interactive conversation the Deputy Head of Mission introduced them with the Czech Republic described the links between the Czech Republic and Latvia in the fields of politics The students of the gymnasium actively participated in the discussion and answered questions about the geographical and cultural realities of the Czech Republic many pupils took the opportunity to ask their questions related not only to the topic of the presentation but also to the possibilities to study in the Czech Republic or regarding the work of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Latvia The visit at the gymnasium was followed by a meeting with the representatives of Bauska municipal council during which both sides discussed possible cooperation between the embassy and the city within the framework of the upcoming Czech EU Presidency in the second half of 2022 The choice of Bauska for this presentation was no coincidence Bauska is an active partner city of the Czech city of Náchod architect Miloslav Hanzl and restorer Miloš Gavenda have made a significant contribution to the reconstruction of Bauska Castle – a landmark of the city and an important Latvian monument The city council said that the Bauska Culture festival Taste 2024 had been allocated EUR 249,620 in accordance with the contracts signed by Bauska Culture center the municipality allocated another EUR 131,803 A service investigation has been launched on the matter as the ticket revenue did not reach the predicted level head of the Culture center Jānis Dūmiņš acted not in accordance with normative regulations and took up more obligations than expected so the expenditure was exceeded by EUR 41,027 Dūmiņš laid down his deputy mandate in September and also left his job at the Culture center The destroyed tank of the occupiers is an exhibit of the National Military History Museum of Ukraine for which the Latvian War Museum has signed a contract to put it on display around Latvia as a reminder of the bravery and deterination of Ukraine's defenders against Russian aggression.  the head of the Bauskas Dzīve daily told Latvian Radio April 18 that about 2,000 people attended the festival dedicated to vimba breams - a type of fish somewhat similar to carp and often smoked to achieve a superior taste.  People could obtain stamps to exchange for fish and there was a long queue to get these.  Organizers say next year there'll be enough of the fish for everyone But a similar problem arose last year when vimba breams were in such high demand that many were left with no choice but to procure eelpouts or other fish in lieu of the title fish.  Photo: Edgars NamiķisPhoto: Edgars NamiķisPhoto: Edgars Namiķis A fishing contest was held in Bauska as well hosted by nature enthusiast Māris Olte and fishing champion Pēteris Lideris Aivis Tirelis ranked third for catching a vimba bream weighing 700 grams First place was Juris Aigars Āboliņš with a 740 gram catch.  This was the second vimba festival that was held in Bauska.  Take note – story published 5 years and 4 months ago The Rīga Art Nouveau Center on beautiful Alberta street has a special Christmas exhibition running until January 12 showcasing various beautiful objects in the Art Nouveau or Jugendstil style many of them from a golden age of Latvian art and design There is also another exhibition called "Doll Stories" from artist Irina Vorkale More details at the Rīga Art Nouveau Center website A short drive from Rīga and with plenty of impressive palaces nearby why not take a trip south to Bauska (or north A musical festival mood will be created in this likeable town December 14 by vocal group Pigoriņi.  Students and teachers of the Jūrmala Music Secondary School invte you to a festive concert performance with the name "Silver Strings" on December 14 at 18:30 - perfect to round off a bracing walk along the beach as it will take place at Dubulti Concert Hall Special guests will include violin virtuoso Raimonds Ozols More details at the Jūrmala website It is planned that the plant will start operating from 2026 once it is built in Iecava although negotiations with the municipality of Bauska district are still in progress The initial response of the municipality to the plans to build the factory was positive The factory will be built on territory belonging to the Ministry of Defense where the infrastructure has already been established there are a number of factors that were in favor of the choice of the specific place but we are still in the process of coordination with the municipality We will still need the government's authorization but the production of ammunition has been one of the areas where we have to move with the development of our military industry," said the minister The construction of the factory and the purchase of equipment is estimated to cost 12 million euros One million euros will be from European co-financing and 11 million euros will be Latvian national financing it should be expected that there will be significant additional expenses for the purchase of raw materials, the purchase of which is currently very difficult and expensive on the world market It is expected that Latvia will purchase raw materials from partners in Italy About 15 million euros could be needed for the purchase of raw materials for one year and it is envisaged that the cost per charge will be less than the price at which the manufactured product can be sold [in other words it should be profitble on a per unit basis Sprūds emphasized in the interview that there is no reason for local residents to worry as the munitions factory will be safe and various assessments will be carried out before starting production a dialogue with the municipality is also necessary further any possible misunderstandings are removed it is also an economic contribution to the municipality I think that it is a benefit for absolutely everyone – both the state At the end of last year, the government of Latvia supported the establishment of a State Defense Corporation to form joint ventures between Latvian and foreign businesses for the production of specific military-related products Take note – story published 9 years and 6 months ago A total of 63 Chinese have bought properties in the Bauska region to obtain a residence permit while in neighboring Iecava region the number of Asian investors sits at 28 editor-in-chief of Bauskas dzīve (Life in Bauska) daily told Latvian Radio Thursday but mostly so that they can integrate in the society and enter the job market Learning Latvian is also necessary to communicate with the locals and to help their children who are attending kindergarten learn Latvian While one of the immigrants told Rozentāle that he's learning Latvian to pass the citizenship exam This autumn a study group of 14 people was formed by people who are paying for their studies and attend Latvian courses twice a week but they are determined to power through an 8-month basic course in 4 months While in Bauska 2nd Middle School Nian Gong is teaching schoolchildren his mother tongue He started the study group on his own initiative "About ten people come to the lessons - they know that if there's such a chance they need to use it," said Rozentāle Home > Aktuāli > Kekava bypass is opened to traffic Chairman of the Board of SLLC Latvian State Roads Deputy Director of Central Finance and Contracting Agency (CFCA) Vice President of Northern Investment Bank and Virginija Gecaite Head of the Baltic Office of the European Investment Bank will open the newly built Ķekava bypass on Friday Photo from the opening of the Kekava bypass to traffic Photographer: © Renārs Koris and ©Edmunds Brencis The new route of the Bauska highway and the former highway The new Kekava bypass will form part of the Bauska highway or the state main road Rīga-Bauska-Lithuanian border (Grenctāle) (A7) in the section from km 7.78 to km 25.0 road users traveling from Lithuania to Riga via Bauska or vice versa will now have the opportunity to avoid traffic jams in Pierīga It will also significantly improve traffic safety on the Bauska highway in Pierīga which is expected to have the highest traffic intensity has been built in accordance with all traffic safety requirements for a high-speed road The construction of this bypass will relieve not only Kekava thus improving both traffic safety and the comfort of living and driving The section of the old Bauska highway from Krogsils to Saulgoži in the future will become the state regional road Lapenieki–Ķekava–Ķūgi (P137) Considering that this regional road will still have significant traffic it will be assigned the road routine maintenance class A Part of the newly built Kekava bypass is the first road in Latvia to be marked with road sign no It has to be noted that it is forbidden for vehicles to stop and stand on the bypass and this is indicated by horizontal markings – the continuous white line Maximum driving speed on the high-speed section of the bypass during summer road maintenance period will be up to 120 km/h during winter maintenance period from October 16 (or in snowy weather conditions) to April 15 it will be 90 km/h Infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians According to Road Traffic Regulations and road safety requirements cyclists and pedestrians are prohibited from moving along the section of the road marked with road sign no In order to provide micro-mobility opportunities for the residents of Pierīga pedestrian and cyclist infrastructure is provided along the parallel roads in the sections where the Ķekava bypass crosses urban areas A pedestrian and cycling bridge for crossing the new bypass has been built near Katlakalns The ramp of the pedestrian bridge is designed as a broken line so that it is more convenient and safer for persons in wheelchairs cyclists and others to access the bridge with an opportunity to stop and not to slide back along the way cyclists and pedestrians may use the route along the streets of Riga further along the infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians in Valdlauči and along the newly built micro-mobility infrastructure Residents of Pierīga also have the opportunity to reach the department store “A7” on foot or by bicycle Infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists from the department store “A7” to the border of Rīga will be built after 2025 40 km of steel and 4 km of concrete safety barriers have been installed in the route of Ķekava bypass Noise mitigation solutions such as noise barriers and soil embankments have been implemented along 7.5 km of the road 27 km of animal fencing have also been installed.  The route of Kekava bypass will be monitored 24 hours per day thanks to more than 20 video surveillance cameras as well as data system analysing the traffic flow Innovative materials and technologies have been used in the construction of the bypass water pipes and lighting poles made of glass fibre have been used recycled PET bottles have been used in the production of bridge barriers and sound absorbers made of wood fibre are used in noise barriers 21 oaks and more than 1000 different varieties of shrubs have been planted for the greening of Ķekava bypass Kekava bypass is the first major PPP project in road construction in the Baltics to be implemented according to Design-Build-Finance-Operate model This is also the first project in the Baltics for which EUROSTAT has issued the statement that all project assets are registered in the balance sheet of the private partner without creating negative influence on the state consolidated budget and state debt Project feasibility study was commenced already back in 2006 In 2009 the Law on Public-Private Partnership was adopted in Latvia while in 2014 the land acquisition for the construction of the bypass was commenced The Cabinet of Ministers issued its Order no 172 “On the commencement of Public-Private Partnership procurement procedure for the state main road project “E67 / A7 Kekava Bypass” on March 10 The procurement for Public-Private Partnership was commenced in December 2018 and the procedure included qualification and selection stages Five tenders were received in the qualification stage out of which four met the defined requirements All four tenderers were invited to participate in the selection state to submit their initial technical and financial tender The initial tender was submitted by two tenderers who were also invited to participate in negotiations with the contracting authority in order to improve their tenders while maintaining their compliance with the requirements of tender dossier After negotiations the tenderers prepared their best and final offers The most important criterion in the evaluation of submitted bids was the price while the remaining 20% covered the compliance with various additional criteria Out of two tenderers who submitted their best and final offers the offer of Kekava ABT was selected as economically most advantageous offer This Association of Persons with the share of 80% of total investment is controlled by an investment fund TIIC 2 (SCA) SICAR which specializes in large-scale transport and public investment projects in Europe and around the world Few examples of implemented projects are: motorway between the cities of Gerediaga and Elorrio in northern Spain (implemented according to the same principles as Kekava Bypass) section  Ecalles-Alix of the road A150 in northern France the Cabinet of Ministers made decision to undertake long-term commitments for the implementation of the project a repeated statement from EUROSTAT statement was received certifying that this PPP contract corresponded to the off-balance sheet accounting from the point of view of the total liabilities of the Republic of Latvia and is in line with the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010) The PPP contract for the construction of the bypass was signed on July 16 Acting State Secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Transport Member of the Board of State Limited Liability Company “Latvian State Roads” Members of the Board of the Association of Persons Ķekava ABT The signing ceremony was attended also by Hugo Espinheira Silveira Chairman of the Board of Association of Persons Kekava ABT and TIIC partner President and CEO of Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and Marina Ismaila representative of the European Investment Bank The public partner in this project is the state of Latvia in the person of the Ministry of Transport On behalf of the Ministry the project is implemented by State Limited Liability Company “Latvian State Roads” The construction cost of one lane kilometre of Ķekava bypass the construction costs of 1 lane kilometre of Saulkrasti bypass (A1) including engineering structures in 2007 were ~1.25 million EUR In accordance with tender results of procurement procedure of Ķekava Bypass PPP project the total contract value amounted up to EUR 265 729 046.65 excluding VAT at the moment of signing the PPP contract the total amount was recalculated in accordance with the procedure foreseen in tender dossier including the Euribor and interest rate swap at the time of signing the PPP contract the gross contract value decreased by 15 Million EUR  and was determined in the amount of 250 132 500 EUR excluding VAT This amount will be divided into quarterly payments and paid to the private partner in the period of 20 years after the Ķekava Bypass becomes available The annual amount paid by the state to the private partner will be 12.53 Million EUR excluding VAT During the design and construction stage the state paid nothing All investments were made by the private partner its quality was recognized as compliant with regulatory requirements and the infrastructure was made available to the public the state had the duty to start paying accessibility fees to the private partner gradually reimbursing the private partner in full in the period of 20 years The availability fee covers the costs of the private partner for design routine maintenance and periodic maintenance in the period of 20 years after the completion of the construction works The total amount of the availability fee specified in the PPP contract is the maximum possible amount that the private partner will be able to receive during the period of the PPP contract The accessibility fee may be reduced if the Ķekava bypass or any its section is not accessible or is partially accessible to traffic for every hour and for each kilometre of the lane not fully accessible except when driving conditions are affected by third parties (e.g Land acquisition has to be included in project costs the Ministry of Transport on behalf of the state purchased 218 land plots with the total area of 132 ha •         Forest lands:                      56 plots (26%); •         Agricultural lands:              56 plots (26%); •         Building lands:                  48 plots (22%); •         Production territories:        19 plots (9 %); •         Land under roads:             39 plots (18%) Total actual costs of land acquisition amount up to 4.6 Million EUR The total period of the partnership contract is up to 23 years the construction period is no more than three years for design and construction The availability period during which the private partner fully ensures the daily maintenance of the constructed road and the renewal of the road surface is not more than 20 years In the case of Ķekava bypass the private partner will be fully responsible for all maintenance works for the entire duration of the PPP contract including cleaning and spreading of roadways electricity for lighting and other traffic management equipment The private partner will guarantee that for another 5 years after the expiry of the PPP contract Ķekava bypass will remain in such quality that it will require only daily maintenance works Additional information about private partner: https://www.tiic.pt/Overview/About-us Information prepared by Communications Department of State Limited Liability Company “Latvian State Roads” On the image above: ceremonially cutting the ribbon From left: Deputy Director of the Central Finance and Contracts Agency (CFLA) Mārtiņš Brencis SLLC Latvian State Roads board member Verners Akimovs Vice President of Northern Investment Bank Jeanette Vitasp SLLC Latvian State Roads chairman of the board Mārtiņš Lazdovskis head of the Baltic office of the European Investment Bank Virginija Gecaite director general of Kekava ABT Juris Fridmanis lvceli@lvceli.lv _default@40003344207 komunikacija@lvceli.lv anna.kononova@lvceli.lv Colonel Vilis BAUSKA was born in 07 March 1968 in eastern part of Latvia He joined Military Signal Engineer school in St.-Petersburg in 1987 After the Latvia has regained independence he returned to Latvia and continued his education in Riga Technical University (RTU) He graduated RTU with master degree in land communications in 1993 and has joined Latvian National Armed Forces company commander and Chief of Staff in multinational Baltic States battalion called BALTBAT Military education includes Military School Joint Staff officer course in Baltic Defence College and various military courses he was assigned as Chief Tactics Department at National Defence Academy Chief Operations (J-3) and Chief of Logistics (J-4) at Latvian National Armed Forces Joined Headquarters He was also commander of Regional Logistic centre responsible for supporting Latvian Air Forces and National Guard units From August 2007 to October 2010 he assumed duty as Latvian National Military Representative Deputy at SHAPE and from August 2017 till September 2020 as Chief J-9 (CIMIC) at NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Italy Colonel has served as platoon leader in ISAF and as staff officer had several short tours to Kosovo Colonel is married and have four daughters and four grandchildren Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Colonel Vilis         The browser you are using is not supported that will prevent you from accessing certain features of the website We want you to have the best possible experience For this you'll need to use a supported browser and upgrade to the latest version Take note – story published 1 year and 4 months ago Nine Christmas trees have been installed in Ventspils and one of them – the city's main tree in Great Square – was replaced even within a week The city began preparing even before the independence day on November 18 the strings have a combined length of more than 38 kilometers The municipality has planned EUR 72,600 for the Christmas design there will be fireworks in Ventspils in the New Year starting 33 minutes after midnight after Ventspils time Bauska residents have an artificial tree in the center made up of many small trees and accompanied by reindeer with sleighs Residents meeting in Town Hall Square are happy to photograph children on the reindeer's sleigh the festive approach is not felt elsewhere in the city Christmas decorations of the city of Bauska have cost €20,000 without VAT There are heated discussions on social networks about decorating Bauska chairman of the Bauska municipality Council At least three places have objects to photograph and enjoy the festive mood by the city administration and council buildings and objects will still change by Christmas we would love to listen to the wishes of the people but I also call on the people and businesses to decorate their homes and buildings so that we have a common sense of it.” The municipality of Dobele has set aside more funds for the festivities a total of 12 fir trees will create a festive feel Dobele's main spruce is made up of 42 smaller trees With light decorations on lampposts and trees and other decorations Dobele Municipality environmental designer says that as the area of the municipality increases existing decorations are used as far as possible 'We also have our electricians in the local government and other parishes those already in place so residents are happier. In order not to have the same objects all the time Nor is it that all the time those objects are used in one place we rotate them around the county,” explains Laurinovich and local businesses are also addressed to help create the festivities Tukums says that four years ago a common concept for decorating the city was created by a design firm and the city is trying to stick to it not one but three smaller trees have been decorated in Liberty Square €44,000 has been spent creating the mood Decorations in Tukums are also on other streets of the city parish authorities have to devote their budgets to decorating a very different budget to prepare for the festivities is in Jelgava 150 thousand euros have been allocated to all ornaments Jelgava Urban Management PR specialist Līga Brūvere says the budget is the same as last year: Festive decorations have been installed in a total of 16 locations Some of the decors are from previous years but there are several places where they are new Several spruce trees are decorated in Jelgava but the main central tree is made up of 35 smaller spruce trees and the height of the spruce is 18 meters There will be no fireworks in Jelgava on the New Year, not only because of the geopolitical situation but also because of environmental factors.  Latvian Minister of Transport Jānis Vitenbergs and Minister of Finance Arvils Ašeradens intend to look for opportunities to use Public and Private Partnership (PPP) to implement large road infrastructure projects as confirmed by Vitenbergs’ advisor for communication affairs Aļona Zandere This is why both members of the government decided to visit the construction site of Ķekava bypass on Wednesday The two will meet to «discuss PPP model and other future infrastructure projects» Ķekava bypass is the first PPP infrastructure project in Latvia It is important to ensure connectivity between Baltic capital cities It will also help reduce traffic on local roads and improve residents’ safety It is planned to open the bypass for road traffic in autumn this year Successful implementation of this project will mean the PPP model is a good example for future projects «The next project in line for PPP is Bauska bypass This project has been discussed for decades Now we can consider Bauska bypass for this model People have been waiting for it for a very long time,» Vitenbergs stressed in the press-release Ašeradens agrees with this: «Construction of Ķekava bypass using PPP model is a good example to use a transparent process good management and high quality standards in order to provide residents with necessary infrastructure Latvia has many needs that can be resolved using this model This model can be used for construction of social infrastructure Wider use of PPP would promote investments and economic transformation which is the priority of this government.» The project of Ķekava bypass is carried out by private partner Kekava ABT JSC and subcontractors Construction monitoring is done by Firma L4 LLC Road maintenance will be performed by the private partner for 20 years after the end of construction The project is financed by the Nordic Investment Bank and European Investment Bank The costs estimated in August 2021 were at EUR 250 132 500 without VAT Latvian state company Latvian State Roads reports that the section of Bauska motorway (A7) connecting Riga and Ķekava is one of the busiest roads in Latvia Road intensity there reaches nearly 17 000 cars a day On certain sections of the road this number reaches 25 278 this road passes through a densely populated village in Ķekava The volume of freight traffic on this section is three times above the limit Also read: BNN INTERVIEW | Jānis Vitenbergs: a minister cannot work separately from the industry Take note – story published 4 years and 5 months ago Latvian Radio spoke with Kociņš who was present with wife Aija and puffball cat Lakijs He started working at the Bauska police department at the age of 21 Local police volunteered to protect strategic points in the capital during the barricades movement We volunteered to go to Rīga and defended it," he says There were eight of them present during the attack Three of these men received the Order of the Three Stars earlier Agris Kociņš and the others received it only in 2008 "The first to be awarded the order were those who had been wounded as well as Aļģis Simanavičs and Renārs Zaļais," says Kociņš Kociņš was at work upon learning he'd been awarded the order That's how I learned it," said Kociņš The colleague had seen Kociņš' name in the official state bulletin as 17 years had passed since the 1991 barricades And they had been issued certificates from the Interior Ministry earlier so there was no bitterness over not receiving the higher civil honor "It was somewhat a surprise that the country had come to value our part in all those events I was happy to receive the highest state honor," said Kociņš "People have pointed out to me that we had been under fire while others have honors bestowed [for supposedly lesser] feats but there are other ways people contribute to the state which I can receive together with athletes and teachers who have worked their whole lives with dedication," said Kociņš Kociņš assumes a rather reserved attitude when talking about the events of that January night you can't really surprise me anymore," he laughs participating in high-risk operations. "Maybe it's in my character From the fourth grade I have been doing freestyle wrestling I have graduated from the Murjāņi Sports School and freestyle wrestling championships in Europe and across the world I've only stopped doing this in the past few years," says Kociņš his mornings are not spent commuting from Iecava to work in Rīga and his pastimes include fishing and hunting.  and improve things in my life and family," he says We also spoke to him about an equivocal event in recent Latvian history Mass riots are very difficult to bear," he says.  But if the people you've fought for throw bricks at you.. I am not judging the entire movement as bad This event left some lasting residue," he recalls I think that was just sheer recklessness and shamelessness You don't fight for democracy with bricks and bottles and looting," says Kociņš While as we return to the topic of the 1991 Barricades "I would maybe suggest our young people to act with more responsibility towards the country They have to keep protecting it and defending it It's not like we're not to be counted on anymore As testimony continued in the deliberate homicide trial witnesses said neither the victims nor the members of their group were armed during an altercation with defendant Del Orrin Crawford A Flathead County jury on July 23 heard more witness testimony in the case against 42-year-old Del Orrin Crawford who is standing trial for fatally shooting a Hungry Horse woman and seriously injuring her husband outside of a Martin City bar in 2022 Crawford has pleaded not guilty to a felony count of deliberate homicide and a second felony count of attempted deliberate homicide for the August 2022 death of Whisper Sellars and the shooting of her husband He has also pleaded not guilty to a felony count of evidence tampering and two felony counts of assault with a weapon Flathead County District Judge Dan Wilson is presiding over the trial opening statements and initial witness testimony Sign up for our newsletter and get the best of the Beacon delivered every day to your inbox the jury heard from witnesses who described competing versions of the events that unfolded outside the South Fork Saloon on Aug the witnesses all agreed that the circumstances involved intoxicated individuals engaged in a heated argument physical shoving and aggressive behavior before the victims were shot Several witnesses said nobody in the victim’s party was armed and that the defendant initiated physical contact a group of five acquaintances went outside to smoke when Sellars noticed the golf cart got inside and started “goofing around” in it Crawford and Chelsea Bauska walked outside and confronted them ‘is this how you guys do it here in the canyon?’” Alicia said referring to the interaction with Crawford Alicia told Montana Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Selene Koepke who is serving as a special deputy county attorney in the case that she removed herself from the confrontation and sat in the backseat of an SUV that members of her group had taken together to the South Fork Saloon Alicia Crosswhite said she observed hand gestures and yelling among three members of her group along with Crawford and Bauska She then went back inside the bar to retrieve Kristen Lundstrom Alicia Crosswhite said she watched Crawford shove Sellars and Lundstrom prompting Doug Crosswhite to shove Crawford to the ground The defendant then started shooting a firearm Alicia also witnessed Crawford point the pistol at Lundstrom who dropped to the ground and told the defendant she had kids According to testimony from Bradley Crosswhite the younger brother of Alicia and Doug and the boyfriend of Lundstrom “Why the [expletive] am I on the ground right now,” before firing the gun Lundstrom told the court she approached him got down to eye level and sternly told him he “needed to get out of here,” at which point he got up and slammed Lundstrom into the golf cart and pointed the barrel of his gun at her forehead Lundstrom then told defense attorney Kris McLean during cross examination that her memory becomes fuzzy after the gun is pointed at her head who was exiting the bar with Crawford in the moments before the incident told Assistant Attorney General Thorin Geist her version of events beginning when she and Crawford approached the group at the golf cart which Bauska said it appeared as though they were going to steal the arguing intensified but Crawford remained calm and unthreatening She tried to speak to Bradley Crosswhite to defuse the situation before she heard a noise and saw Crawford on the ground Bauska saw Sellars on the ground and immediately approached her which she performed until paramedics arrived Other witnesses included law enforcement officers who described a chaotic scene at the South Fork Saloon following the shooting Flathead County Sheriff’s Office Corporal Aaron Westphal made initial contact with Crawford who immediately claimed self-defense in the shooting Crawford refused to tell law enforcement where the gun was located “He seemed angry – angry we were giving him these commands and he seemed angry about the situation,” Westphal said Westphal then transported Crawford to the Flathead County Detention Center and noted that the defendant was calm and polite during most of the ride but made a few derogatory comments about the residents of Bad Rock Canyon “He made a comment – and I’m paraphrasing – that it’s a messed up situation when people treat people like that,” Westphal said “And that the canyon’s trying to get better [email protected] The continued 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Use of this site is subject to the Flathead Beacon's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy Latvia experienced another severely cold night – air temperatures were the lowest in Daugavpils (-27.4° C) and Zosēni (-26° C) according to information from Latvia’s Environment Bauska set a new record for minimal air temperature (-21.6° C) The last negative air temperature record there was registered in 1954 Meteorologists report in many parts of Latvia night-time air temperature dropped as far as -20° C Meteorologists warn that air temperature will drop as far as -20° C… -24° C at night and on Friday Vilvi described the move as the company’s “largest investment project” in 31 years Lithuania-based dairy major Vilvi Group is injecting €50m ($54.6m) into increasing cheese production at its facility in Bauska in Latvia The investment is expected to be completed by 2027 Just Food has contacted the group to clarify if the additional capacity will be added to the existing plant in Bauska or whether it involves the construction of a new facility The new capacity will be added at a site formerly belonging to SIA Baltic Dairy Board. 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represent additional modes of carbon cycle variability Here we present a high-resolution CO2 record from the last glacial period from an ice core drilled in West Antarctica This reconstruction precisely defines the timing of millennial and centennial CO2 variations with respect to Antarctic temperature and abrupt changes in Northern Hemisphere climate during Heinrich stadials and Dansgaard–Oeschger events but peak CO2 levels lag peak Antarctic temperature by more than 500 years Centennial-scale CO2 increases of up to 10 ppm occurred within some Heinrich stadials and increases of ~5 ppm occurred at the abrupt warming of most Dansgaard–Oeschger events Regression analysis suggests that the CO2 variations can be explained by a combination of one mechanism operating on the timescale of Antarctic climate variability and a second responding on the timescale of Dansgaard–Oeschger events carbon cycle box-model simulations illustrate a plausible scenario where Southern Hemisphere processes 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Low-res δ15N and δ18O of O2 in the WAIS Divide 06A Deep Core (USAP, 2015); https://doi.org/10.7265/N5S46PWD Atmospheric CO2 over the last 1000 years: a high-resolution record from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide ice core Biological response to millennial variability of dust and nutrient supply in the Subantarctic South Atlantic Ocean Increased dust deposition in the Pacific Southern Ocean during glacial periods Covariation of deep Southern Ocean oxygenation and atmospheric CO2 through the last ice age Sea salt as an ice core proxy for past sea ice extent: a process-based model study A minimum thermodynamic model for the bipolar seesaw the land carbon reservoir and climate over the past millennium Atmospheric CO2 concentrations over the last glacial termination Carbon isotope constraints on the deglacial CO2 rise from ice cores Evolution of the stable carbon isotope composition of atmospheric CO2 over the last glacial cycle A review of the brittle ice zone in polar ice cores Download references This work was funded by NSF grant 0944764 to E.J.B and Royal Society University Research Fellowship (grant URF\R1\180366) to T.K.B Alig for assistance in measuring the CO2 data We appreciate the support of the WAIS Divide Science Coordination Office at the Desert Research Institute (DRI) of Reno and the University of New Hampshire for the collection and distribution of the WAIS Divide ice core and related tasks (NSF grants 0230396 Additional support for this research came from the NSF Office of Polar Programs through their support of the Ice Drilling Program Office and the Ice Drilling Design and Operations group; the US National Ice Core Laboratory for curation of the core; and the 109th New York Air National Guard These authors contributed equally: Thomas K measured the CO2 data and performed the preliminary analysis performed time series and modelling analyses and led the writing of the paper with input from S.A.M The authors declare no competing interests Peer review information Nature Geoscience thanks Julia Gottschalk and the other reviewer(s) for their contribution to the peer review of this work Publisher’s note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations All the ice core records have been smoothed with splines to preserve the millennial-scale variability and then subtracted from the WD record to show any offsets Note that millennial-scale differences in the CO2 offset are susceptible to small errors in the various ice core chronologies (AICC2012) relative to the WD2014 Sub-panels show the raw data for each individual core record Median and confidence intervals reported in years The results of correlation of the various ice core proxy time-series against atmospheric CO2 after being passed through a series of one-box models. The x-axis shows the variable e-folding timescales of each run. Shading shows the uncertainty introduced from Monte Carlo error estimates in the delta-age history (90% CI) as in Fig. 1b (main text) The maximum reached in each curve indicates the apparent lead-lag with the horizontal bars indicate the range in maximum R2 values from the delta-age histories Individual interstadials are indicated with black marker and are labeled such that interstadials after an H-event are in blue and all others are labeled in grey Grey shading shows the 95% confidence interval for the fits of the linear regressions All model results are slightly offset to match interglacial values in the data Blue bars show the temporal range used in for each data constraint *SST forcing is applied in the surface boxes but for convenience we report the predicted changes in mean ocean temperature (MOT) The upper limit of forcings that enter the model prior to RMSE fitting are plotted on the left axes with the exception of temperature which is shown as the predicted change in MOT for the mean changes in temperature The colours of the axes correspond to the colour of the trace (AABW = blue; Southern Ocean phosphate = orange; NADW = purple; temperature = grey) The corresponding predicted changes in CO2 to are plotted against the shown on the right axes in black The figure is divided between the last glacial period on the left and the deglaciation on the right with larger ranges for all vertical axes during the deglaciation Lead-lag correlations for all model factorial experiments in which CO2 is driven soley by one forcing and lead-lag analysis of the combined scenario with forcings inputs from WD δ18O and NGRIP δ18O combined scenario Lead-lag correlation of factorial model experiments between proxy forcing and simulated CO2 Factorial experiments include: AABW formation (dark blue); ‘Iron Fertilization’/nutrient utilization (yellow); Antarctic sea ice extent (light blue); NADW formation (red); North Atlantic temperature (purple) Lead-lag correlation of the WD-δ18O (dash dark blue) and NGRIP- δ18O (dashed purple) that enter the model as forcings against simulated CO2 in the ‘combined scenario’ This mimics the lead-lag correlation performed on the real ice core data and presented in the main body of the text between WD-CO2 and WD- δ18O (shaded blue envelope) and WD-δ18O and NGRIP-δ18O (shaded purple envelope) Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-020-00680-2 Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science Latvian State Police have more than ten criminal procedures in the works regarding possible fictive Covid-19 vaccination by the chief of State Police Economic Crimes Enforcement Unit (ENAP) Pēteris Bauska These criminal procedures are investigated by bot ENAP and regional police departments Police have also commenced multiple inspections Bauska explained police have a lot of work to determine the potentially fictive vaccination «clients» law enforcers have an algorithm to help check if people’s bodies have antibodies that normally appear after vaccination the person will be in trouble and their Covid-19 certificate will be annulled But at the same time this person will be able to turn to healthcare workers and get a real vaccine,» said Bauska He said the fictive vaccination problem is severe This is why people who have received fictive vaccination certificates are urged to come and confess to the police Depending on the situation the person may be relieved of criminal liability Read also: Latest Covid-19 cases in Baltics. 2 408 in Latvia, 2 861 in Lithuania, 1 060 in Estonia Although the government recently declared compulsory vaccination in the public sector Bauska says police we performing investigations before the government’s decision a group of four people were detained by State Police for possible fictive Covid-19 vaccination More on this topic: Medical workers and three others detained in Latvia for fictive Covid-19 vaccination KALISPELL — The man accused of shooting and killing 28-year-old Whisper Sellars outside of the Southfork Saloon in Martin City in August of 2022 has been found guilty of deliberate homicide Kila resident Del Crawford was charged with one count of deliberate homicide one count of attempted deliberate homicide one count of assault with a weapon and one count of tampering with physical evidence Crawford’s sentencing is now set for September 19 Charging documents state that the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office received multiple calls regarding a shooting at the Southfork Saloon in Martin City at 1 a.m Deputies arrived on scene and observed Doug Crosswhite on the road in front of the bar with a tourniquet around his arm and a seal on his chest wound Deputies also observed 28-year-old Whisper Sellars of Hungry Horse receiving CPR on the ground with a chest wound Sellars was pronounced dead at the scene while Crosswhite was transported to Logan Health for further medical treatment Witness Chelsea Bauska had been performing CPR on Whisper Sellars Law enforcement conducted interviews on the scene with Bauska Bauska reported the incident began when Crawford saw some people trying to start a golf cart outside of the bar and the situation escalated Bauska stated she tried to de-escalate the situation but Crawford and Sellars got into an argument with pushing and shoving Bauska stated Crawford fired his gun hitting Sellars and Crosswhite who stated that Sellars and Alicia Crosswhite were sitting on the golf cart taking pictures when they were confronted by Crawford Sellars and Alicia Crosswhite began to argue Bradley said Crawford pushed Sellars and Alicia Crosswhite She said Doug Crosswhite pushed Crawford in response Charging documents state Crawford told the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office over the phone he had fired his weapon in self-defense Crawford was found on South Fork Road and placed under arrest Charging documents state that Crawford refused to tell law enforcement where the firearm was located saying “it was in a safe place and the officers would not find it.” charged with shooting and killing 28-year-old Whisper Dawn Mari Sellars outside of the Southfork Saloon in Martin City in August of 2022 has been found guilty of deliberate homicide Crawford was charged with one count of deliberate homicide and one count of tampering with physical evidence Charging documents state that the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office received several calls regarding a shooting at the Southfork Saloon in Martin City at 1 a.m Deputies arrived at the scene and saw Doug Crosswhite on the road in front of the bar with a tourniquet around his arm and a seal on his chest wound Deputies also saw 28-year-old Whisper Sellars of Hungry Horse receiving CPR on the ground with a chest wound while Crosswhite was taken to Logan Health in Kalispell for medical treatment Witness Chelsea Bauska had been performing CPR on Sellars Law enforcement officers conducted interviews at the scene with Bauska Bauska said the incident began when Crawford saw some people trying to start a golf cart outside of the bar and the situation escalated Bauska said she tried to de-escalate the situation Crawford was found on South Fork Road and arrested Crawford’s sentencing is set for September 19 Report a typo RIGA – Cidos Grupa beverages company has become the sole owner of Bauskas Alus brewery Bauskas Alus has sold 100 percent of its shares to Cido Grupa Information on the transaction has been submitted to the Competition Council for approval Bauskas Alus will continue its operations as an independent brewery it will be able to use Cido Grupa’s logistics network Cido Grupa’s board chairman Marijus Valdas Kirstukas said that the company undertakes to contribute to Bauskas Alus development the sole owner of Bauskas Alus is BA Holdings that belongs to three individuals In 2018 Bauskas Alus reported EUR 7.423 million in sales while the company’s profit increased 2.1 times to EUR 1.338 million Cido Grupa closed 2017 with EUR 62.69 million in turnover A subscription to The Baltic Times is a cost-effective way of staying in touch with the latest Baltic news and views enabling you full access from anywhere with an Internet connection. Subscribe Now! 2025 © The Baltic Times /Cookies Policy Privacy Policy This work, 4th LAR Marines Interact With Latvian Locals During Saber Strike 18, by Sgt Adwin Esters, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright Right: veterans of the Latvian Legion during Remembrance Day of the Latvian Legionnaires march 2019 (Ilmars Znotins/AFP via Getty Images) Bauska — The Monument to the Defenders of Bauska (below left unveiled in 2012) honors the Latvian Legion the military wing of the Nazi party responsible for The Latvian Legion was composed of two SS divisions: the 15th (1st Latvian) and 19th (2nd Latvian) The obelisk contains the quote “Latvia must be a Latvian state” by Kārlis Ulmanis, the dictator who ruled the country until 1940. Ulmanis championed turning Latvia into an ethnically Latvian nation; his dictatorship oppressed Jewish media and pushed Jews and other minorities out of public and economic life. Above right, a second SS memorial in Bauska. (Many thanks to Kevin Prenger and Kaj Metz of Traces of War for guidance and images of Bauska Latvian Legion SS veterans march through Riga (Thanks to Defending History contributor Aleksandr Kuzmin for information about this and other Latvian memorials.) Pienava — Two of several monuments to the Latvian Legion located in the area About 70,000 (three quarters) of Latvia’s Jews were murdered during the Holocaust with the aid of Latvian collaborators Sāti — A cross memorial to the fallen Latvian Legionnaires Above left is a Latvian SS recruitment poster with SS insignia on the collar and on top of the legion’s insignia on the helmet the 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (one of the two units composing the Latvian Legion) Latvian Legion SS veterans and relatives in a parade through Riga For a monument to the Latvian SS outside of Latvia, see the Belgium section Lev Golinkin is a regular contributor to the Forward whose work has also appeared in The New York Times I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward American Jews need independent news they can trust At a time when other newsrooms are closing or cutting back the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S rising antisemitism and polarized discourse This is a great time to support independent Jewish journalism you rely on See our full guidelines for more information, and this guide for detail about canonical URLs subject line “republish,” with any questions or to let us know what stories you’re picking up Copyright © 2025 The Forward Association Wildlife and Parks’ hunter education course at the Les Bauska Target Range north of Kalispell on March 7 but quality community journalism is expensive to produce Please consider a one-time or recurring gift to help sustain local independent journalism in northwest Montana By joining the Editor’s Club and signing up for a recurring contribution you will receive a custom-designed Glacier National Park print KALISPELL — More details have been released in connection with a deadly shooting in Martin City on Saturday is being held in the Kalispell jail on charges of deliberate homicide and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence Deputies arrived and saw 33-year old Doug Crosswhite on the road in front of the bar with a tourniquet around his arm and a seal on his chest wound Deputies also saw 28-year-old Whisper Dawn Mari Sellars of Hungry Horse receiving CPR on the ground with a chest wound and Crosswhite was taken to Logan Health in Kalispell for further medical treatment Witness Chelsea Bauska — who had been performing CPR on Sellars — was interviewed by officers at the scene Deputies talked with another witness — Bradley Crosswhite — who stated Sellars and Alicia Crosswhite were sitting on the golf cart taking pictures when they were confronted by Crawford He said Crawford pushed Sellars and Alicia Click here if you would like to donate "it was in a safe place and the officers would not find it.” KALISPELL - More details have been released in connection with a fatal shooting Saturday morning in Martin City of Kila is being held in the Kalispell jail on charges of Deliberate Homicide Attempted Deliberate Homicide and Tampering with or Fabricating Physical Evidence Sellars was pronounced dead on the scene while Crosswhite was taken to Logan Health in Kalispell for further medical treatment Witness Chelsea Bauska — who had been performing CPR on Whisper Sellars — was interviewed by law enforcement at the scene Deputies spoke with another witness — Bradley Crosswhite — who stated Sellars and Alicia Crosswhite were sitting on the golf cart taking pictures when they were confronted by Crawford Crawford was located on South Fork Road and arrested An investigation into the incident is ongoing KALISPELL - The man who is accused of shooting and killing a woman outside of the Southfork Saloon in Martin City was arraigned in Flathead County District Court Tuesday morning. Del Orrin Crawford pleaded not guilty to one count of Deliberate Homicide, Attempted Deliberate Homicide, and Tampering with or Fabricating Physical Evidence. The charges filed carry a maximum life term in the Montana State Prison. Charging documents state that the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office received multiple calls regarding a shooting at the Southfork Saloon in Martin City at 1 a.m. on Aug. 27. Deputies arrived on scene and observed Doug Crosswhite on the road in front of the bar with a tourniquet around his arm and a seal on his chest wound. Deputies also observed 28-year-old Whisper Dawn Mari Sellars of Hungry Horse receiving CPR on the ground with a chest wound. Sellars was pronounced dead at the scene while Crosswhite was transported to Logan Health for further medical treatment. Witness Chelsea Bauska had been performing CPR on Whisper Sellars. Law enforcement conducted interviews on the scene with Bauska. Bauska reported the incident began when Crawford saw some people trying to start a golf cart outside of the bar and the situation escalated, according to charging documents. Bauska stated she tried to de-escalate the situation, but Crawford and Sellars got into an argument with pushing and shoving. Bauska stated Crawford fired his gun hitting Sellars and Crosswhite. Deputies spoke with another witness, Bradley Crosswhite, who stated Sellars, and Alicia Crosswhite were sitting on the golf cart taking pictures when they were confronted by Crawford. Bradley Crosswhite stated that Crawford, Sellars and Alicia Crosswhite began to argue. Bradley said Crawford pushed Sellars and Alicia Crosswhite. She said Doug Crosswhite pushed Crawford in response. Bradley said Crawford fell backward, got up, pulled a handgun from his waistline, and began shooting. Charging documents state Crawford told the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office over the phone he had fired his weapon in self-defense. Crawford was found on South Fork Road and placed under arrest. Charging documents state that Crawford refused to tell law enforcement where the firearm was located, saying “it was in a safe place and the officers would not find it.” Gavin Anders and Alice Bullock learning how to make gnocchi Picture: Kate HealyRight at the beginning of Volunteer Week a range of Ballarat organisations united to present a stunning banquet and raise money to help the hungry All articles from our website & appThe digital version of Today's PaperBreaking news alerts direct to your inboxInteractive Crosswords Sudoku and TriviaAll articles from the other regional websites in your areaContinueWith live music and plenty of Aperol spritzers flowing the St Patrick's Cathedral hall was turned into an Italian piazza for the night - but interestingly each meal at this dinner only cost about $2.50 Plate Up Ballarat's Food for Thought II: Little Italy was a partnership with the Ballarat Foundation food that would have otherwise been thrown out like weirdly shaped vegetables or processed items a day beyond the best before date - to produce a huge feast according to Ballarat Foundation's fundraising coordinator Margo Pettit was to bring back a joy of cooking for people Workers from the Mars Wrigley factory were encouraged to donate their time as part of a volunteering initiative and as well as helping out at the Salvation Army they also helped make the gnocchi served at the dinner Students from Ballarat Neighbourhood House's cooking classes also contributed appetisers Ms Pettit said sharing the cooking of a meal was a key part of encouraging healthy eating habits "Takeaway can be the same price - let's get back to the basics and learn how to cook nutritious food." The money raised will go towards the Ballarat Foodbank providing access to food for those less fortunate "It's a real point to say it's the tip of the iceberg as far as the food issue," Ms Pettit said "Everyone has a basic right to nutritious food and at Foodbank we can start helping agencies deliver." 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