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Week in Review: Editor's Note: Each weekend, we post an archive to the week's editions. Some newspapers remove their stories each day, so some of the links in our week's archive may no longer work. If we know the link is dead, we've removed the hypertext and left the headline in bold. |
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Colorado Utes first tribe to earn a AAA bond rating. The Southern Ute Tribe of southwestern Colorado has been given a AAA rating for $69 million in bonds it issued, a reflection of the tribe's financial status and management. Indian Country Today; Jan. 2 Northern Nevada saw year of growth, sprawl. The physical changes in northern Nevada's landscape were less dramatic than the natural disasters of prior years but arguably more permanent: Sprawl gobbled up open space and the big box stores kept coming. Reno Gazette-Journal; Jan. 2
Olympic officials said they will go ahead with a contested rodeo as part of the games' cultural events, and animal-rights advocates said they will step up their protests. Salt Lake Tribune; Jan. 4 Environment Northwest Montana forest proposes record fire sale. Flathead National Forest officials are bracing for backlash for proposing the forest's largest-ever salvage sale: as much as 45 million board feet of timber off 4,300 acres of land burned last summer. Kalispell Daily Inter Lake; Jan. 3 Feds say parts of Utah n-waste studies must stay secret. Federal officials have finished a risk analysis and environmental impact statement for a proposed nuclear-storage facility on Utah's Goshute Reservation, but they're excising parts they say could aid terrorists. Salt Lake Tribune; Jan. 3 Salt Lake's dirty air may make world-class bad impression. Salt Lake City is home to some of the nation's ugliest air inversions, and while pollution may not immediately affect Olympic visitors' health, it could mar the city's image. Denver Post; Jan. 2 Politics Nevada senators ignore Energy secretary, focus on test site. Nevada's senators pushing an anti-terrorist training camp at the former Nevada test site won't be seen with Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, after aides announced Abraham would also visit the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste depository. Las Vegas Review-Journal; Jan. 4 Environmentalists protest rumored Bush Interior appointee. President Bush is said to be considering for an Interior post the executive director of the Cody Chamber of Commerce, who is also a former aid to Dick Cheney and an outspoken opponent of Yellowstone's snowmobile ban. Denver Post; Jan. 4 Idaho legislators stuck between school cuts, higher taxes. Idaho lawmakers face a tough election-year decision: cut school funding or raise property taxes to cover a budget shortfall. Idaho Statesman; Jan. 2 Economy Merrill Lynch cancels 1,000 Colorado jobs. Merrill Lynch will pull 1,000 staffers from its Douglas County, Colo., offices by next summer, adding to more than 31,500 lost jobs in the state during the past year. Denver Post; Jan. 4
Wyoming's coalbed-methane boom may hone the technology and set the stage for a gas rush from New Mexico to Pennsylvania. Christian Science Monitor; Jan. 3 Colorado oil, gas companies set record in 2001. High prices for natural gas helped Colorado oil and gas companies to set new records for the number of new well permits issued and production. Denver Post; Jan. 2 Alberta budget woes likely to get worse, professor says. Nearly $1.3 billion in budget cuts may keep Alberta from running a budget deficit this year, but the real trouble looms in 2002-2003, according to a university expert. Edmonton Journal; Jan. 3 Opinion Guest column Support for park ranger one reason for faith in government. The Park Service's attempt to muzzle a Yellowstone ranger for calling attention to illegal elk baiting was an outrageous act of big brotherhood, but the settlement is cause for renewed faith. Todd Wilkinson, for Headwaters News; Jan. 2 Alberta's future is in its cities. Alberta's cities are constitutionally deemed second-string entities, but that lack of authority that must change, according to a Calgary think tank. Edmonton Journal; Jan. 4 Bush's national park policy leaves plenty of room for doubt. President Bush has yet to deliver on promises to fix a backlog of repairs in the nation's national parks, but a more disturbing trend is evident in the commitment he hasn't shown to the ecosystems. New York Times; Jan. 2 Nevada cancer registry fails its mission. Nevada's cancer registry was a national model in 1979, but since, it's become one of the least effective in the country. Las Vegas Review-Journal; Jan. 2 EPA's sacrifice of ombudsman's office a breach of trust. EPA Administrator Christine Whitman broke a promise to Colorado U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard and violated Coloradans' trust by undermining the independence of the agency's ombudsman. Denver Post; Jan. 3 Alberta's manufacturing is key to its economy. Alberta Premier Ralph Klein was right when he said the provincial economy is more than oil and gas, and relies heavily on the strength of its manufacturing. Edmonton Journal; Jan. 3 Plant closure widens Pocatello's rift between classes. A phosphate plant key to Pocatello's struggling economy is closing, while the trophy homes continue to blossom on the city's hillsides. High Country News; Jan. 3 Beyond the region Canadian minister pitches replacement for Indian Act. Canada's minister of Indian Affairs said his proposed legislation will remove most of the nation's tribes from the century-old and much-contested Indian Act. National Post; Jan. 2 California dune races become home to hordes of lawbreakers. Weekend gatherings by off-road enthusiasts in southeastern California's dunes has turned into a tumultuous party of more than 100,000 that authorities call the most illegal place in the world. New York Times; Jan. 2 Manitoba bans game farm hunts. Manitoba has banned pen hunting, shooting game within a fenced enclosure, a decision that could affect Alberta's review, as well. National Post; Jan. 4 In-depth Market pushes companies toward gentler logging. Environmentalists are using the forces of global markets to pressure timber companies to protect pristine Canadian forests and use best practices in tropical rainforests. Idaho Statesman; Jan. 2 |
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