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Suit
would limit states' use of Colorado River water.
Eight environmental groups have sued to force upstream states and
cities to cut their take of Colorado River water and to leave some
for the disappearing wildlife at the river's mouth.
Washington Post; Jan. 7
Local
sheriffs may soon pick up FBI roles.
The FBI's new focus on terrorism will likely shift much of its current
duties to local law enforcement agencies, a move the Salt Lake County
sheriff worries his department can't handle and local taxpayers
can't afford.
Salt Lake Tribune; Jan. 7
Jobs
elude laid-off Montana aluminum workers.
Finding another job is been a futile search for some of the 277
workers laid off at Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. last year, when
the company decided to sell its electricity instead of making aluminum.
Kalispell Daily Inter Lake; Jan. 7
Idaho
mill owners have no sympathy for Canadian arguments.
Timber is too scare for some Idaho mills, competition is keen, and
mill owners and workers don't feel like budging a bit to settle
the trade war over Canadian imports.
Spokesman-Review; Jan 7
Colorado
agencies battle over elk imports.
Colorado agriculture officials allowed a game farm owner to restock
his herd with Montana elk without consulting state wildlife officials,
part of a deepening dispute over who should oversee game farms.
Denver Post; Jan 7
Ottawa
must give provinces more leeway on health care.
Ottawa is loathe to change the nation's health system, although
many Canadians aren't getting the timely care they need; better
to let each province forge its own system, as British Columbia,
Alberta and Ontario want to do.
Vancouver Sun; Jan. 7
Idaho
budget cuts should fall on all, equally.
Idaho lawmakers this year will have to decide who will suffer from
budget cuts and the refusal to repeal tax cuts that mostly benefit
the wealthy are not a good sign.
Idaho Falls Post Register; Jan. 7
Accountability
not an issue in Utah private-school debate.
Private school teachers are even more accountable than their public
school counterparts, or the private school won't stay open -- an
issue that shouldn't divert Utah lawmakers from their debate on
tuition credits.
Salt Lake Tribune; Jan. 7
Why
the fuss about Mormons?
Distrust of Mormons is widespread but groundless, and it might be
amusing if it wasn't so unshakable, according to a Utah resident
and member of another faith.
High Country News (Writers on the Range); Jan. 7
California
tribe battles gold mine on ancestral land.
California's Quechan Tribe is preparing for a renewed battle over
plans for a 1,600-acre open-pit gold mine, a project revived by
the Bush administration's reversal of a Clinton-era ruling.
New York Times; Jan. 7
BPA
says conservation could replace one new power plant.
The Bonneville Power Administration, the agency responsible for
managing the electricity supply of four Northwest states, is turning
to conservation as a way to meet growing demand.
Billings Gazette (AP); Jan. 7
EPA's
computer model suspect.
The computer model the EPA uses to decide whether homes are dangerously
contaminated with industrial solvent fumes seriously underestimated
the risk in one Denver-area home and probably in hundreds of cases
across the country.
Denver Post; Jan. 7
Wind
power project a milestone in Montana economy.
Montana Power Co. has awarded a $120 million contract to a Missoula
firm to build 115 wind turbines on at least three sites, in what
could be the largest non-road construction project since Colstrip.
Missoulian; Jan. 6
- Project,
contract buffeted by questions.
Questions about the project and the contract could shape the future
of Montana's energy supply and the alternative energy industry.
Missoula Independent; Jan. 3
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