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The 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. |
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Community Researchers warn against increasing Boise's air pollution If Boise's air quality gets much worse, officials say, it could slow the city's growth, impair residents' health and evoke action from the EPA. Idaho Statesman; 09/30/2003 50,000 more Colorado residents go uninsured About 15.8 percent of Colorado residents were without insurance in 2002, according to census data, the largest jump in a decade. Denver Post; 09/30/2003 Study ranks Denver's traffic among nation's worst Denver's traffic is third-worst in the nation, after Los Angeles and San Francisco, with the average Denver commuter stuck at a standstill for 64 hours a year, according to a study. Denver Post; 10/01/2003
Tribes Western Shoshones sue to reclaim vast tracts of ancestral land A group of Western Shoshone tribal members filed suit against the federal government to reclaim 60 million acres in four states, plus associated mining royalties, and to negate a 1972 ruling that attempted to settle the claims. Reno Gazette-Journal; 10/01/2003 New Mexico tribal gaming suit awaits decision A federal judge deferred a decision on the Mescalero Apache Tribe's suit against the state, a case that could cost the tribe millions in gambling proceeds or derail gaming compacts with the rest of the state's gambling tribes. Santa Fe New Mexican; 09/30/2003 Opinion Wyoming's aggressive natural gas plan could create a stampede The state's plan to increase its natural gas exports by 50 percent, combined with the Bush administration's Healthy Forests initiative, could be too much development too fast on Wyoming's public lands. Casper Star-Tribune; 09/28/2003 Nation's forests face fresh threats Invasive species, ATV use, loss of open space and wildfires are bigger threats to public lands than the extensive logging practices of the past. First in a series of Denver Post editorials. Denver Post; 09/28/2003
Montana hospitals are facing dire financial problems, and they provide 11 percent of all jobs in the state. Billings Gazette; 09/30/2003 Forest bill should thin deep forest The threat of catastrophic fire in Western forests won't ease until rains return or Congress acts, and the latter is being unreasonably slowed by environmentalists. Arizona Republic; 10/03/2003 Environment Beetles chew through more B.C. forest than fires British Columbia's pine beetle infestation has spread throughout the province, grown by 40 percent since last year, and this year alone, consumed more timber than the summer's devastating fires. Vancouver Sun; 10/03/2003 Groups sue to stop delisting of wolves Seventeen national organizations filed suit in Oregon to block plans to lessen protection of threatened wolves in the northern Rockies, although federal officials said the suit won't affect plans to delist the species in 2004. Denver Rocky Mountain News; 10/02/2003
A tentative agreement on a forest health bill would include $340 million more for thinning project, a total of $760 million a year to be about evenly divided between projects close to communities and in more commercially valuable forests. Spokane Spokesman-Review (AP); 10/02/2003 Timber companies look to protect Idaho jobs, forest with conservation easements Potlatch Corp. wants to place conservation easements on as much as 600,000 acres of private Idaho forest land, a move that would bring the company millions, continue logging and protect jobs, while precluding subdivisions. High Country News; 09/30/2003
National parties hunt for votes in Albuquerque The chairman of the Democratic National Committee and President Bush's chief political adviser, on separate trips to woo Hispanic votes, said both parties consider New Mexico a pivotal state in the 2004 elections. Albuquerque Tribune; 09/28/2003 Critics say Idaho lawmakers cripple education An Idaho senator said his tour found widespread sentiment that legislators capped school funding while putting greater demands on students, teachers and administrators. Spokane Spokesman-Review (AP); 09/28/2003 Arizona's early primary gives it power in campaigns As one of seven states voting on Feb. 3, Arizona is exercising more clout than ever before and is making candidates address issues important to the region. Arizona Republic; 09/28/2003 Democrat far ahead in fund raising for Montana governor's race Montana Democrat Brian Schweitzer has raised more than $500,00 for the 2004 gubernatorial campaign, four times more than any other candidate. Great Falls Tribune; 10/03/2003 Economy Another company admits to lying about Wyoming natural gas prices Colorado-based Western Gas Resources is the latest coalbed methane company to admit it falsified prices for its Wyoming gas in alleged attempts to manipulate prices. Casper Star-Tribune; 10/03/2003 Beyond the region Tribes emerge as California's potent political force California tribes have become the biggest donors in the state's recall election, but candidates who accept the donations run the risk of alienating voters already irked at tribes' rising political power. Washington Post; 10/01/2003 Critics say secret energy bill negotiations leading to industry giveaway The massive energy bill being crafted by GOP leaders behind closed doors will likely open protected public lands to drilling, revive the nuclear power industry and open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and critics say it's being done with no dissenting voices. Christian Science Monitor; 10/02/2003 Armed volunteers patrol Western forests Civilian volunteers patrol national forests in Oregon and the West, fixing vandalism, carrying guns and badges, making citizens' arrests and raising qualms about vigilantism. Christian Science Monitor; 10/02/2003 Congress stalls on Alaska gas pipeline A proposed Alaskan pipeline that could ease fears of a natural gas shortage is mired in Congress over debate about whether producers should get price supports and tax incentives. Edmonton Journal (AP); 10/03/2003 In-depth Utah's remote mountain towns become bedroom communities Newcomers used to long commutes are helping to turn distant Wasatch Back communities into suburbs of the Wasatch Front. Salt Lake Tribune; 09/28/2003
The migrant farmworkers that power the West's orchard and produce industries are chronically exposed to a variety of pesticides, with little recourse if they get sick or want to complain. High Country News; 09/30/2003 New Mexico minnow likely to lose in water federal water fight New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici's rider to exempt Albuquerque from providing water for the endangered silvery minnow is expected to stay in a federal spending bill, since he's the lead senator on the conference committee. Albuquerque Tribune; 10/02/2003
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