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Utah city wrestles with riverfront redevelopment. Ogden City Council members blocked the mayor's plan to redevelop 60 acres of deteriorating riverfront homes, saying the plan would displace too many people with nowhere else to go. Salt Lake Tribune; March 25 Montana cities face health-care squeeze. Billings hospitals are often close to capacity, a looming health-care crisis propelled by an aging population and the rising cost of insurance. Billings Gazette; March 25 Environment Glacier Park rangers see home turf less often these days. Homeland security duties have pulled national park rangers off already short staffs in Glacier and other parks, and while other security agencies are hiring more agents, park rangers are likely to get little relief. Great Falls Tribune (AP); March 25 Montana leads Northwest in conservation easements. Six Northwest states, including Alaska, have 885,500 acres of ranch land and open space protected by conservation easements, and 778,500 of those acres are in Montana. Great Falls Tribune; March 25 Politics Colorado legislators look for budget funds to raid. Colorado lawmakers, faced with a $1 billion budget shortfall, are looking at taking money from about 20 different funds, with plans to pay back about two-thirds of it. Boulder Daily Camera (AP); March 25 Idaho GOP controlled debate, results. Idaho's legislative session was a tribute to one-party control, as GOP leaders eliminated debate on issues they didn't support. A wrap-up. Spokesman-Review; March 25
Only teachers, government workers in demand at Colorado job fairs. Hiring on Colorado's college campuses has fallen off dramatically this year, with the exceptions of candidates for teaching or government jobs. Denver Rocky Mountain News; March 25 Spokane biomed trainees much less in demand than expected. A Spokane program to train biomedical technicians is being undermined by falling demand for trainees, largely because a key company is finding it difficult to finance its expansion. Spokesman-Review; March 24
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