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Colorado Springs gold smelter to be transformed to housing A gold smelter on 210 acres that has been idle for half a century in the heart of Colorado Springs will be redeveloped into stores, houses and businesses, and the owner say he can make more money doing that than by trying to extract the gold that may be worth as much as $305 million. Denver Post; April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho county's first hearing on growth plan draws hundreds Blaine County's moratorium on new subdivisions will expire in July, and the Idaho county's Planning and Zoning Commission kicked off a series of seven public meetings to gather comments on the county's comprehensive growth plan that focuses growth in and near the cities and protects natural resources and farmlands. Idaho Mountain Express (Sun Valley); April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Group says Casper motels could fill need for low-income housing The executive director of the Wyoming Housing Network said one advantage of using older motels in Casper for low-income housing is that converting the units may not require a zoning change, and the motels often become a form of transitional housing anyway. Casper Star-Tribune; April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Federal judge sides with Utah county on zoning issue Developers alleged in a federal lawsuit that Summit County, Utah, planners, the Planning Commission and the County Commission had engaged in an extortion scheme to obtain land and money in exchange for development approvals, but the judge said he could find no evidence the Utah county boards acted illegally. Salt Lake Tribune; April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Colorado students, parents are more involved in cultural wars Technology and more awareness has lead many Colorado students to become vocal about immigration and other political issues, and parents are getting involved as the divide on some of the issues deepens. Denver Post; April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana group vows continued opposition as subdivision OK'd The Lake County Commission approved a Florida group's plan to develop the historic Kootenai Lodge in Montana, but a Swan Lake community group opposed to the high-density development said a pending lawsuit should be resolved before any construction is permitted. Kalispell Daily Inter Lake; April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Controversial subdivision in Wyoming caught in web of appeals Park County commissioners set a contested-case hearing on the Copperleaf subdivision planned near Cody, but a number of lawsuits and legal appeals in Wyoming courts and before state agencies about various aspects of and restrictions on the development may make the July 12 hearing unnecessary. Billings Gazette; April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Despite protests, Wal-Mart coming to upscale Phoenix burg Despite the protests of nearly 200 residents who said they didn't want a Wal-Mart in their upscale Phoenix neighborhood because of the increased traffic and light pollution and its effect on local businesses, the giant retailer was able to secure a place in the Paradise Valley Mall. Arizona Republic; April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Tribes
Reservation development will add to the mega urban area in Arizona An 11,000 acre development of commercial and possibly residential spaces on the Gila Indian Reservation between Phoenix and Tucson will be a key component in the development of the "megapolitan" between those two cities, instead of remaining a missing link, as it might have been. Arizona Republic; April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
Prescribed burn in Wyoming flairs out of control, destroys cabins A prescribed burn started Saturday in the Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming gusted out of control on Monday and burned into an adjacent subdivision that contains 30 to 35 primarily seasonal homes, destroying four cabins and giving rise to complaints that the Forest Service mishandled the burn. Casper Star-Tribune; April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Forest Service puts Wyoming ski area on the auction block The U.S. Forest Service said it has no interest in operating a ski area in Wyoming's Big Horn Mountains near Sheridan, and wants to find someone to step in and run the Antelope Butte alpine ski area after the previous operator went bankrupt. Casper Star-Tribune (AP); April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming wildlife trust board starts reviewing funding requests The Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resources Trust has $2.1 million in funding to parcel out and the board has set an April 25 deadline to make the first cut on 76 applications for funding. Casper Star-Tribune; April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho caribou, 69 other species up for federal ESA review U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials will do a routine review of 70 plants and animals currently on the endangered species list to see if they still need federal protection, including woodland caribou found on the Idaho-Washington border and two species of snails found in Idaho and Utah. Casper Star-Tribune (AP); April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Groups drop lawsuit after feds again ban snowmobile use in Utah Forest Service officials said they would restore a ban on snowmobile use on about 4,000 acres in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah while they conduct an environmental analysis and collect public comment on the issue. Casper Star-Tribune (AP); April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Feds move closer to approving drug for 'Valley Fever' A fungus that lives in the desert soil in Arizona has caused a serious lung disease affecting thousands of Arizonans, but researchers at the University of Arizona said that a federal agency has initially approved for more research a drug that could help those affected. Arizona Republic; April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
Governor names six to Montana-Canada advisory panel Montana Lt. Gov. John Bohlinger and two Republican lawmakers, along with three Democratic lawmakers were appointed by Gov. Brian Schweitzer to work with British Columbia officials on cross-border issues such as agriculture, livestock, wildlife, energy, environment and water management. Missoulian; April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story E-mails show Abramoff, GOP official linked donations, legislation A flurry of e-mails obtained by the Associated Press between former lobbyist Jack Abramoff's team and a Republican official detail how Abramoff worked to leverage aid from the White House, Congress and the Republican Party to push through school construction money for a Michigan tribe, a grant that Montana Sen. Conrad Burns has been credited with pushing through. Missoulian (AP); April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Nevada anti-illegal immigration groups hold town hall meetings Secured Borders USA and Wake Up America both held meetings in Nevada to promote enforcement of national immigration laws, and both Democratic and Republican lawmakers were criticized for not addressing the problem of illegal immigration. Las Vegas Review-Journal; April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Legislature
Property owners win as Idaho legislative session ends Idaho Gov. Dirk Kempthorne said he would sign a bill passed by the Idaho Legislature increasing homeowners' property-tax break to $75,000, and Kempthorne declared his eighth and final legislative session a success with the passage of Medicaid reform, the first $200 million of his ambitious road-building passage and an ambitious state parks' proposal. Idaho Statesman; April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story
Economy
Western states top list of those with lowest gas prices Gas prices in Utah are the lowest in the country, and increased only 4 cents per gallon last month while other areas saw prices jump 33 cents a gallon; Wyoming, Idaho and Montana were also on the list of five states with the lowest prices in the nation. Salt Lake Tribune; April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Texas company lone bidder to build Montana prison Construction is expected to begin next month on a private prison in Hardin, and local officials said the Montana facility will eventually house 440 inmates and employ 110 workers. Billings Gazette; April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Report says Utah netted $61.5 million from Sundance Film Fest An economic analysis of the Sundance Film Festival done by University of Utah's Bureau of Economic and Business Research showed the 53,000 attendees of the festival poured $61.5 million into Utah's economy, and that attendance was up 26 percent from 2005, while economic activity increased almost 44 percent. Salt Lake Tribune; April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Fly fishers emerge for Colorado caddis hatch The annual caddis hatch that brings fly-fishers out onto Colorado's Arkansas River and the fish looking up is also a boom to local retailers who feed and house the anglers and provide them with flies, scotch and cigars. Denver Post; April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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