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Vegas developer snags water from another with even bigger plans A Las Vegas developer building 20,000 homes outside Kingman, Ariz., has won approval for the water he needs for the project, leaving other developers, including one who is planning a mega-subdivision with 130,000 homes, with that much less water with which to work. Arizona Republic; April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Energy chief presses need for Yucca Mountain on Nevada visit Today Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman will tour Yucca Mountain, the proposed site for a national nuclear waste repository, and he reiterated the need for the project on the eve of his visit. Las Vegas Review-Journal; April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming county approves subdivision, with stipulations The U.S. Forest Service approval of a developer's use of an existing road to access a planned subdivision in Wyoming's Teton County, and the developer's agreement to 18 stipulations imposed by the county commissioners earned approval of a 10-unit subdivision on 42 acres. Jackson Hole News & Guide; April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Fate of Albuquerque's minimum wage plan hinges on a quarter Mayor Martin Chavez wants to phase in the New Mexico city's mandated minimum hourly wage plan beginning next year at $6.50, but Council President Martin Heinrich has already negotiated a deal with business owners to begin the phase in at $6.75 an hour. Note to subscribers: you make have to access this story from our Web site. Albuquerque Journal; April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Developer's promise on open space wins Montana county's OK Conservation easements on about 93 percent of 286 acres owned by the developer earned praise from the Missoula County commissioners, who approved a high-density subdivision proposed for the remaining 20 acres in Montana. Missoulian; April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
USFWS proposes critical habitat designation for 2 Utah plants The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing a critical habitat designation for the only two areas in Utah and Arizona where the Holmgren milkvetch and the Shivwits milkvetch are found because exploding growth has threatened the existence of the two plants that only exist in southern Utah and northern Arizona. Salt Lake Tribune; April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story BLM proposes using birth control to save Montana wild horses Deteriorating range conditions at the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range, located in southern Montana and northern Wyoming, has Bureau of Land Management officials considering removing some of the horses and implementing birth control to reduce their number while work is done to restore the range. Casper Star-Tribune (AP); April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Fast-growing wildfire forces evacuations in New Mexico A 25-acre wildfire in New Mexico grew to 3,000 acres in a matter of hours, forcing officials to order the evacuation of three towns and a number of ranches in the northern part of the state. Albuquerque Journal; April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho men get prison time for killing grizzly cub Two eastern Idaho men will serve time in prison and must pay thousands of dollars in restitution for killing a grizzly bear cub in 2002; the restitution money will go to the Yellowstone Association and will be used for grizzly bear research. Idaho Statesman; April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming deal ends seismic testing during hunting season ExxonMobil has agreed to end seismic testing two weeks before hunting season begins and throughout the season in one area of the Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming, after it worked out an agreement with a hunters' group. Casper Star-Tribune; April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana landowners tell governor feds should solve bison problem Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer pitched his plan to control bison that wander from Yellowstone National Park, which includes paying ranchers to remove their cattle from areas where the bison roam and holding a larger bison hunt to reduce the size of the herd, but ranchers remained skeptical about a state solution to what they see is a federal problem. Bozeman Daily Chronicle; April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming creates task force to study coalbed-methane water Gov. Dave Freudenthal selected seven people to serve with four legislators and four state agency representatives on a task force to research uses for water discharged during coalbed methane operations in Wyoming. Billings Gazette (AP); April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho county prepares for high water, potential flooding A weak section of the Big Wood River channel has Lincoln County officials shoring up the Idaho river's walls in an effort to prevent a breach as high water creates more pressure. Twin Falls Times-News; April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Groups say new logging plan for Colorado burned area better The San Juan Public Lands Center's proposal to harvest a half-million board feet of timber from a combined 140 acres of trees killed in the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire has earned the approval of Colorado Wild, which obtained an injunction against a Forest Service's proposal for the area in 2004. Durango Herald; April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
Wyoming senator urges feds to release clean-coal guidelines U.S. Sen. Craig Thomas held a field hearing of the Senate Energy Committee in Wyoming Tuesday to hear from representatives of companies that are developing clean-coal technology on how the process can be speeded up and company officials said they're waiting to hear just what tax incentives, demonstration initiatives and loan guarantees will be available. Casper Star-Tribune; April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story N.M. candidate's wife says political pressure forced her resignation The wife of Republican gubernatorial candidate Dr. J.R. Damon said she was asked to resign from the St. Vincent Regional Medical Center’s governing board after her husband gave a rebuttal speech to New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's State of the State speech, because hospital officials feared retribution from the governor. Santa Fe New Mexican; April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Arizona lawmaker announces bid for U.S. House Arizona Democrat Harry Mitchell announced yesterday that he was entering the race for the U.S. House seat held by 12-year incumbent Republican J.D. Hayworth. Arizona Republic; April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Legislature
Idaho lawmakers say long legislative session was productive Idaho's 2005 legislative session was the state's third-longest, and lawmakers tackled some of the state's most confounding issues including property taxes, road construction and state employee pay. Idaho Statesman; April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Funding provision may kill Colorado immigration bill A bill proposed to end so-called "sanctuary cities" in Colorado, where policies against reporting illegal immigrants to federal authorities have been adopted, faces a final vote in the House but a Democrat-sponsored amendment requiring the state to reimburse cities for such reporting, may kill the legislation. Denver Post; April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
CEO warns that strike could kill Delta Air Lines Negotiations between Delta Air Lines and its pilots' union are expected to resume today, but the chief executive officer of the nation's third-largest airline that has its westernmost hub in Salt Lake City said even a 24-hour strike could cause the financially strapped airline to fold. Salt Lake Tribune; April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story New Mexico city gives billion-dollar company a tax break Farmington city officials approved a $2.5 million tax break for the Wood Group, a global company that earned more than $2 billion last year, so the company can buy new equipment and build two new facilities which will eventually add 60 jobs to the New Mexico city's economy. Farmington Daily Times; April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana city works to develop community-owned mercantile Business leaders in Livingston are urging residents to buy in to a community-owned store so they won't have to drive to adjacent Montana towns to buy clothing; similar mercantiles are operating in Malta and Plentywood, as well as Powell, Wyo. Billings Gazette; April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Phoenix airport approved for $2 billion expansion Federal officials have approved a $2 billion expansion plan for the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport that includes a new 33-gate terminal and demolition of the aging Terminal 2. Arizona Republic; April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana dam has the power but no delivery system A plan to harness 15-megawatts of hydroelectric power from the Gibson Dam located on Montana's Rocky Mountain Front must overcome the lack of transmission lines to carry the power created and the difficulty of finding a route for those transmission lines. Great Falls Tribune; April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story High water in Idaho means lower power rates Idaho Power Co. officials said abundant snowpack and high water means the utility company can generate enough electricity for its 457,000 customers in southwestern Idaho and eastern Oregon and not have to buy the power on the open market, which will translate to lower power bills this summer. Idaho Statesman; April 13 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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