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Officials of two Montana counties debate growth issues Development in Missoula and Ravalli counties has cross-boundary effects on the Montana counties, and on Tuesday the commissioners from both counties met to talk about addressing growth issues on a united front. Missoulian; Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Developer says he paid $5K to Utah landowner for annexation rights The battle between Dean K. Sellers, the Arizona developer who wants to build an Aspen-like resort in Utah and the residents of three small communities who fear the developer will toss them off their land once he incorporates the area, escalated after Sellers claimed he bought annexation rights from one of the residents who owns 19 acres, but the resident involved said he didn't know what he was signing and that he tried to return the $5,000. Salt Lake Tribune; Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Rural Montana districts team up to keep schools alive Administrators and school board representatives from Hobson, Moore, Judith Gap, Roy, Grass Range, Denton, Stanford, Geyser, Winnett and Winifred met on Tuesday to discuss ways the rural Montana school districts can share resources to keep all of the schools viable in the face of shrinking student numbers. Great Falls Tribune; Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Utah city wins its fight with Census Bureau, is now 'first class' West Jordan is now officially a "first-class" city after the U.S. Census Bureau revised its population estimate for the Utah city upward from 94,309 to 100,280, making it the state's fourth-largest city. Salt Lake Tribune; Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Tribes
Navajo Code Talker honored at memorial service John Sells, who served as a Navajo Code Talker in World War II, died Friday at the age of 92. Farmington Daily Times; Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story N.M. water official says state needs to OK tribal rights claims On Tuesday, State Engineer John D'Antonio told members of the New Mexico Legislature what it would cost the state to settle the water claims of the state's tribes, and why it's important for the state to spend that money. Santa Fe New Mexican; Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
USFS, BLM report another record wildfire year in Idaho The National Interagency Fire Center in Boise reported that this summer's wildfires burned more acres in Idaho than in any other state, and the U.S. Forest Service said it spent $42 million to put out wildfires in the Sawtooth National Forest, while the Bureau of Land Management said it spent $14 million to put out one Idaho wildfire alone. Twin Falls Times-News; Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Study: Wolves push coyotes out of Yellowstone region A new study says coyote numbers have dropped nearly 40 percent in Yellowstone National Park since wolves were re-introduced there in the mid-1990s. Billings Gazette (AP); Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming to vote today on protecting Adobe Town The Wyoming Environmental Quality Council will make a decision today on a petition filed by the Biodiversity Conservation Alliance, representing itself and seven other conservation groups, seeking additional state protections for 180,000 acres in the Red Desert around an area known as "Adobe Town." Casper Star-Tribune; Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Forbes family sells Colorado ranch to noted conservationist The $175 million noted environmentalist Louis Moore Bacon paid for the 171,400-acre Trinchera Ranch in Colorado's Costilla County is reportedly the highest price ever paid for a piece of U.S. real estate; the previous owners placed a conservation easement on the ranch in 2004. Denver Post; Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Elk underpass under Montana highway just $10K away from reality A proposal to incorporate a wildlife underpass under Montana 206 north of Fairview Crossroad as part of a shoulder-widening project gained considerable traction when the owners of the land on both side of the highway donated the funds the state paid them for the land needed for the shoulder project, along with other donations, put the funding just $10,000 shy of what's needed. Kalispell Daily Inter Lake; Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story BLM sale of energy leases in Montana, N.D. brings in $12.8 million The Bureau of Land Management auctioned off energy leases on 221 parcels in Montana and North Dakota on Tuesday, with a 320-acre lease in the Williston Basin in North Dakota netting a record $16,500-per-acre bid, about 20 times the average price for N.D. leases; the leases in Montana brought in an average of $7-per-acre. Billings Gazette; Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Colorado proposes new regulations on oil, gas industry The acting director of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission assured energy executives that the board's work to craft new rules on energy operations to ensure those activities comply with state regulations on public health and the environment will be focused more on bringing all operations up to the standard set by the better operators, not establishing newer, higher standards for all. Grand Junction Sentinel; Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
Analysts: Four Western states key to 2008 presidential vote Democratic officials said that the 29 electoral votes represented collectively by Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and Colorado, make that region of the Rocky Mountain West a major player in the 2008 presidential election. Arizona Daily Star; Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Sen. Clinton launches education campaign on Nevada caucus New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, who is seeking her party's nomination for president in 2008, rolled out her ""Nevada Caucus 101" effort on Tuesday, designed to educate Democrats about the caucus process. Las Vegas Review-Journal; Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story
Yellowstone County officials voted Tuesday to withdraw $72 million of its funds in the Montana Board of Investments pool because of concerns that the state board had invested in structured investment vehicles, which Bloomberg Markets considers are "among the subprime mortgage debt-filled contrivances that have blown up at the biggest banks in the world." Billings Gazette; Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Petitions to get Richardson into U.S. Senate race surface in N.M. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, who is seeking the Democratic Party's nomination for president, said he does not know who is sending petitions around to get him on the state ballot for the U.S. Senate. Santa Fe New Mexican; Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Legislature
Freudenthal: Use abandoned mine money to fund Wyo. energy school Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal gave lawmakers a preview of his capital expenditure budget on Monday, and released the details of his higher education on Tuesday that included a provision to spent $17.4 million in federal Abandoned Mine Lands program money to fund the new University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources, but House Speaker Roy Cohee said he didn't agree with that proposal or any other of the governor's higher education plans. Casper Star-Tribune; Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Energy companies warn N.M. rules could reduce operations Members of the Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico warned that new state rules under consideration for oil and gas pit operations would lead to an immediate 75 percent reduction in operations, and after the mandated closed-loop systems were in place, operations would still be 30 percent lower. Farmington Daily Times; Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
Idaho company capitalizes on national pet craze MWI Veterinary Supply, a Meridian company that provides veterinarians everything from pet food to pharmaceutical products is now the nation's largest such company, and is Idaho's third-largest publicly traded company. Idaho Statesman; Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Company unveils plans to cut natural gas production in Alberta Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Canada's second-largest natural gas producer behind EnCana Corp., announced Tuesday that it would reduce its spending in its natural-gas sector in Alberta by 38 percent in 2008, citing falling prices and the province's pending royalty hikes as reasons for the reduction. Edmonton Journal; Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Industrial bank corporation awaits Utah approval Utah has not processed an industrial loan corporation application since Wal-Mart's foiled attempt in 2005 which resulted in a federal moratorium on granting such applications for retailers and other businesses which still remains in effect, and now WellPoint Inc., which operates Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance plans in 14 states, is awaiting state approval to operate ARCUS Financial, which will handle "health savings accounts," for 1.3 million members. Salt Lake Tribune; Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Aspen Skiing Co. opens soup kitchen for idled workers Lack of snow has left many of Aspen Skiing Co. employees in Aspen without a paycheck, too, so the resort is serving seasonal workers dinners each night until ski season ramps up. Vail Daily News; Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Housing slump cuts production in Montana's wood products industries The director of forest industry research at the University of Montana's Bureau of Business and Economic Research said that this is the second consecutive year that the national housing slump has had a significant impact on Montana's wood products industry. Billings Gazette (Missoulian); Nov. 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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