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Arizona cities, SRP at odds over aquifer plans Salt River Project officials said they were concerned that Prescott, Prescott Valley and Chino Valley's plans to tap into the Big Chino aquifer could affect SRP's water supplies, as the Phoenix-area water supplier gets one-third of its water supplies from the aquifer. Arizona Daily Sun (AP); Jan. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming governor says he wants developers to help pay for growth Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal's "Building the Wyoming We Want," conference set for Jan. 10-11 in Casper will address the issue of making developers pay for roads and water systems, as well as other growth-related issues. Casper Star-Tribune; Jan. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Arizona campus police begin semester fully armed When classes resume this month at Mesa Community College, all seven sworn security officers will be packing guns. Arizona Republic; Jan. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
Bighorn sheep trade island home in Utah for mountain range The California bighorn sheep that were transplanted to Utah's Great Salt Lake Island in 1997 went forth and multiplied to the extent that some are now being transplanted to nearby Great Basin mountain ranges. Salt Lake Tribune; Jan. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Group says BLM's proposal for Wyo. anticline puts wildlife at risk The Bureau of Land Management is taking public comment on two options for drilling on 12,278 acres of Wyoming's Pinedale Anticline that would add as many as 4,399 new wells to the region, with one option lifting seasonal drilling restrictions put in place to protect winter range for wildlife but would protect a buffer zone; the other would keep winter restrictions in place but would increase development. Jackson Hole News & Guide; Jan. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Federal agents remove 3 wolves from Montana's Big Hole Valley Three wolves thought responsible for killing three calves in Montana's Big Hole Valley were shot and killed by U.S. Wildlife Services agents. Montana Standard; Jan. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Madison Valley resident seeks conservation easement for 11,000 acres Sun Ranch owner Roger Lang is in talks with the U.S. Forest Service and the Trust for Public Land to add another 11,000 acres of land to the existing 8,600-acre conservation easement on a portion of Lang's Madison Valley Ranch in Montana. NewWest.net; Dec. 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
Fourth Republican announces run for Wyoming's congressional seat Former two-term state treasurer Cynthia Lummis announced she would seek the Republican Party's nomination for the U.S. House seat left vacant by Rep. Barbara Cubin's decision not to seek re-election; other Republican candidates are Swede Nelson, a Cheyenne substitute teacher; Bill Winney, a retired Navy captain from Sublette County; and state Rep. Dan Zwonitzer of Cheyenne. Casper Star-Tribune; Jan. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Colorado Republican drops U.S. Senate bid to run for Congress Republican Delta County Commissioner Wayne Wolf said discussions with GOP party leaders led to his decision to drop his bid for the U.S. Senate and instead run for the Republican Party's nomination for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District seat currently held by Democrat John Salazar who is seeking re-election. Grand Junction Sentinel; Jan. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming woman takes the helm at Walter Reed Army Medical Center Casper native Maj. Gen. Carla G. Hawley-Bowland assumed command of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center last month, as well as the U.S. Army's North Atlantic Regional Medical Command; the Wyoming woman is the first female Medical Corps general in the history of the Army. Casper Star-Tribune; Jan. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
Energy projects fuel economies of Wyoming small towns Rocky Mountain Power's Seven Mile Hill 66-turbine wind farm, DKRW's Medicine Bow coal-to-liquids plant, and coal-bed methane work in Wyoming's Carbon County are pumping up the economies of the 11 towns in the Wyoming county. Casper Star-Tribune; Jan. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho, 6 other states join effort to track, license mortgage brokers Thirty-five other states have pledged to join an effort launched by Idaho and six other states to impose a standardized and mandatory process to license mortgage brokers. Twin Falls Times-News (AP); Jan. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story N.M. jet maker built 104 planes in 2007 Eclipse Aviation announced it had built and issued certificates of airworthiness to 104 jets between Dec. 31, 2006 and Dec. 31, 2007, considerably fewer than the number founder and CEO Vern Raburn had predicted. You may have to view an ad to read this article. Albuquerque Journal; Jan. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho Power asks state to allow it to use pollution credit to build wind farms Idaho Power Co. has been using cash from the sale of pollution allowances it doesn't use to reduce rates for its customers, but the company is now asking the state to let it keep that cash and use it to build wind farms. Idaho Statesman; Jan. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Boxed in dude ranches in Arizona call it quits There are now just two dude ranches in the area around Tucson now that the Lazy K Bar Guest Ranch in Marana has called it quits, and some say that encroaching development has led to the loss of dude ranches as guests were put off by the sight of rooftops. Arizona Daily Star; Jan. 3 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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