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Swiss bank sues Utah development for defaulting on $275M loan Credit Suisse sued the developers of Utah's Promontory Ranch resort for defaulting on a loan, and said the developer owes it $288 million in principal and interest. Salt Lake Tribune; March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story As Nevada's budget woes deepen, hope dims for education programs Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons is expected to announce additional budget cuts early next week, but state school officials expect with the budget deficit growing from $500 million to $800 million, the governor will only add to the 4.5 percent reduction he called for in December. Las Vegas Sun; March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Provo residents protest new development in Utah city Residents of Provo said they're not against development, but the development proposed for their Sunset neighborhood is too much, too fast, and asked that the Utah city's council not to follow the planning commission's recommendation to approve plan that would add 41 large single-family homes, 32 medium-size single-family homes and 64 townhouses on 33 acres. Deseret News; March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story N.M. transportation officials deny Mesa mine needed for RailRunner In its application to open an basalt mine on La Bajada, Rockology Inc. of Albuquerque said material from the mine was needed to complete construction of the RailRunner commuter train, but New Mexico Department of Transportation officials said all the material needed for the project is sitting in Albuquerque. Santa Fe New Mexican; March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana study seeks to quantify ill-effects of wood smoke Two University of Montana researchers have been studying the effects of indoor wood smoke since 2005 in Libby, and with a $1.8-million, five-year research grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, they are expanding the scope of their research to include Hamilton-Corvallis and Missoula-Lolo in Montana and Kamiah-Lapwai in Idaho. Missoulian; March 27 Add Comment View Comments(1) Email Story Environment
Oil, gas leases exist on the N. Fork of the Flathead River in Montana Montana is battling proposed coalbed methane operations in the headwaters of the Flathead River in southern British Columbia, but there are hundreds of existing oil and gas leases that blanket the area around the North Fork of the Flathead River in Montana, and although those leases were suspended by a court order in the 1980s, changes in federal policy and skyrocketing energy prices could convince some of the leaseholders to try again. Hungry Horse News; March 20 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story USFS, Montana group adds OHV protocol to schools' curriculum The U.S. Forest Service and the Ravalli County Off Road Users Association have teamed up to create a class designed to teach students in Montana's Bitterroot Valley the ins and outs of responsible off-vehicle use. Ravalli Republic; March 27 Add Comment View Comments(1) Email Story USFWS investigates electrocution of 13 golden eagles in Wyoming Rocky Mountain Power officials are working with federal agents to determine exactly what caused the electrocution deaths of 13 golden eagles, most of them along power lines that run through the Cottonwood Oil Field near Worland, Wyo. Billings Gazette; March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Motorized, non-motorized uses of Wyo. forest on agenda tonight Bridger-Teton National Forest officials said the focus of tonight's meeting at Jackson Hole High School is the conflicts between motorized and non-motorized users of the Wyoming forest, and to gather public comment about access and other issues in the Jackson, Buffalo and Greys River ranger districts. Jackson Hole Daily; March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Group says USFS can't log pine-bark beetle infestation out of Wyo. forest Medicine Bow National Forest officials said they have no choice but to remove most of the older, larger trees in the Wyoming forest because those are the trees that pine-bark beetles have killed, and a timber industry spokesperson said the trees should be harvested while they still have some value, but the Biodiversity Conservation Alliance has asked the U.S. Forest Service to halt logging until the effect of the project on northern goshawks and lynx can be studied further. Casper Star-Tribune; March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Women protesting slaughter of Yellowstone bison arrested Two women, who chained themselves to a stairway inside a Yellowstone National Park visitors center to protect the continued killing of bison that wander out of the park into Montana, were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and interfering with agency functions. Bozeman Daily Chronicle; March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
Montana, N.D. senators say 'clean' key to sustaining coal industry At a U.S. Senate Energy subcommittee hearing at Bismarck State College in North Dakota Wednesday, Montana Sen. Jon Tester and North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan said that keeping coal in the nation's energy picture means finding ways to address emissions from coal-fired plants. Billings Gazette (Bismarck Tribune); March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana event highlights call for reform of 1872 mining law A re-enactor portraying President Ulysses S. Grant, who signed the original 1872 mining law, made a stop in Missoula Wednesday as part of a four-state tour of the West sponsored by the Pew Campaign for Responsible Mining, and he was joined on the courthouse steps in the Montana city by a coalition of lawmakers, conservation and outdoor groups to push for the overhaul of the 136-year-old mining law. Missoulian; March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho businessman announces congressional run Gregory Nemitz, a Republican from Twin Falls, announced Wednesday he would seek the Republican Party's nomination for Idaho's 2nd Congressional District, a seat now held by Republican Mike Simpson. Twin Falls Times-News; March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Groups push to put affirmative action measures on Ariz., Colo. ballots Ward Connerly is spearheading a nationwide effort to end preferences based on race and gender, and foes of affirmative action have delivered signatures to Colorado authorities to put ending the practice in that state to a vote in November, and similar efforts are underway in Arizona, Nebraska, Missouri and Oklahoma. Washington Post; March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Karl Rove in Montana for GOP fundraiser President Bush's longtime adviser Karl Rove was in Missoula Wednesday, where he spoke at a private fundraiser for the Montana Republican Party. Missoulian; March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Legislature
Arizona House OKs bill to withdraw from No Child Left Behind Arizona House lawmakers gave preliminary approval to a bill that would opt the state out of the federal No Child Left Behind and its education mandates, but the future of the bill is uncertain given that the state would lose $600 million in federal funding should it opt out of the law, since the state is struggling to climb out of a $1.2-billion deficit. Arizona Republic; March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Colorado lawmakers give preliminary OK to $17.6-billion budget Despite partisan wrangling, Colorado House lawmakers tentatively approved a $17.6-billion budget. Aspen Times (AP); March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Kid-related legislation fails to gain traction in Idaho Legislature Idaho lawmakers are expected to finish their work this week, and have a handful of bills to deal with, but none of those bills address efforts to improve early education opportunities for children. Twin Falls Times-News; March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Local-option tax measure squeaks through Idaho Senate panel vote Legislation that would give Idaho voters the authority to raise local sales taxes to pay for roads and transportation projects narrowly survived a vote in the Senate State Affairs Committee, and since the measure amends Idaho's Constitution it must have the support of at least 23 of the state's 35 senators, but 10 have already said they'll vote against it. Idaho Statesman; March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho lawmakers say no to $190M request for new prison Legislation that requested $190 million to build a new prison in Idaho was drafted but didn't get a hearing before the Legislature, and lawmakers told the head of Corrections that there is simply no time for them to even consider the request. Idaho Statesman (AP); March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
Calgary-owned utility buys Alberta wind farm Enmax Corp., the Calgary-owned utility that provides electricity to one-third of Alberta's residents, announced that it was buying a wind farm in southern Alberta, adding 63 megawatts of wind-generated power to its portfolio. Calgary Herald; March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Texas wind-energy company sets up shop in Colorado Renewable Energy Systems Americas, or RES-Americas, relocated its headquarters in Austin, Texas, to Broomfield, bringing 70 high-paying jobs to the Colorado city. Denver Post; March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Highway closure leaves Arizona towns cut off from tourist trade The closure of Highway 87 in Arizona has detoured business from Payson, Strawberry and other towns in northern Arizona. Arizona Republic; March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Delta cancels flights to inspect wiring on aircrafts Delta Air Lines hasn't indicated how many flights the carrier will ground today, but officials did say that voluntary inspections of wiring on 117 aircraft began Wednesday. Salt Lake Tribune; March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Developers of new spacecraft says N.M. on list of launch sites Xcor Aerospace released the details of its new spacecraft, the Lynx, which is about the size of a small private airplane capable of suborbital flights to more than 37 miles above Earth, and said that New Mexico's financial commitment to build a spaceport puts the state at the top of the list of possible launch sites. Santa Fe New Mexican (AP); March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story GE begins to hire employees for Montana center General Electric Commercial Finance offered to help foot the bill for excavating the site where its new customer service center will be built in Billings, and has begun hiring the first of what will be 150 employees in the Montana center. Billings Gazette; March 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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