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Phoenix begins to clear the way for Sky Harbor growth So far, 389 families have voluntarily sold their homes to Phoenix to clear the way for future growth at Sky Harbor International Airport, and the city hopes to buy about 1,100 more of the 1,473 properties that lay in the way of the expansion over the next four years. Arizona Republic; April 14 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Two power projects overwhelm infrastructure, housing in Wyoming counties The construction of a new wind farm, and a simultaneous pollution upgrade of an existing coal-fired power plant will bring an influx of workers into Wyoming's Converse and Natrona counties, and the state is working with the companies planning these projects to determine if impact fees should be imposed and which company should pay those fees, but the state and the communities affected have hammered out how those impact fees would be distributed. Casper Star-Tribune; April 14 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Jail garden provides produce for Utah County food bank The Utah County jail garden has grown from 2.5 acres to 6 acres over the past four years, has produced more than 80 tons of produce for the local food bank, and provided some of the inmates of the Utah jail a way to earn their way back into society. Salt Lake Tribune; April 14 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Developers plan high-rise buildings in Salt Lake's suburbs They're only on the drawing boards now, and will take huge amounts of money and favorable market conditions, but developers are planning soaring buildings in Sandy, Orem and Lehi. Salt Lake Tribune; April 14 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story U.S. Senate bill provides funding for WWII-internment site in Idaho Legislation passed by the U.S. Senate last week would quadruple the size of the Minidoka Internment National Monument, the site of the former Hunt Camp in Idaho. Twin Falls Times-News; April 14 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming's Energy Resources School outpaces expectations Launched in 2006 to develop new energy technology and to train more students to work in the state's energy fields, the University of Wyoming's School of Energy Resources has exceeded the expectations of school officials. Casper Star-Tribune (AP); April 14 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Tribes
Hopi plan $92.5-million travel center on their Arizona lands The Hopi Tribe's economic development venture planned on its lands near Tuba City, Ariz., contains a travel center, a 100-room hotel and conference center, housing and retail outlets, but not a casino, as the Hopi Tribe has rejected gaming. Arizona Daily Sun; April 14 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Billing dispute shutters Navajo Nation's internet access Students on the Navajo Nation often live an hour's drive or more away from schools, making an Internet connection an integral part of their education, but a week ago, Utah-based OnSat Network Communications, Inc., pulled the plug on internet service on the 27,000-square-mile reservation, saying it had not received a promised $2.1 million in federal funds for providing the service. Santa Fe New Mexican (AP); April 14 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
Freudenthal says Wyoming should have voice in Pinedale energy work The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality has issued ozone warnings several times this year for the Pinedale area, where the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has proposed adding 4,400 new natural gas wells, prompting Gov. Dave Freudenthal to insist that the state be given a role in assessing the public health, wildlife and economic concerns of the additional energy work. Casper Star-Tribune; April 14 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Efforts to clear roads in Yellowstone NP hampered by breakdowns A spokesperson for Yellowstone National Park said this past winter's snowfall may be the most the park has seen in the past seven to 10 years, and crews working to clear the roadways within the park have been slowed by mechanical breakdowns caused in part by the heavy snowload. Billings Gazette; April 14 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Colorado county commissions complains about federal energy corridor San Miguel County commissioners said the Department of Energy did a poor job of letting them know just exactly where a 3,500-foot-wide federal energy corridor would pass through the Colorado county, and those commissioners are in Washington, D.C. to dispute the corridor's path through ecologically sensitive sage grouse habitat in their county. Grand Junction Sentinel; April 14 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
Analysis: Working for Montana senator paves way for lobbyist jobs A Lee News Bureau analysis of former staff employees of Montana Sen. Max Baucus found that, since 1996, one-fifth of those former employees are now working as lobbyists. Missoulian; April 14 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Nevada officials stunned by immigrants' effect on the economy As the nation's housing crisis hits home in Nevada, construction jobs are disappearing, as are the immigrants who staffed those jobs, and Nevada officials said they were surprised by the disappearance, too, of the economic benefit those immigrants had on the state's economy. Las Vegas Sun; April 14 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
Frontier's financial woes won't ground plans for Durango-Denver routes Frontier Airlines officials said that the carrier's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing won't alter its plans to expand routes from Denver to four smaller municipalities, including Durango, Colo. Farmington Daily Times; April 14 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Groups want to add power to Montana dam's purpose When the Gibson Dam was built across Montana's Sun River in the 1920's, it was designed to accommodate a hydroelectric power plant, and now a Washington-state utility and a Montana irrigation district have begun the process to get federal approval to put a hydroelectric plant on the dam. Great Falls Tribune; April 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Utility to add gas turbine to meet needs of growing Colorado cities Fort Collins' electricity demands tripled in 2007, and the demands for power in that Colorado city, along with Longmont, Loveland and Estes Park, the three other cities served by Platte River Power Authority is expected to increase by 25 to 39 percent over the next decade, forcing the PRPA to add a fifth natural-gas turbine to its Rawhide plant to meet the demand for power. Fort Collins Coloradoan; April 14 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Utah schools use solar-panels to ignite interest in renewable energy Three Salt Lake Valley schools have recently installed solar panels to provide a little renewable energy boost to their power system, and to get students interested in the future of renewable energy. Salt Lake T4ibune; April 14 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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