|
Friday,
April 18 9 a.m. edition |
|
|
|
Page
2 More news from the Rockies |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Community 
Idaho utility board mulls next step in private water company decision An Idaho district court decision that a private water company operated by a developer should fall under the oversight of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission could have considerable impact in the state, where approximately 4,500 such private water companies exist. Idaho Statesman; April 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story N.M. city, homebuilders square off on affordable housing Santa Fe officials celebrated the New Mexico city's national recognition on its efforts to encourage home ownership just days after receiving notice that the Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association would join the lawsuit filed against the city by developers contesting Santa Fe's 30 percent affordable housing mandate. Santa Fe New Mexican; April 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story N.M. school district withholds funds from charter schools The Albuquerque Schools Board voted to hold on to $2.73 million allocated for charter schools in its district until those schools could present a spending plan for the funds. You may have to view an ad to read this article. Albuquerque Journal; April 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Tribes
Montana university breaks ground on Native American Center On Saturday, representatives from all tribes in Montana will be on hand for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Native American Center at the University of Montana in Missoula. Missoulian; April 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
More than 100 lawmakers sign SUWA letter on Utah land protection None of the 87 House members and eight senators that signed off on a letter circulated by the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance calling for federal protection of some of the state's most remote lands are from Utah, but SUWA officials said the lands are federal lands and thus a national issue. Salt Lake Tribune; April 18 Add Comment View Comments(1) Email Story Idaho wildlife officials are investigating wolf shooting near Stanley The alpha male of the Morgan Creek Wolf Pack was found shot to death halfway between Stanley and Challis, and Idaho Fish and Game officials said they are treating the shooting as an illegal shooting of a big game animal as the shooter did not report the April 4 kill within the 72 hours mandated by Idaho law. Idaho Mountain Express (Sun Valley); April 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Rancher's slaughter of N.M. antelope ignites debate over state law The 1997 Jennings Law allows farmers and ranchers in New Mexico to kill wildlife that present an "immediate threat" to their crops, and a New Mexico wheat farmer said his killing of 39 antelope in March was allowed under that law, but state Game and Fish officials said they'll ask for public comment on the law after video of the rancher shotgunning the animals caused an outcry. You may have to view an ad to read this article. Albuquerque Journal; April 18 Add Comment View Comments(1) Email Story Firefighters work to contain wildfires in New Mexico Firefighters had fully contained an 850-acre wildfire in south-central New Mexico; had the Trigo Wildfire, which has burned 650 acres in the Manzano Mountains in central New Mexico 16 percent contained by midday Thursday; and had a 300-acre fire in Southern New Mexico near Weed nearly 50 percent contained by Thursday afternoon. Santa Fe New Mexican (AP); April 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Hunters, anglers cheer Montana's plan to buy lands The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission voted Thursday to begin negotiations to buy two parcels of land near Billings that would open up nearly 8,000 acres of land to public access. Billings Gazette; April 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana parks agency backs off proposal to power up campsites Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks personnel said the plan to add power to campsites at Salmon Lake, West Shore, Placid Lake and Lewis & Clark Caverns state parks are now on hold, due in part to the public comments received about the proposal. Great Falls Tribune; April 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
Ron Paul cuts Twin Falls stop in Idaho Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul had planned to make two stops in Idaho next week, but the logistics just didn't pan out and now Paul supporters in the Twin Falls area will have to drive to Caldwell to hear him speak on April 25. Twin Falls Times-News; April 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Legislature
Governor, lawmakers craft fix for Arizona's $1.2 billion budget shortfall A bipartisan group of lawmakers and Gov. Janet Napolitano crafted a deal to deal with Arizona's projected $1.2 billion budget shortfall for fiscal year 2008, and began immediately to work on a budget fix for fiscal year 2009. Arizona Republic; April 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Colorado panel advances in-situ uranium mining bill The Colorado Senate Local Affairs committee voted unanimously to send a bill that would require in situ uranium mining operations to prove that they can return groundwater to pre-mining conditions or in line with existing state standards. Fort Collins Coloradoan; April 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Colorado governor, lawmakers launch effort to tweak TABOR A proposal to repeal Amendment 23, which requires funding for schools in Colorado increase each year, and undo portions of the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights amendment was launched Thursday by House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, with Gov. Bill Ritter, Attorney General John Suthers and Treasurer Cary Kennedy backing him up. Denver Post; April 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Utah lawmakers reauthorize air laws for 5 more years Calling the 5-year extension of Utah's Air Conservation Act the least worst solution, the members of the Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment interim committee voted to extend the law until July 1, 2014. Salt Lake Tribune; April 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming lawmakers craft bill to encourage 'clustered development' Citing concerns that housing developments are gobbling up Wyoming's open spaces, an interim committee of state lawmakers are working on legislation that would encourage clustered developments and preserve open space. Casper Star-Tribune; April 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
Idaho mining company wraps up acquisition of Alaskan silver mine Idaho-based Hecla Mining Company's subsidiaries now own 100 percent of the Greens Creek mining venture in Alaska, believe to be the world's fifth largest silver mine in terms of production. Coeur d'Alene Press; April 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Oil, gas producers in Canada find new, lucrative market for sulfur The price of sulfur, a waste byproduct of oil and natural gas processing, has increased 13-fold in 13 months, from less than $50 a ton in March 2007, to more than $650 a ton now. Vancouver Sun; April 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story B.C. camper maker plans to open facility in Washington state Two days after Western RV closed its recreational vehicle manufacturing facility in Union Gap, British Columbia-based Adventurer Manufacturing LP said it was moving its truck-camper manufacturing business to Yakima. Yakima Herald; April 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Utah conference will explore state's geothermal power possibilities Utah is believed to possess some of the best geothermal resources in the nation, and next week a two-day event in Cedar City will explore the benefits and obstacles of developing geothermal power in the state. Salt Lake Tribune; April 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana man labors on to recycle glass Five years ago, Cory Cullen launched New World Recycling, the Flathead Valley's only curbside recycling service that offered the only option to recycle glass in the Montana valley, and although his business has grown, he said he still only grinds up about half of 1 percent of all the glass that makes its way into area landfills. Flathead Beacon; April 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Headwaters
News is a project of the Center for the Rocky Mountain West
at the University of Montana. |
