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Colorado leads nation in increase in kids living in poverty According to a study released today by the Colorado Children's Campaign, the number of children living in poverty in the state increased 73 percent between 2000 and 2006, putting the state first in the nation in that increase. Denver Post; June 10 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story N.M. laboratory once again takes the lead for fastest supercomputer Los Alamos National Laboratory's Roadrunner supercomputer bumped BlueGene/L at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California from first place as the world's fastest computer, with the N.M. laboratory's supercomputer sustaining a speed of 1.026 petaflops, or a million billion calculations per second. Santa Fe New Mexican; June 10 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Nevadans learn that mortgage companies make lousy neighbors Thousands of homes in the Las Vegas Valley are vacant due to foreclosures, and homeowners associations across the Nevada valley are finding that collecting fees from the mortgage brokers and banks to help keep the properties maintained is a losing proposition. Las Vegas Sun; June 10 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Builders, buyers of smaller homes hit opposition in Idaho Idaho cities wanting to boost property-tax revenues are nixing requests for modular and smaller homes. Idaho Statesman; June 10 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Colorado county OKs impact fees on energy, development Beginning in mid-July, Rio Blanco County will begin collecting impact fees on energy operations and new developments. Grand Junction Sentinel; June 10 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Pain at the pump forces Coloradans to change their driving habits Coloradans are forming carpools, bicycling rather than driving to work and are opting for mass transit to cut their fuel costs. Denver Post; June 10 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Tribes
Federal gov't denies $58 billion owned in Indian trust case The parties to the Cobell lawsuit on the federal government's handling of lands and funds held in trust for tribes made their opening statements in the trial on Monday in Washington D.C., with lawyers for the Indian plaintiffs arguing that the federal government owed them $58 billion, and lawyers for the government arguing that the amount owed was in the "millions not billions." Billings Gazette; June 10 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
Group urges USFWS to act now on lesser prairie chicken Monday was the 10th anniversary of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's designation of the lesser prairie chicken as a species for possible protection under the Endangered Species Act, and WildEarth Guardians used the anniversary date to press the federal agency to take action to protect the species the group said is in decline in northeastern and southeastern New Mexico and parts of Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. You may have to view an ad to read this article. Albuquerque Journal; June 10 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Companies pitch plans for more, deeper natural gas wells in Wyoming The Bureau of Land Management will conduct a comprehensive analysis of three companies' plans to develop natural gas resources in the area of Wyoming between Casper and Shoshoni, which could add 1,470 deep wells in the region over the next 10 to 12 years. Casper Star-Tribune; June 10 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story National Park Service's July meeting in Utah under fire A July meeting of the leaders of the National Park Service in Snowbird, Utah, is being criticized as some as a costly, political exercise, but others said it's an important opportunity for officials to meet and compare notes. Casper Star-Tribune; June 10 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Utah SITLA, BLM land swap completed A land swap first proposed in 2002 that allowed the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration to swap 950 acres of school trust lands it owned within the Three Peaks Recreation Area west of Cedar City for 330 acres that can be developed from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has now been completed. Salt Lake Tribune; June 10 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
Utah congressman wants to fast-track oil shale extraction Utah Republican Congressman Chris Cannon proposed legislation that would allow the federal government to fast-track oil-shale leasing in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, but opponents to the measure said it probably won't go far in Congress and is just part of Cannon's effort to win the GOP primary in his re-election bid. Salt Lake Tribune; June 10 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana-based group boots McCain from board Officials of Montana-based Project Vote Smart said they were disappointed that Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain declined to take the group's test on issues such as abortion, immigration and defense, but acknowledged that politicians' willingness to take the test has declined sharply over the past decade, and said that neither Sen. Barak Obama nor Sen. Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party's primary presidential candidates, had taken the test this year. Billings Gazette; June 10 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
Colorado ski resort reopens for the weekend The Aspen Skiing Co. announced that it would reopen about 45 acres for skiing this weekend. Vail Daily News; June 10 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Check sparks new hope for Montana's Bull Mountain coal mine If an additional $2 million is received by July 15 to settle the $20 million investors' claim against Bull Mountain Coal Properties, the Montana mine could change hands and production at the mine near Roundup could ramp up. Billings Gazette; June 10 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Arizona university offers up its rooftops for solar research Three companies will provide solar panels, at their expense, on 330,000 square feet of rooftop space on the Arizona State University's Tempe campus, that could eventually provide nearly one-fifth of the power needed on the main campus. Arizona Republic; June 10 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Arts officials hope Utahns treat economic woes with a dose of theater With gas prices hurtling past $4 a gallon, Utah arts and entertainment officials hope that residents will spend what's left of their disposable income locally. Salt Lake Tribune; June 10 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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