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Sales of suburban homes stall in Utah as condo craze hits SLC Rising gas prices and the mortgage meltdown are changing the landscape of Utah's real estate market, with the latest report showing an 80 percent decline in building permits in what have been fast-growing communities along Utah's Wasatch Front, and a surge in condominium projects in the heart of Salt Lake City. Salt Lake Tribune; June 23 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Demand for water outstrips supply in Utah valley Iron County is one of the fastest growing counties in Utah, with a 30 percent increase in population since 2000, and local officials say that growth has put demand for Cedar Valley water beyond supplies. St. George Spectrum; June 23 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story N.M. community pleads with officials not to take their bridge away The Five Mile Bridge is an 80-year-old structure that provides the 250 or so residents of Blanco Canyon the quickest route into the larger communities of San Juan County, but New Mexico transportation officials said the rickety structure that has borne the brunt of heavy energy industry traffic for the past 40 years is in danger of collapsing and they want to tear the bridge down and re-route traffic. Santa Fe New Mexican (Farmington Daily Times); June 23 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana county releases draft of streamside setback regulations Members of the Ravalli County Streamside Setback Committee said the 13-page draft of rules governing construction near waterways in the Montana county will go through a series of revisions, and are seeking public comments on the first draft. Ravalli Republic; June 23 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana governor asks Colorado officials to review Hardin jail Gov. Brian Schweitzer asked the head of Colorado's Department of Corrections to take a tour of the as-yet-unoccupied Hardin jail and provide his thoughts on the Montana jail's design and usefulness. Billings Gazette; June 21 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Tribes
Montana students' Smithsonian work takes a personal turn Five University of Montana students have spent three weeks in the Smithsonian Institute's archives, plowing through mountains of documents and indexing each and every item pertaining to the tribes in the state, and some of the Native American students have found a personal connection to the information in the archives. Missoulian; June 23 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Tribe in Montana to vote Tuesday on constitutional overhaul Members of the Blackfeet Tribe will vote Tuesday on overhauling the tribe's constitution which would change the structure of the tribal government by adding executive, legislative and judicial branches. Great Falls Tribune; June 23 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
Wyoming judge tosses coalbed-methane water lawsuit A Wyoming state district court judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Powder River Basin ranchers that alleged the state engineer had failed to adequately protect groundwater supplies by not managing water produced during coalbed methane drilling operations. Casper Star-Tribune; June 23 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story USFS, Boy Scouts team up to tear out tamarisk in Utah The Boy Scouts of America's ArrowCorps5, a service project that spanned five weeks and put troops in five national forests, included a tamarisk removal project in Utah. Salt Lake Tribune; June 21 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Proposed molybdenum mine in British Columbia gets needed permit British Columbia issued a Mines Act permit for Adanac Moly Corp.'s proposed $750 million molybdenum mine in the northeast region of the province, which will allow preliminary work on the mine to go forward; federal approval must still be obtained. Prince George Citizen; June 23 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story USFS officials: Thinning makes Arizona forest less fire-prone The U.S. Forest Service has done a lot of thinning in the Coconino National Forestnear Flagstaff over the past 12 years, and agency personnel said those efforts have paid off by making the space around the Arizona mountain town much more defensible against wildfires. Arizona Daily Sun; June 23 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
Wyoming congresswoman's bill would expand nation's refinery capacity U.S. Rep. Barbara Cubin, R-Wyo., submitted legislation to expand the nation's refinery capacity, and directs the Department of Energy to designate five "brownfield" sites--the sites of former heavy industry that may contain hazardous waste or pollution--as potential sites for the new refineries. Billings Gazette; June 21 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Humane Society, Idaho lawmakers at odds over horse-slaughter bill Idaho officials, including U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, said legislation supported by the Humane Society of the United States that would put an end to the shipping of horses from the U.S. to Canada and Mexico for slaughter, will lead to more horses being abandoned on public lands, a position with which Humane Society officials do not agree. Twin Falls Times-News (AP); June 23 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho congressional candidates focus on energy U.S. Rep. Bill Sali, R-Idaho, said he believes ramping up domestic production of oil is the best way to address increasing energy costs, but his Democratic opponent Walt Minnick said a multipronged approach, which includes domestic drilling, alternative energy and conservation efforts, is a better way to go. Idaho Statesman (AP); June 23 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Legislature
Arizona lawmakers push for economic stimulus package Specifics are a little sketchy about the eleventh-hour economic stimulus package proposed by Arizona lawmakers, but tax breaks for developers to stimulate the construction industry and tax credits for solar projects were a couple of options mentioned. Arizona Republic; June 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
Montana PSC may consider NorthWestern dividends in rate case NorthWestern Energy asked the Montana Public Service Commission to allow it a $15-million annual rate increase, but an Idaho attorney and independent power-plant owner wants the board to consider the fact that, for the past two years, NorthWestern has paid dividends to its shareholders in excess of the company's net earnings. Montana Standard; June 23 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming wind-power producers line up to bid for room on power line Most of the 12 power producers who have qualified to bid on transmission space on the Wyoming-Colorado Intertie, a 345-kilovolt power line runs from eastern Wyoming to the Colorado Front Range are wind-power producers. Casper Star-Tribune; June 23 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho mining company sells Venezuela holdings Idaho-based Hecla Mining Co.'s decision to sell its Venezuela gold mines to a British Columbia company for $25 million was prompted by an increase in operating costs at those mines along with shareholders' anxiety about President Hugo Chavez's government. Idaho Statesman (AP); June 23 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Public hearings on Nevada-Idaho wind-power project this week The Bureau of Land Management will host three public meetings, two in Nevada and one in Idaho, this week on the wind-power project proposed in the Jarbidge Foothills in northern Nevada and southern Idaho. Idaho Statesman; June 23 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Midwest floods put the pinch on Idaho ranchers, dairy operators The U.S. Department of Agriculture revised its crop forecast for this year downward last week, sending corn futures prices rocketing skyward, taking the anxiety levels of Idaho's dairy operators and ranchers with them. Twin Falls Times-News; June 21 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana PSC officials warn much higher natural gas prices are coming The utilities in Montana that provide natural gas to customers adjust the cost of that fuel on a monthly basis, and with increased demand for natural gas driving prices higher, Montana utility officials said customers could see significantly higher heating bills this winter. Helena Independent Record; June 23 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story DHL restructuring closes offices in Montana, Wyoming DHL officials said it would close all seven of its Montana offices operated by subcontractors, as well as two offices in Wyoming as part of its systemwide restructuring. Billings Gazette; June 23 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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