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Zions Bank takes possession of Utah development Zions Bank's $25.3-million bid for the 3,000-acre bankrupt SunCrest development is about half what the Utah property was valued at in December 2007, but the attorney for the developer said the nation's ailing housing market and the project's battle with Draper over infrastructure made the offer a good one. Salt Lake Tribune; June 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story N.M. city puts high-end real estate transfer tax on spring ballot The Santa Fe City Council voted Wednesday to hold a special municipal election on the first Tuesday in March on the New Mexico city's proposal to impose a 1 percent transfer tax on sales of homes for more than $750,000. Santa Fe New Mexican; June 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Residents fund legal fight to keep mobile homes out of Idaho subdivision Residents of the Saddlebrook subdivision in Idaho's Ada County pledged to contribute about $100 each to help fund a lawsuit to stop the installation of more mobile homes in their community. Idaho Statesman; June 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Denver mayor asks companies to warm up their buildings Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper ordered thermostats in the Colorado city's buildings turned up a few notches this summer, and he's asking businesses to follow suit. Denver Post; June 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
Taxidermy team prepares Montana's 3rd largest grizzly bear for viewing A team of six taxidermists are working on what is said to be the third largest grizzly bear ever reported in Montana to prepare the bruin for display in Lincoln, the town near where the bear was killed by a truck last October. Missoulian; June 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Utah officials report another wildfire in Dixie National Forest A second wildfire in as many weeks was reported in the Dixie National Forest in Utah, with the Bear Creek fire reportedly at about 300 acres. Salt Lake Tribune; June 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Dozens in path of Colorado wildfire evacuated A lightning-caused wildfire streaked across 400 acres in Colorado's Park County, forcing the evacuation of about 100 residents of the Bear Trap Ranch subdivision, and another lightning-caused fires was reported near Idaho Springs. Denver Post; June 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story N.M. wildfire continues to grow The rains that moved through New Mexico missed the Big Springs Fire burning in the Manzano Mountains, which forced new evacuations on Thursday and burned several structures. You may have to view an ad to read this article. Albuquerque Journal; June 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Arizona prescribed burn morphs into a wildfire On Thursday afternoon, Grand Canyon National Park officials made the decision to change the 160-acre Walla Valley Fire burning on the canyon's north rim from a prescribed burn to a wildfire. Arizona Daily Sun; June 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Landowner turns private tract in Montana into high-tech wildlife refuge Montana's Swan Valley is one of the West's most biologically diverse areas, and a private landowner has turned a parcel of valley land purchased from Plum Creek Timber Co. into a private wildlife reserve and is furnishing the land with high tech gadgets to monitor fish and wildlife, and has made some of the footage captured available online. Missoulian; June 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story For some, national parks are the place to go to end it all At least 18 people have ended their own lives in national parks thus far this year, and since 2004, 10 people have committed suicide in Grand Canyon National Park, the most in any park in recent years. Arizona Daily Sun (AP); June 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
Democrats say energy bill offered by GOP senators DOA An energy bill sponsored by Republican senators contains a measure that would repeal the moratorium currently in place on developing oil shale reserves in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, but Senate Democrats said they doubted the measure would go forward. Denver Post; June 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming senator calls USDA, USFS on the carpet for Rainbow decision U.S. Sen. John Barrasso wrote a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Ed Schafer demanding an explanation why the Rainbow Family gathering was allowed to go forward in Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest without following any of the procedures usually required. Casper Star-Tribune; June 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Legislature
Idaho governor presses ahead on canoe registration fee Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter formed a task force to study requiring registration of nonmotorized watercraft, such as kayaks and canoes, and if successful, Idaho would be the only state in the West to have such a program; Alaska and Arizona have, in the past, required registration of canoes and kayaks, but ditched their programs. Spokane Spokesman-Review; June 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Arizona lawmakers send $9.9B-budget to Napolitano Arizona's $9.9-billion budget contains no tax increases, but it does contain numerous budget cuts, needed to address the state's $2-billion deficit. Arizona Republic; June 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Nevada lawmakers excise another $275M in state spending The day before a special session of the Legislature called by Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons to address the state's budget shortfall convened, state legislators reached an agreement to cut state spending by $275 million. Las Vegas Review-Journal; June 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
Falling uranium prices nixes New Mexico deal Texas-based Uranium Resources Inc. withdrew from negotiations to buy Rio Algom Mining’s former mining and milling site near Ambrosia Lake in New Mexico's McKinley County due in part to the falling price of uranium, which was at $120 a pound when the deal was first negotiated to just $60 a pound now. You may have to view an ad to read this article. Albuquerque Journal; June 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Battle for Budweiser makes West's barley growers uneasy Barley producers in Montana, Idaho and North Dakota are watching InBev SA's effort to buy Anheuser-Busch, which brews Budweiser, Michelob and Bud Light, with interest as they have been selling their barley to Anheuser-Busch for years, and they're concerned about what will happen to that market should InBev win out. Helena Independent Record (AP); June 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story SuperValu exec: No more lay-offs in Boise planned At SuperValu's annual meeting in Boise on Thursday, the first since the company purchased Albertsons' premier supermarket locations, including all of the Albertson's stores in Idaho, Chief Executive Officer Jeff Noddle said no further cuts were planned in Boise at this time. Idaho Statesman; June 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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