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Test run of Phoenix's light-rail system deemed a success Construction of Phoenix's 20-mile, $1.4-billion light-rail system is about 90 percent complete, and is expected to up and running by the end of the year. Arizona Republic; July 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Pollution from California wildfires to make Nevada air worse today Washoe County officials warned that smoke from California wildfires could prompt a Stage 2 health alert in the Nevada county, which means the air is unhealthy for everyone. Reno Gazette-Journal; July 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Second-home owners in Aspen offer $380K in lieu of worker housing After the Aspen-Pitkin County Housing Authority (APCHA) took second-home owners Larry and Mara Lawrence to court for not abiding with the deed restrictions on their Colorado property by making a unit available for worker housing, the Lawrences offered APCHA $380,000 in lieu of making the unit available to a Pitkin County employee. Aspen Times; July 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Community-supported farms take root in Arizona Over the past couple of years, interest in community-sponsored farming has increased across the nation, and in Arizona, several such farm operators said demand is outpacing their ability to grow. Arizona Republic; July 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana city holds first 'Project Homeless Connect' Homeless people in Bozeman will have access to a wide range of social services on Saturday, when the Montana city hosts its first ever "Project Homeless Connect" event. Bozeman Daily Chronicle; July 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Tribes
Tribes launch pilot program to test 4-day workweek in Montana The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ Tribal Council voted to test a four-day workweek for tribal programs for a 60-day period beginning July 14 in an effort to reduce transportation costs for employees on their lands in Montana. Char-Koosta News; July 10 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
DOE grants uranium leases on Colorado parcels On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded 16, 10-year leases for uranium and vanadium exploration and development on lands in Colorado between Gateway and Egnar. Grand Junction Sentinel; July 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Report tracks effects climate change will have on Alberta The results of a three-year study of the effect climate change will have on Alberta have not yet been released to the public, but highlights have been that indicate that the Canadian province's water supply will be less reliable as it gets more rain rather than snow; more forests will be at risk from drought and beetle infestation; and farmers will have to adapt to a longer, but warmer, growing season. Edmonton Journal; July 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho officials say mosquito with West Nile is state's first reported case A mosquito with West Nile virus was found in Gem County, which reported Idaho's first such case in 2007 as well. Idaho Statesman; July 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Grass fire in N. Idaho forces closure of highway A three-mile section of U.S. Highway 95 east of Lewiston in Idaho has been shut down due to a grass fire that also forced the evacuation of nearby homes. Idaho Statesman (AP); July 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Colorado wildfire doubles in size but stays within containment lines Fire officials said the Coal Creek Fire burning on the west side of Colorado's Grand Mesa is now about 800 acres in size but considered under control, and crews are working to control another wildfire in the area dubbed the "Clover Fire." Grand Junction Sentinel; July 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Uranium mining company, Wyoming reach deal on reclamation Cameco Corp., which operates the only producing uranium mine in Wyoming, agreed to pay the state of Wyoming $500,000 to settle a list of environmental violations at its Smith Ranch-Highland in-situ leach uranium mine north of Douglas. Casper Star-Tribune; July 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
Western senators push for ban on Argentina livestock Legislation introduced Thursday by Wyoming Sen. Mike Enzi and South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson, and supported by senators from Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota and Missouri, would ban the importation of livestock from Argentina until that South American country can prove its free of hoof-and-mouth disease, a highly contagious disease that affects cloven-hoof animals. Casper Star-Tribune (AP); July 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Candidates for Idaho's U.S. Senate seat to discuss strategy today Democrat Larry LaRocco and Independent Rex Rammell will hold a joint press conference today in Boise to discuss holding a series of live debates across the state, and are challenging Republican Jim Risch to join them. Twin Falls Times-News; July 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story GOP House lawmakers' energy tour includes Colorado laboratory, Alaska A group of 11 Republican U.S. representatives, including House Minority Leader John Boehner, will visit the National Renewable Energy Lab in Colorado next week to learn about new developments in renewable energy, and then some members of the group will travel north to Alaska to visit the north slope, where many Republicans want to drill for oil. Denver Post; July 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Legislature
Gaming-revenue report brings more bad news for Nevada officials Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons, state lawmakers and residents of the Silver State could use some good economic news, but the Gaming Control Board's report on gaming tax collections didn't have any for them, with tax collections in June down 22.7 percent from the same month last year, the worst drop reported in a decade. Las Vegas Review-Journal; July 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Nevada lawmakers sponsor bills to address illegal immigration Even though similar legislation didn't make it far in the 2007 legislative session, Nevada Assemblyman Bob Beers is trying again on a bill that would sanction employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers, and Assemblyman Ty Cobb is renewing his efforts to deny people living illegally in the United States access to state assistance and bar them from getting driver's licenses. Las Vegas Review-Journal; July 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
Wyoming finds no brucellosis in 2 cattle herds The Wyoming state veterinarian said tests completed on two of the 13 herds that had contact with a herd of cattle near Daniel where brucellosis was found have tested negative for the disease, and said that the federal government extended the deadline for the state to complete testing of the other 11 herds until Oct. 31. Casper Star-Tribune; July 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Calgary firm to build CO2 pipeline to boost oil production in Alberta Enhance Energy Inc. plans to build a pipeline to carry carbon dioxide captured at upgraders and processing facilities around Edmonton to aging oilfields in south-central Alberta to pump up production in those oilfields. Edmonton Journal; July 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Sun Microsystems cuts hundreds of jobs in Colorado On Thursday, Sun Microsystems executives announced they were downsizing the company and cutting 1,000 jobs across the U.S. and Canada, and that 212 people at the company's Colorado plants in Broomfield and Louisville would be losing their jobs. Boulder Daily Camera; July 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story RealtyTrac ranks Utah 10th in nation in foreclosures The national foreclosure crisis has come to Utah, with 1,501 households in the state in some stage of foreclosure in June, a 141 percent increase from June of 2007. Salt Lake Tribune; July 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story International tourists find much to like in the American West The weak dollar has made travel to the United States a much more attractive, and affordable, option for international visitors and some tour operators in the Rocky Mountain West said they've already reached their annual goals. NewWest.net; July 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Group praises N.M. utility for hitting renewable energy targets Public Service Company of New Mexico, Southwestern Public Service, a division of Xcel Energy, and El Paso Electric Co., are all meeting the mandate to obtain 6 percent of electricity from renewable resources, which will incrementally increase to 20 percent by 2020. Santa Fe New Mexican (AP); July 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Poor cherry harvest gives Northwest producers the blues In a normal year, the Northwest cherry-growing region has picked, packed and shipped 7 million 20-pound boxes by this time, but this year, only 3 million such boxes have been shipped thus far, after an unusually cold spring curtailed crops. Yakima Herald; July 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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