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Developer of exclusive resort in Montana sees potential in market Ken May, the chief executive officer of Everlands, a new luxury destination resort near Big Sky, lost his remaining $14 million line of credit when Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy, but May said today's financial situation may make his Montana development more attractive to wealthy folks who may no longer want the hassle and expense of maintaining a large vacation home. NewWest.net; Sept. 30 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho mill town residents remain upbeat, despite mill's closure Priest River will lose 200 jobs when the JD Lumber mill shuts down on Friday, but residents of the Idaho town said they've seen hard times before and something new always comes along. Coeur d'Alene Press; Oct. 1 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana town may seek designation as a Superfund site Superior officials will decide next month whether to ask Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer to ask the Environmental Protection Agency to put their town on its list of critical clean-up projects, a designation that will have a considerable impact on property values and the lives of the residents, but will also help rope in millions of dollars of federal aid needed to clean up decades of mining waste in the town. Missoulian; Oct. 1 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho brings 80 inmates home from out-of-state prisons Idaho Corrections officials said a decrease in crime, an increase in offenders released on parole and an increase in successfully keeping offenders on probation opened up space in Idaho prisons and allowed the state to return 80 inmates incarcerated in Texas and Oklahoma home to Idaho; 634 inmates remain in out-of-state prisons. Idaho Statesman (AP); Oct. 1 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Tribes
Tribe gets grants to expand drug fight on Montana reservation The Chippewa Cree Tribal Court system has been awarded three grants totally $800,000 to expand services for its Wellness Drug Court on the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation. Great Falls Tribune; Oct. 1 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
Wyoming lawmakers ask Kempthorne to weigh in on Yellowstone plan Members of Wyoming's congressional delegation have asked Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to come up with a plan to allow snow machines in Yellowstone National Park this winter, although it's unclear just how he would do that and if he has the authority to do so. Billings Gazette; Oct. 1 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Utah adds 5 fishing spots to list warning of mercury levels On Tuesday, the Utah wildlife and environment agencies revised its list of fish-consumption advisories due to mercury levels found in some species to add five new fishing spots. The article contains a graphic summarizing advisories in the state. Salt Lake Tribune; Oct. 1 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana Trout Unlimited takes on state's energy leasing policies Montana's constitution requires the state use its school trust lands to raise money for education, and the leasing of lands along the Shields, Boulder and Yellowstone rivers for energy development complies with that constitutional mandate, but Montana Trout Unlimited said the practice also puts native fish species in peril and has launched a challenge of the policy. Bozeman Daily Chronicle; Oct. 1 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Tests of Wyoming herd finds no other brucellosis so far Wyoming state veterinarian Walter Cook said nearly half the herd of cows from a Sublette County ranch in western Wyoming from which a cow that tested positive for brucellosis early in September have been tested and so far none have tested positive for the disease that causes cows to abort their fetuses. Casper Star-Tribune; Oct. 1 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Four wolves removed from Montana pack State and federal wildlife officers removed four wolves from the Hog Heaven pack west of Kalispell after a second attack on livestock last week, and the hunt is on for another wolf in the Montana pack. Kalispell Daily Inter Lake; Sept. 30 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wildfire scorches 6,800 acres in Idaho Fire managers aren't sure what sparked the Shoshone Fire near Rogerson on Monday, and crews anticipated having the 6,800-acre wildfire fully contained by Tuesday night, while crews were battling two lightning-sparked wildfires in Idaho near the Nevada border on Tuesday. Twin Falls Times-News; Oct. 1 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story
Politics
Hundreds line up to hear Michelle Obama in Colorado today A line began to form early this morning outside of Farrand Field at the University of Colorado in Boulder to hear Michelle Obama, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, speak today at 10 a.m. Denver Rocky Mountain News; Oct. 1 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Cheney to fill in for President Bush at Nevada event President Bush will send Vice President Dick Cheney in his stead to the White House Conference on North American Wildlife Policy in Nevada's capital city on Friday. Las Vegas Review-Journal; Oct. 1 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Romney in New Mexico to campaign for Pearce in U.S. Senate race Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts who also ran to be the Republican Party's presidential nominee this year, was in Santa Fe on Tuesday, where he campaigned for U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, who is running for New Mexico's open U.S. Senate seat. Santa Fe New Mexican; Oct. 1 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Legislature
Two months into fiscal year, Arizona tax collections $180M short A report issued Tuesday by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee said that tax revenue collections for fiscal year 2009 were $180 million below projections. Arizona Republic; Oct. 1 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
French company seeks federal loan guarantee for Idaho nuclear project Areva NC Inc., the French company that plans to build a uranium-enrichment plant in Idaho, said that it has applied for a federal loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy on the $2-billion project. Twin Falls Times-News (Idaho Falls Post-Register); Oct. 1 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Western Montana banks, mortgage companies report clear sailing While Wall Street is being rocked to and fro by huge tidal changes, the fortunes of banks, mortgage companies and real estate firms in Western Montana are reporting smooth sailing, although real estate sales are a bit slow due to national economic concerns. Missoulian; Oct. 1 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Livestock producers pleased with Montana senator's beef bill Montana Sen. Jon Tester's Beef Checkoff Modernization Act earned the approval of livestock producers who said it will make changes to the original Beef Act that producers have been requesting for years. Billings Gazette; Oct. 1 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana governor stumps for ethanol at biofuel conference At a meeting in Billings this week, the Governors' Ethanol Coalition announced it was changing its name to the Governors' Biofuel Coalition, and members of the coalition from 10 states, including Montana, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oregon, Illinois and Missouri, discussed ways to address the nation's waning support of ethanol. Billings Gazette; Oct. 1 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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