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Rail Runner makes inaugural run between 2 N.M. cities Hundreds of New Mexico residents, including Gov. Bill Richardson, climbed aboard the Rail Runner train to make the inaugural trip between Santa Fe and Albuquerque on Monday. Santa Fe New Mexican; Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana co-op sues to severe ties to coal-fired power project Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative of Huntley filed a lawsuit against Southern Montana Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative and others to allow it to withdraw from the project and provide a complete accounting of what's been spent on Highwood thus far. Billings Gazette; Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story N.M. PRC consider plan to expand solar incentives The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission is considering a proposal that would require the Public Service Company of New Mexico to pay a premium price for electricity generated by solar arrays on government and commercial buildings; the company already pays a higher price for power generated by solar arrays on homes. You may have to view an ad to read this article. Albuquerque Journal; Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho county approves new CAFO regulations Changes passed by the Lincoln County Commission Monday to the Idaho county's rules on confined-animal feeding operations include revisions on how animal units are calculated and a setback for such operations from roads and property boundaries. Twin Falls Times-News; Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Colorado city OKs mixed use development Grand Junction City Council approved a plan for a mixed-use development that will add 1,124 new housing units, 565,000 square feet of commercial space and 44 acres of land zoned for light industry to the Colorado city. Grand Junction Sentinel; Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Utah's Summit County launches air study Summit County officials said air pollution levels in the Utah county have exceeded federal standards just once, when particulate matter from New Year's fireworks displays pushed PM 2.5 levels beyond federal levels, and said the year-long study of particulate pollution in Park City and in the Snyderville Basin may help prevent bad-air days like those seen along the Wasatch Front. Salt Lake Tribune; Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Tribes
Mining company strikes deal on work on Nevada mine Under an agreement filed in federal court last week, Barrick Gold Corp. can do some preliminary work on its proposed Cortez Hills Project on Mount Tenabo in northern Nevada while the parties to a lawsuit challenging the project wait for a hearing date in January. Seattle Post-intelligencer (AP); Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
Wolf monitor can't keep up with expansion in NW Montana The number of wolves and wolf packs is expanding rapidly in Northwest Montana, and the state's monitors are having trouble keeping track of the wolf numbers. Kalispell Daily Inter Lake; Dec. 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana land board approves bison corridor deal The Montana Land Board approved a $3.3 million, 20-year deal to allow a limited number of bison to travel through a corridor on Church Universal and Triumphant's Royal Teton Ranch between Yellowstone National Park and U.S. Forest Service property in Montana. Billings Gazette (AP); Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Fierce storm topples trees at Montana research center A windstorm that swept through Northwest Montana on Saturday brought down 30 or more massive ponderosa pines on the grounds of the Flathead Lake Biological Station. Kalispell Daily Inter Lake; Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story No snow means no snowmobiles yet in Yellowstone park Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks opened for their winter season on Monday, but a lack of snow in Yellowstone limited motorized travel to snowcoaches equipped with rubber tracks. Casper Star-Tribune (AP); Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story New Mexico ships rare minnows to Texas Albuquerque Biological Park employees scooped up thousands of endangered Rio Grande silvery minnows on Monday, and loaded them onto trucks for a twelve-hour ride to Big Bend National Park in Texas, where the minnows will be released into the Rio Grande. Santa Fe New Mexican (AP); Dec. 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story USFS puts logging plan for Montana biathlon course on hold Helena National Forest officials said they'll wait until a federal court to rule on a lawsuit over the permit issued to the Montana Army National Guard for a biathlon course before any logging along the course will be done. Helena Independent Record; Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Public not yet entitled to access Montana waterway Folks who want to access the Mitchell Slough, a 16-mile waterway in Montana's Bitterroot Valley that flows through private property, including land owned by Huey Lewis, will have to wait until the Montana Supreme Court sends its decision that the waterway was natural and therefore subject to the state's public-access law down to a lower court for a new decision that conforms with the state's high court's ruling. Ravalli Republic; Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Aspen Mountain avalanche claims Colorado man Cory Brettman, who worked ski patrol at Breckenridge and Aspen Mountain for more than two decades, was killed Sunday in an avalanche on the backside of Colorado's Aspen Mountain. Aspen Times; Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Avalanche death at Utah resort under investigation Snowbird safety officials were working with the U.S. Forest Service and Salt Lake County officials to investigate the in-bounds avalanche that killed a skier at the Utah resort on Sunday. Salt Lake Tribune; Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
Arizona valley puts together $3-billion list of public projects The Maricopa Association of Governments prepared its wish list of projects that it's ready to tackle when, and if, the federal government goes forward with a proposed national infrastructure plan to stimulate the economy. Arizona Republic; Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story
U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman has been selected to take Sen. Hillary Clinton's place on a Senate panel that is working on ways to provide health insurance coverage to the nation's uninsured. Santa Fe New Mexican; Dec. 15 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming will get $100.7M in abandoned mine funds As the nation's top producing coal state, Wyoming gets the lion's share of federal Abandoned Mine Land funds, and the state's share for fiscal year 2009 is $100.7 million. Casper Star-Tribune; Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana governor trims budget by $144 million On Monday, Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer submitted a revised budget proposal that cuts state spending by $144 million and federal spending by $49 million. Missoulian; Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story N.M. grand jury investigates Richardson donor As part of a nationwide investigation into political influence in local bond markets, a federal grand jury is investigating whether New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's office urged the state to hire CDR Financial Products to do work for the state after CDR made political contributions to two of Richardson's political action committees. Washington Post; Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Legislature
Tucson loses its pull in 2009 Arizona Legislature When the Arizona Legislature convenes in 2009, the leadership will have a definite tilt toward Phoenix, with most of the leadership posts held by lawmakers from that Arizona city. Arizona Daily Star; Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana lawmakers gear up for 2009 session The Montana Legislative Services division office has received 1,855 bill draft requests thus far, dealing with a wide range of issues including climate change, environmental permit processes, taxes, and even one that would designate the "whole wheat huckleberry pancake" as the state's official pancake. Great Falls Tribune; Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Utah bill would require insurers to cover autism therapy Sen. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper, will sponsor legislation that would require health insurers in Utah to cover therapy for autism. Salt Lake Tribune; Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Utah legislators press Huntsman for special session Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. said he believed the projected budget shortfall can be addressed in the legislative session scheduled to begin Jan. 26, but some Utah lawmakers said they believed the $350 million gap deserves to be addressed in an immediate special session. Salt Lake Tribune; Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming lawmakers get update on hiring efforts A Wyoming state human-resource official told lawmakers that a November job fair hosted by 23 Wyoming state agencies in Cheyenne attracted more than 350 applicants, some from the East Coast and Michigan, and that another job fair would be held in Casper to process applications for the hundreds of open state jobs. Casper Star-Tribune; Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming lawmakers meet this week on education, investments Wyoming legislators are gearing up for the start of the Legislature next month, with meetings scheduled this week on proposed changes to the state's community college system and another on how the national economic downturn is affecting the state's investments. Casper Star-Tribune; Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
eBay plans $334M computer center in Utah Enticed to Utah by $27.3 million in state tax incentives over a 10-year period, California-based eBay announced plans to build a $334-million computer center on land the company recently purchased in South Jordan, bringing about 50 jobs to the Utah city. Salt Lake Tribune; Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Contractor shuts down operations in Montana city Goose Bay Equipment Inc., also known as NUPAC in Kalispell, announced Monday it would shut down operations in mid-February, putting 58 people out of work; the company is one of four Montana companies owned by Oldcastle Materials Inc. Missoulian; Dec. 16 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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