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Montana courts rule on coalbed-methane water cases Opponents to unregulated pumping of groundwater during coalbed-methane drilling operations in Montana were handed a couple of court victories this week when a state district court ruled that such discharge water was indeed groundwater and the Montana Supreme Court held the state has the authority set limits on the saline content of the water. Helena Independent Record; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Sevier Power presses Utah county to vote on plant Sevier Power Company formally asked the Sevier County Commission to vote on the company's proposed coal-fired power plant near Sigrud by Jan. 5, although a citizen's group opposed to the project said such a request is premature given that the Utah county has yet to receive a complete application on the project. Salt Lake Tribune; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana county OKs open space purchases The Missoula County commissioners approved a conservation easement on 177 acres of land on Evaro Hill that protects a section of an old trail to the Jocko Valley, and released $200,000 of open space funds that will ultimately protect 18,000 acres of former Plum Creek Timber Co. land in Montana's Blackfoot Valley. Missoulian; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Rail Runner's inaugural run in N.M. marred by cow on tracks On the first day of Rail Runner service between Santa Fe and Albuquerque on Wednesday, there were a few hiccups in service, with some trains delayed, one because it hit a cow. Santa Fe New Mexican; Dec. 17 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Great Salt Lake Minerals gives $11K to Utah food bank Great Salt Lake Minerals Co. pulled a 24-foot trailer loaded with $11,000 worth of food, diapers and baby formula up to the Joyce Hansen Hall Community Food Bank which serves northern Utah on Wednesday. Salt Lake Tribune; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Five senior-housing projects in Wyoming for sale Sunwest Management is the fourth largest provider of senior housing in the United States, and the Oregon-based company's financial problems are forcing it to sell properties including five of the eight it owns in Wyoming. Denver Post (WyomingTribune Eagle); Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
Wandering Yellowstone bison to get a break this year Tolerance for bison that wander north and west out of Yellowstone National Park this year will be higher, after Montana signed an agreement to create a corridor from the park to U.S. Forest Service lands. Jackson Hole Daily; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story BLM releases final plan for Wyoming's Pinedale region The Bureau of Land Management released its final management plan on Wednesday for the 1,875 square miles of mineral estate it owns in Wyoming's Pinedale region for the next 20 years that focuses energy work on areas already under development and protects areas key to wildlife where no drilling has yet been done. Casper Star-Tribune (AP); Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Debate over drilling in Wyoming's Adobe Town rages on The Sweetwater County Commission passed a resolution this week that 160,000 acres of Adobe Town designated as "very rare or uncommon" by Wyoming in 2007 be put off-limits to energy development, although the federal Bureau of Land Management has the final say on the land. Casper Star-Tribune; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story USFWS: Removal of Montana wolf pack followed policy The removal of the 19 remaining wolves in the Hog Heaven pack in northwest Montana earlier this month concerned environmental groups, but Montana wildlife officials said the pack's removal would have little effect on the overall wolf population in that area of the state. Flathead Beacon; Dec. 17 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana sues Stimson for berm in Blackfoot River Montana filed a lawsuit against Stimson Lumber Co. seeking a court order requiring the company to remove a decades-old earthen berm it built along the Blackfoot River for a cooling pond for its former mill in Bonner. Missoulian; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
Race is on for Salazar's U.S. Senate seat Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter faces intense pressure over whom he'll appoint to fill U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar's seat for the next two years. An analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of potential contenders. Denver Post; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Hundreds turn out in N. Idaho to talk with governor Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter began his "Capital for a Day" program in 2007 to expand access to his office across the state, and on Wednesday, 250 Idahoans traveled to Rathdrum to share their concerns about the economy and cuts to state services with the governor. Coeur d'Alene Press; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho senator discusses his priorities in 111th Congress U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo said Wednesday he was dismayed by the shift in focus in Congress, where lawmakers used to work to be more frugal than each other, to the situation today where lawmakers are fighting to outspend the other, and the Idaho Republican said he would not vote for the next economic bailout program proposed. Coeur d'Alene Press; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Legislature
GOP legislators ask Arizona governor not to sign new orders Republican legislative leaders have asked Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to hold off on signing any new executive orders before she leaves her post to serve as the nation's new secretary of Homeland Security. Arizona Republic; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho lawmakers say they'll reject proposed pay increase Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers said they planned to reject a proposed 5 percent pay increase when the Idaho Legislature convenes in January. Idaho Statesman (AP); Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana county selects successor for Groesbeck Former state lawmaker and current executive director of the Montana Democratic Party, Art Noonan, was selected by the Butte-Silver Bow commissioners to fill the House District 74 legislative seat left open by the death of George Groesbeck earlier this month. Montana Standard; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming lawmakers consider increasing poaching penalties The Wyoming Game Wardens Association is promoting a bill that would impose felony charges on second offense poaching crimes in some instances. Casper Star-Tribune (AP); Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
B.C. company pulls first batch of copper from Arizona mine British Columbia-based Quadra Mining, which owns the Robinson copper mine in Nevada, as well as two copper mines in Arizona, announced its Carlota project in Arizona had produced its first batch of copper. Yahoo.Finance.com; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Colorado seizes assets of pipeline company IXP Inc., a Fruita-based pipeline company, owes Colorado nearly $140,000 in payroll taxes, and faces lawsuits in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming alleging nonpayment of subcontractors and failure to complete a pipeline project on Ute Indian Tribe land in northeast Utah. Grand Junction Sentinel; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana's Yellowstone Club lays off a dozen workers Managers of the exclusive Yellowstone Club in Montana said they did not anticipate any further layoffs after they laid off 12 construction and operations-related workers this week. Bozeman Daily Chronicle; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Washington wood products company spins off paper division Spokane-based Potlatch Corp. finished separating its pulp and paper business from its wood products division, with the creation of Clearwater Paper, also based in the Washington city, which will produce pulp and paperboard at existing plants in Lewiston, Idaho and Las Vegas, Nev., as well as at plants in Arkansas and Illinois. Yakima Herald-Republic; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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