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Water requirement wilts proposal for Colorado development The developer of what was touted as one of the nation's largest sustainable communities proposed for Colorado's Lowry Range announced Friday it was backing out of the 30-year, multibillion dollar deal because it was unable to secure a sustainable and affordable source of water for the development. Denver Rocky Mountain News; Jan. 10 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Tribes
FCC gives Coeur d'Alene Tribe approval for Idaho radio station The Coeur d'Alene Tribe in Idaho was one of 37 tribes that applied for Federal Communications Commission licenses to run noncommercial radio stations, and last week the FCC granted the tribe's request. Spokane Spokesman-Review; Jan. 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Navajo Nation swears in leadership in 20 chapters At an inauguration ceremony held Friday in Shiprock, the heads of the Navajo Nation's legislative, executive and judicial branches helped swear in chapter presidents, vice presidents and secretaries of 20 chapters. Farmington Daily Times; Jan. 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
Montana coal ash ponds at zero discharge The failure of a coal-ash pond in Tennessee has increased scrutiny of how coal-fired power plants in other states handle their coal ash, and at Montana's Colstrip plant, the ash is mixed with water, turned to paste, which is laid out on ponds to dry to the consistency of concrete; the state's newest coal-fired plant plans to handle its coal ash dry and bury it. Great Falls Tribune; Jan. 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story West's ski resorts struggle to control avalanches Colorado's Telluride ski area has one of the nation's most aggressive avalanche-battling programs, but this year's unstable snow is putting the ski area's mettle to the test. Denver Post; Jan. 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story
A wolf that had killed 30 sheep on a Montana ranch near Reed Point was shot and killed on Friday. Billings Gazette; Jan. 10 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming awards ski area $500,000 grant The Wyoming State Loan and Investment Board awarded the Sleeping Giant ski area a $500,000 grant, with the contingency that the ski area must raise an additional $766,697 in private funds by May 1 to help pay for upgrades to the ski area. Billings Gazette; Jan. 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
N.M. lawmaker wants to expand use of mining funds U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman is sponsoring legislation that would amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to allow money collected under that fund to clean up all types of mines, not just coal mines. Farmington Daily Times; Jan. 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story FBI probe sheds light on N.M.'s lax campaign-finance laws New Mexico is one of just a handful of states that have no caps on campaign contributions and no independent commission to investigate conflicts of interest. New York Times; Jan. 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho governor maps out new route on roads bill Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter said he's learned from mistakes make in 2008, and he'll map out his new strategy in his State of the State speech today. Idaho Statesman; Jan. 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Legislature
Fiscal analysts pare down Wyoming's budget surplus Friday's announcement that Wyoming will have $650 million less to work with in the upcoming legislative session was no surprise to Gov. Dave Freudenthal, who had been warning for months that the state's revenue stream was losing steam. Casper Star-Tribune (AP); Jan. 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story With revenue down, prospect dim for Wyoming property-tax bills Wyoming lawmakers have two property-tax relief bills ready to go when the Legislature convenes this week, but with revenue projections down, most agree that big-ticket items such as those bills have little chance of passing. Casper Star-Tribune; Jan. 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Bill would help Utah teachers buy homes A Salt Lake County legislator is sponsoring a bill that would give teachers in their first five years of teaching in Utah a $15,000 loan to buy a home, and the loan would be forgiven if teachers keep their jobs in the same district or charter school for a decade. Salt Lake Tribune; Jan. 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Hearing on stream access bill set for Tuesday in Montana Montana lawmakers will hold a hearing on this legislative session's reiteration of a stream access bill on Tuesday. Missoulian; Jan. 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Stream access, carbon sequestration bills on Montana agenda The Montana Legislature goes into high gear this week, with hearings on carbon sequestration, health insurance and stream access. Billings Gazette; Jan. 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
Freeport-McMoRan to cut 1,550 jobs at Arizona copper mine Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc. said dropping metal prices forced it to cut nearly half the jobs at its Morenci copper mine in Arizona. Arizona Republic; Jan. 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Despite losing 20,000 jobs, Alberta's unemployment the lowest Alberta remains the top province in Canada for jobs, with just a 4.1 percent unemployment rate posted for December, a month that 20,000 jobs were lost in the province. Calgary Herald; Jan. 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Northern Idaho has state's highest unemployment rate The loss of construction, manufacturing and logging jobs in northern Idaho pushed that region's unemployment rate to 7.3 percent in December; the state's jobless rate is at 6.6 percent. Idaho Statesman (AP); Jan. 11 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Flying J's bankruptcy pushes assets into spotlight Falling energy prices forced Flying J, a conglomerate that owns not only oil and gas wells in Utah's Uinta Basin and the Williston Basin in eastern Montana, but also 250 travel centers in 41 states, pipelines and a communications unit that claims to own the largest WiFi Internet provider in the trucking industry. Salt Lake Tribune; Jan. 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy dims famed Utah film festival Sundance Institute founder Robert Redford said he welcomes a quieter, less frenzied Sundance Film Festival, which opens Jan. 15 in Utah's Park City. Salt Lake Tribune; Jan. 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Supervalu won't close any Albertsons stores in Idaho None of the 50 stores that Supervalu intends to close are in Idaho, although the grocer does intend to close some Albertsons stores. Idaho Statesman (AP); Jan. 12 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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