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Upscale Utah development poised to emerge from bankruptcy The Promontory Club in Utah, like other upscale resorts Montana and Idaho, sought bankruptcy protection in 2008, and now the Utah resort appears poised to be the first to emerge from the Chapter 11 process, with a reorganization plan awaiting court approval. NewWest.net; Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana county commission denies request for private bridge The Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Commission denied a landowner's request to build a private bridge over the Big Hole River, citing concerns about the project's effect on the Montana river. Montana Standard; Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Utah county's open space money nearly gone Salt Lake County officials are working on the final land purchases to be made with funds from the Utah county's $48-million open space bond. Salt Lake Tribune; Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho cities councilors push for Sun Valley-Ketchum merger Sun Valley City Councilman Dave Chase and Ketchum City Councilman Charles Conn are pushing a voter initiative on combining the two Idaho cities, but other members of the cities' councils and the mayor of Sun Valley are not on board -- yet. Idaho Mountain Express (Sun Valley); Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
Groups petition USFWS to protect Northern Rockies fisher The Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Friends of the Clearwater and Friends of the Bitterroot petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday to protect fishers in Montana and Idaho, a member of the weasel family, under the federal Endangered Species Act. Billings Gazette (AP); Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming book publishes rancher's perspective on wolves Cat Urbigkit, a Wyoming sheep rancher, dog breeder, and former newspaper writer and blogger, wrote "Yellowstone Wolves: A Chronology of the Animal, the People, and the Politics." Billings Gazette; Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Snowmobile ride across Wyoming lake costs guide his job World-famous alpinist Stephen Koch was fired by Exum Mountain Guides after a video documented Koch and three other men illegally using a snowmobile on Wyoming's Jackson Lake to access skiing on Mount Moran. Jackson Hole News & Guide; Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story New Mexico reports an increase of abandoned horses The number of emergency calls on abandoned or abused horses to the New Mexico Livestock Board more than tripled between 2007 and 2008. Santa Fe New Mexican (AP); Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
Bill to give Utah 4th U.S. House seat clears procedural hurdle Legislation to give the District of Columbia its first U.S. House seat and Utah its fourth was passed by a supermajority vote in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, clearing a hurdle that had tripped up previous versions of the legislation. Deseret News; Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Legislature
Utah lawmakers shift position on foreign nuclear waste profits EnergySolutions has offered to contribute half its profits from accepting foreign nuclear waste at its Tooele County site with Utah, a proposal that lawmakers had been considering, but now they're contemplating legislation that would require the company to share those profits if it wins its federal case on the issue of importation of foreign waste. Salt Lake Tribune; Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Utah bills would expand CHIP coverage of immigrant children Similarly worded legislation submitted in both the Utah House and Senate would remove a provision in the state's current law that requires legal immigrant children to live in the United States for five years before they are eligible for health insurance coverage under the state's Children's Health Insurance Program. Salt Lake Tribune; Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story List of tax increases makes its way around Nevada statehouse Although no measures to raise taxes are currently before the Nevada Legislature, a list of potential tax increases with estimated revenues prepared by Legislative Counsel Bureau staff a few months ago is circulating around the statehouse. Las Vegas Sun; Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Bill would create solar-loan program in N.M. A program in Berkeley, Calif. was the template for New Mexico Rep. Brian Egolf's bill that would allow counties to create solar-energy districts that could grant homeowners loans to install solar systems on their homes and pay for them via their property taxes. Santa Fe New Mexican; Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story N.M. bill would tweak state's laws on wildlife depredation A bill pending in the New Mexico Senate would prohibit landowners from killing wildlife on their land unless the wildlife poses an immediate threat to humans, pets or livestock and provides compensation under certain circumstances to landowners for harm done by wildlife. Santa Fe New Mexican (AP); Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Actors join push to abolish death penalty in Montana Mike Farrell, best known for his role as B.J. Hunnicutt on the long-running television series M*A*S*H, was in Helena on Tuesday, to champion legislation passed by the Montana Senate that abolishes the death penalty; the bill is awaiting action in the state House. Helena Independent Record; Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Horse-slaughter bill passes first vote in Montana House A bill that would allow horse slaughterhouses in Montana passed the first of two votes in the state House on a 67-33 vote. Helena Independent Record (AP); Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana House advances one energy project bill, blocks another Legislation that would streamline and restrict the protest process on energy projects in Montana passed on a 71-28 vote in the state House, but a companion bill that would have prevented judges from stopping projects during courts' review of environmental issues associated with the project was blocked by House Democrats. Billings Gazette; Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story FASTER bill survives initial vote in Colorado House A Senate-passed bill to finance road projects with an increase in annual vehicle registration fees in Colorado survived its first vote in the state House, but faces another vote. Denver Post; Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
Arizona solar-panel maker doubles profits in last quarter of '08 Officials of Tempe-based First Solar Inc. said the company's reduction of the per-watt cost of making its solar panels helped the Arizona company double its profits in the last quarter of 2008. Arizona Republic; Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Key index in Arizona housing market up 90 percent Most key indicators in the Phoenix Valley's housing market are still headed south, but the number of home sales under negotiation or contract is up 90 percent in the region, which will translate into good months in March or April if all 9,600 such deals close. Arizona Republic; Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Housing prices in Utah drop 6.6 percent A report issued Tuesday by the Federal Housing Finance Agency listed Utah among the 44 states that posted declines in home values between the fourth quarter of 2008 and the fourth quarter of 2007, with home values down 6.6 percent in Utah; Nevada posted a 28.2 percent decline, the largest in the nation; and Arizona ranked third with a 20.6 percent decline. Salt Lake Tribune; Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story N.M. jetmaker faces new challenge from senior noteholders Eclipse Aviation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November, and now senior noteholders of the the beleaguered jetmaker in New Mexico filed a motion to convert that bankruptcy to a Chapter 7, which usually leads to complete liquidation of company assets. Santa Fe New Mexican (AP); Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho employers try different methods to save jobs The loss of 2,000 Micron jobs in Idaho will take a toll on the state's economy, but other employers in the state's Treasure Valley region are trying different methods to avoid laying off employees. Idaho Statesman; Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Laid-off Montana miners eligible for federal aid The federal Trade Adjustment Assistance program offers additional aid to workers who lose their jobs because of competition from foreign imports, and the U.S. Department of Labor recently ruled that workers at Montana's Stillwater mine were eligible to receive benefits under the federal program. Billings Gazette; Feb. 25 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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