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Western towns consider disincorporation Disincorporation hasn't been considered a viable option for cash-strapped municipalities since the early 1970s, but the Wall Street Journal reports that the city of Mountain View, Colo., a Washington town of 500, and two California towns are seriously considering dissolving municipal governments in response to hard economic times. Wall Street Journal; May 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho's top water official to retire June 30 Dave Tuthill, the director of the Idaho Department of Water Resources, announced that he will leave that post on June 30, and take a job in the private sector. Twin Falls Times-News; May 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming county officials get up to speed on wind power About a dozen Natrona County officials took a tour of Rocky Mountain Power's wind energy site north of Glenrock on Tuesday to give them a better understanding of the industry as they work on zoning and bonding requirements of future such projects in their Wyoming county. Casper Star-Tribune; May 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Turbine's arrival brings wind-energy curriculum to Idaho college College of Southern Idaho officials haven't fine-tuned the curriculum yet, but they do know the wind turbine tower and the equipment with the internal workings of a wind turbine that arrived on campus Tuesday will be used to teach students in a new wind-turbine technical program scheduled to launch this fall. Twin Falls Times-News; May 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Alberta city gives $6-million grant for housing for homeless Calgary awarded the Calgary Homeless Foundation nearly $6 million to buy housing for homeless people who will be displaced when the Sunalta shelter is closed and torn down to make way for the west leg of the LRT. Calgary Herald; May 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Another Wyoming meeting on Flaming Gorge pipeline set The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that the agency will hold a second public meeting on June 9 in Rock Springs on the proposed water pipeline from Wyoming's Flaming Gorge Reservoir to Colorado's Front Range cities proposed by Aaron Million. Casper Star-Tribune; May 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Tribes
Crow tribal members arrested in N.M. on fraud charges Ted Hogan and two other Crow tribal members, along with a fourth man, were arrested last week in New Mexico, and charged with a series of crimes including securities fraud; Hogan has been promoting mineral development on Crow tribal lands in Montana. Billings Gazette; May 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story N.M. gathering celebrates Navajo Nation pipeline project The Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act was one of the dozens of items in the omnibus lands bill signed into law earlier this year by President Obama, and on Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, Navajo Nation, state and local officials gathered in Nenahnezad on the banks of the San Juan River to celebrate the water pipeline that will provide running water to 80,000 people who have hauled water to their homes for decades. Farmington Daily Times; May 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
Annual count finds moose numbers down 44 percent in Wyoming Wyoming Game and Fish's annual count of big game animals found that moose, mule deer and bighorn sheep numbers were below department objectives, although antelope numbers were above the agency's goals. Jackson Hole News & Guide; May 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Crews battle grass fire on Enoch Cree Nation in Alberta A stolen car set on fire started a grass fire that is racing across Enoch Cree Nation land west of Edmonton in Alberta. Edmonton Journal; May 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming group seeks historic status for Heart Mountain site A private foundation is working with Wyoming's congressional delegation to authorize a special study on designating the Heart Mountain Relocation Camp, where thousands of Japanese-Americans were held during World War II, as an historic site. Casper Star-Tribune (AP); May 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Grizzlies on the prowl in N.W. Montana valley Tim Manley, a grizzly bear management specialist with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks said there are 15 grizzly bears roaming the eastern Flathead Valley between Lake Blaine and Swan Lake, and that a sow and two yearlings were captured and relocated after they broke into a chicken house; the agency is also investigating the death of a grizzly bear found gutted and skinned near Columbia Falls. Kalispell Daily InterLake; May 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story BLM to hold meetings in Montana today, Thursday The Bureau of Land Management will hold public meetings today and tomorrow in Lewistown on issues involving BLM land in Montana, including a stewardship project involving the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation; how federal stimulus funds will be spent on BLM lands, and management of lands in the Missouri Breaks. Great Falls Tribune; May 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
Idaho senators shed dislike of stimulus plan, ask for funds Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch both voted against the massive federal stimulus bill, but now that it's passed, they've lined up $2-billion worth of projects for the state to be funded through that plan, including $475 million to clean up radioactive waste at the Idaho National Laboratory and $1 million to fund sage grouse recovery in the state. Idaho Statesman; May 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story
British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell said repeatedly throughout his campaign that the province's budget deficit would be held to $495 million, a figure that some economists said was far too low in that they're predicting deficits for the 2009-10 fiscal year in the neighborhood of $1.5 billion to $2 billion. Vancouver Sun; May 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Legislature
Colorado panel begins work on rewriting mining rules Concerned about the effects of a proposed uranium mine in Weld County, Colorado lawmakers directed the state Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety to convene a panel to rewrite the rules on such mining, including in-situ processes, as well as measures designed to protect water quality, and the panel meets for the first time today. Denver Post; May 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Nevada governor vetoes registration fee for off-road vehicles Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons said he vetoed legislation that would have required all all-terrain vehicles and other off-road vehicles to be licensed because he did not want to impose a fee on an activity that Nevadans had previously enjoyed for free. Las Vegas Review-Journal; May 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
Court: Harbinger can join bidding for Asarco A U.S. bankruptcy court in Texas has ruled that Harbinger Capital Partners may bid against two other companies vying to purchase the bankrupt Asarco LLC copper-mining company. Reuters; May 26 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Rebound in copper prices puts Montana mine on surer footing Revett Minerals Inc. officials let the federally mandated 60-day closure notice at its Troy Mine in Montana expire this month, as copper and silver prices climbed to a level that ensured the mine will continue to operate at least until the end of the year. Missoulian; May 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story N.M. city ranks 2nd in the nation in Kiplinger's annual survey Kiplinger's Personal Finance's 10 Best Cities of 2009 ranked Albuquerque second in the nation for its employment opportunities and potential for job growth; Olympia, Wash., ranked sixth; and Flagstaff, Ariz., ranked ninth. You may have to view an ad to read this article. Albuquerque Journal; May 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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