|
Thursday,
July 02 10 a.m. edition |
|
|
|
Page
2 More news from the Rockies |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Community 
15 Montana health clinics to share $6.7M in federal stimulus funds Montana health clinics will get a total of $11 million in federal stimulus funds, with 15 clinics to get a piece of $6.7 million of that money to upgrade facilities and equipment. Billings Gazette; July 2 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Creditors of Yellowstone Club World sue E. Blixseth Edra Blixseth, the co-founder of the now-bankrupt Yellowstone Club in Montana, has been sued by creditors of a failed spin-off of the exclusive development in Montana, for allegedly illegally transferring money from Yellowstone Club World to pay Yellowstone Club debts. Billings Gazette (AP); July 2 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Bank of America wants to repo Idaho resort's chairlifts An Idaho District Court judge will hear arguments today on Bank of America Corp.'s request that it be allowed to repossess two chairlifts at Tamarack Resort. Idaho Statesman (AP); July 2 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho's affordable housing programs get $8.7-million boost U.S Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced Wednesday that Idaho would get $8.7 million in federal stimulus funds for affordable-housing programs. Idaho Statesman (AP); July 2 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Related WestPac pulls plans for Colorado development Related WestPac, the developer that has run into money problems on its buildings in Snowmass Village, pulled a planned development between Glenwood Springs and Carbondale off the Garfield County planning commission's agenda, and said that it was not moving forward with the development at this time. Aspen Times; July 2 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Air Force's plan would add 400 jobs at Arizona air base The U.S. Air Force's plan for fiscal year 2010 would add 400 full- and part-time jobs at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona, but eliminates 126 jobs at Air National Guard at Tucson International Airport. Arizona Daily Star; July 2 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Tribes
Arizona congressman's bill would help tribes' renewable-energy projects Arizona U.S. Rep. Raul M. Grijalva is sponsoring legislation again this year that changes the tax code to allow tribes access to production tax credits for renewable energy projects on their reservations that they can then transfer to third parties, an important component of getting private money to help build wind- and solar-energy projects on tribal lands. Indian Country Today; June 28 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Blackfeet Tribe shuts down Port of Piegan project in Montana The Blackfeet Tribal Employment Rights Office shut down a Homeland Security construction project at the Port of Piegan in Montana for 24 hours this week and cited three companies for failing to obtain business licenses and six workers for not having a tribal work permit. Great Falls Tribune; July 2 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
Eight of Idaho's planned 18 boat inspection sites up and running Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter used a special emergency funding mechanism to create 18 boat inspection sites to help keep quagga and zebra mussels from hitching a ride into Idaho waterways, and eight of those sites are now in place, with initial attention being focused on routes from out-of-state to local waters. Idaho Statesman; July 2 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wild, scenic designation drives new travel plan for Wyoming river A 20-mile stretch of the Clarks Fork River near Clark in the Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming is now designated as a "wild and scenic" river, and the U.S. Forest Service must update the travel management plan along that stretch of the river to bring it in line with the area's new status. Billings Gazette; July 2 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story BLM's solar-study project covers 190 square miles in New Mexico Bureau of Land Management New Mexico officials said the Interior Department's program to fast track solar-energy projects on BLM lands will cover 190 square miles in the southern part of the state, and said that solar facilities in some areas would change the BLM's multi-use mission to a single mission. Santa Fe New Mexican (AP); July 2 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Drought in southern Alberta one for the record books Farmers in southern Alberta and western Saskatchewan have watched their crops wither and die in the fields as one of the worst droughts on records covers that region of Canada, and one researcher fears that the country may be entering an extended drought similar to the one that occurred in 1790 when the North Saskatchewan River dried up. Toronto Globe and Mail; July 2 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Utah adds 3 new warnings about fish with high mercury levels Utah issued three new warnings Wednesday about consuming fish with high levels of mercury, issuing a flat-out mandate against eating wipers -- a white bass-striped bass hybrid -- from the Newcastle Reservoir in Iron County; and warned that pregnant women and children should not eat largemouth bass from Red Fleet Reservoir or bluegill from Steinaker Reservoir. Salt Lake Tribune; July 2 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming wildlife agents trap, relocate pig-killing grizzly bear A grizzly bear that killed four pigs near Cody was trapped by Wyoming Game and Fish Department agents and relocated to an area near Grassy Lake, northwest of Moran. Billings Gazette; July 2 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story USFS, BLM firefighters knock down fire in Idaho forest U.S. Forest Service officials said they believed an abandoned campfire may have ignited a wildfire near a Redfish Lake campground in Idaho's Sawtooth National Forest on Wednesday that firefighters were able to quickly contain. Twin Falls Times-News; July 2 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
Wyoming senator vows to stop energy, climate-change bill U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, Wyoming's junior senator, opposes the Waxman-Markey bill because he said it will drive up the cost of energy, do little to address global climate change and won't make renewable-energy less expensive. Casper Star-Tribune (AP); July 2 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story President touts Utah nonprofit as health-care model For the third time in recent speeches, President Obama mentioned Utah's Intermountain Healthcare as a system the nation should replicate to provide good, affordable health care. Salt Lake Tribune; July 2 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Former Colorado congressman formally launches gubernatorial run Republican Scott McInnis, a former Colorado state legislator who served six terms as the state's 3rd District congressional representative, began fundraising and filed the necessary documents to create a campaign committee on Wednesday to run for governor. Durango Herald; July 2 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Legislature
Arizona governor calls legislators back for special session Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer wasted no time ripping apart the budget passed early Wednesday morning, calling it "fatally flawed," and issued a call before noon on Wednesday for a special session. Arizona Republic; July 2 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
Report: Gasoline use on the decline in Idaho, Washington, Oregon Seattle-based Sightline Institute issued a report this week that said gasoline use in Idaho, Washington and Oregon dropped 180 million gallons between 2007 and 2008, the lowest reported since 1980. Seattle Times (AP); July 2 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Another Canadian energy company moves drilling rigs to Mexico Alberta-based Savanna Energy Services Corp. announced this week that it was moving four drilling rigs to central Mexico, the second Alberta company to send rigs south, as the number of rigs operating in the U.S. and Canada continues to decline, with a Baker Hughes Inc. rig count late last month indicating 917 rigs operating in the U.S., down from 996 a year ago, and 148 operating in Canada, down 208 from a year ago. Calgary Herald; July 2 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Utah cherry producers cheery about this year's crop After a dismal year in 2008, Utah's cherry producers are upbeat about this year's crop, with the sweet cherry harvest estimated to produce 2.8 million pounds and tart cherry production expected to top 23 million pounds. Salt Lake Tribune; July 2 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Beef from Swift plant in Colorado linked to E. coli cases in 9 states JBS Swift Beef Co. expanded its recall of beef from its plant in Greeley, Colo., after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said people became ill after eating ground beef; the CDC said Wednesday that 23 people in nine states may have become ill after eating the meat. Denver Post; July 2 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Headwaters
News is a program of the Center for the Rocky Mountain West
at the University of Montana. |
