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Nation's fiscal woes strap Montana resort The owners of the iconic Lone Mountain Ranch near Big Sky decided to sell in 2007 to a luxury vacation club called Everlands, which planned to turn the Montana property into a members-only resort, but soon after the deal was struck, the luxury real estate market went south, and now Everlands has the Montana ranch, as well as properties in Alaska, Arizona, Martha's Vineyard and New Zealand up for sale. Part of a series on Big Sky, Mont. NewWest.net; Aug. 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho court decision blocks repossession of resort's ski lifts An Idaho district judge dismissed Bank of America's lawsuit Wednesday that sought to repossess two ski lifts at Tamarack Resorts. Idaho Statesman (AP); Aug. 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Colorado city has spent $273K on 'pop, scrape' zoning proposal Boulder's proposal to limit "pop-and-scrape" construction in the Colorado city may be months away from becoming an ordinance, but so far the city has spent $272,585 on work related to the proposal. Boulder Daily Camera; Aug. 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana Tech researchers move work to U of Montana Montana Tech researchers Andrea and Don Stierle won a federal grant last spring to analyze how microbes found in the Berkeley Pit might help fight cancer, and the Stierles have now resigned from Montana Tech and are moving their research, along with $650,000 in grant money, to the University of Montana in Missoula. Montana Standard; Aug. 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Tribes
Montana county ends cross-deputization pact with tribe After a local newspaper challenged the Glacier County Commission's agreement with the Blackfeet Tribe to cross-deputize law enforcement officers due to the lack of a public meeting on the pact, the Montana county withdrew from the agreement. Great Falls Tribune; Aug. 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Colorado man latest to be indicted in Four Corners' looting case A Grand Junction man was indicted Tuesday on charges he sold and transported artifacts illegally taken from ancient sites in the Four Corners region of the U.S. Denver Post; Aug. 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
N.M. man enters guilty plea in death of wolf New Mexico resident Alan Van Hout pleaded guilty Wednesday to illegally possessing a Mexican gray wolf, a charge stemming from the 2008 shooting death of a Mexican gray wolf reintroduced in the state. Santa Fe New Mexican (AP); Aug. 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Dart now blamed for grizzly cub's death in Montana Glacier National Park officials clarified an earlier report that said a tranquilizer dart was not implicated in the death of a grizzly bear cub earlier this month in Montana, saying that although the dart did not initially puncture the jugular vein, the dart ultimately led to the vein's failure and the cub died of internal bleeding. Kalispell Daily Inter Lake; Aug. 26 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Turnout a bit low at inaugural Jeep Jamboree in Wyoming The Bear Lodge Resort hosted Wyoming's first Jeep Jamboree last weekend, with 52 participating in the four-wheel-drive event in the Bighorn Mountains. Billings Gazette; Aug. 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story USFS lets 2 lightning-caused wildfires burn in SW Montana U.S. Forest Service officials are monitoring two lightning-sparked wildfires in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest in Montana: the 33-acre Sand Basin wildfire about 23 miles southwest of Philipsburg and the 50-acre Lily Lake fire burning east of Wisdom. Billings Gazette; Aug. 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho officials fear mussels may be in Spokane River A Washington state boat that had been in mussel-infested Lake Mead was inspected in Idaho in May and decontaminated but Idaho officials are concerned that decontamination efforts may have not been thorough enough and fear that the boat may have released mussels into the Spokane River. Coeur d'Alene Press; Aug. 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
GOP challenger criticizes Idaho governor for not buying wolf tag Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter said that he'd be first in line to buy a wolf tag when the species was taken off the endangered species list earlier this year, but the Republican governor hasn't yet purchased a tag, an omission his Republican challenger, Rex Rammell, said reflects a pattern with the governor of making promises and not delivering on those pledges. Twin Falls Times-News; Aug. 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana congressmen meets with Missoula hospital officials A day after Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester sat down with doctors and executives from Missoula's two hospitals, U.S. Sen. Denny Rehberg held meetings with them as well. Missoulian; Aug. 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story
Republican voters won't pick their nominee for the Utah U.S. Senate seat for another eight months, but incumbent Sen. Bob Bennett and GOP challenger, Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, are already slugging it out. Salt Lake Tribune; Aug. 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story National Governors Ass'n to meet in Utah in 2011 The National Governors Association announced it would hold its annual meeting in 2011 in Salt Lake City, the fourth time since 1919 the association has held its annual conference in Utah. Salt Lake Tribune; Aug. 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Utah senator, Kennedy got things done despite political differences Fiery debates between Utah Republican U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch and Massachusetts Democrat U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy were common, but over the decades the two served together in the U.S. Senate, they made many laws and became the best of friends. Deseret News; Aug. 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Legislature
Idaho legislators warn some state agencies will be eliminated As Idaho lawmakers struggle to address the state's growing deficit and dropping revenues, some are warning that instead of cutting agencies to the bone, those agencies may simply be eliminated. Twin Falls Times-News; Aug. 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
Wyoming's jobless rate highest since 1989 Wyoming's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate climbed to 6.5 percent in July, the highest reported in the Cowboy State since March 1989. Casper Star-Tribune; Aug. 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Railroad drops condemnation case against Wyoming landowners The Dakota Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corp. has been trying for 15 years to extend its railroad line 278 miles across northeastern Wyoming to access coal mines in the Powder River Basin, but on Wednesday the railroad dropped its condemnation lawsuit filed against 19 landowners in Converse, Weston, Campbell and Niobrara counties to gain access for that railroad. Casper Star-Tribune; Aug. 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Colorado logging companies get money for beetle-kill projects Three logging companies in Colorado will each get $250,000 in federal stimulus funds to expand projects designed to address beetle-killed timber. Denver Post; Aug. 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Plunge in natural gas prices blows up Alberta's deficit Alberta's once-booming economy has been dealt a sharp kick to the bottom line by deflating natural gas prices, with the once-robust province now projecting a nearly $7-billion deficit. Toronto Globe and Mail; Aug. 27 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story
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