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Census: 1 in 6 Coloradans are uninsured According to a U.S. Census Bureau report issued Tuesday, Colorado's cities have a wide range of uninsured residents, with one in four in Aurora without coverage, and one in 20 in Highlands Ranch without health insurance. Denver Post; Sept. 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Concealed-weapons permits from Utah a hot ticket More than half the 57,104 people who filed an application for a concealed weapon permit so far this year from Utah reside outside the Beehive State. Salt Lake Tribune; Sept. 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Coal-fired project in Utah revamps its fly-ash disposal plan Sevier Power Co. officials told Sevier County commissioners that the power company no longer plans to dispose of fly ash from its proposed coal-fired power plant in the Utah county on an 11-acre site adjacent to the plant, but will instead haul the by-product of burning coal to landfills in Toole and Carbon counties, a change that did little to alter opposition to the project from the Sevier Citizens for Clean Air and Water. Salt Lake Tribune; Sept. 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story River project in Utah needs money, governing body The Jordan River can be transformed from its former role as a disposal ditch into a green centerpiece for Utah's Wasatch Front, but it's going to take a lot of cash and a group willing to take the reins of the restoration project. Salt Lake Tribune; Sept. 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
Montana wildfire has Bitterroot residents ready to run Residents near the Kootenai Creek wildfire have moved livestock, packed up irreplaceable items and are ready to evacuate should the Montana wildfire force them out of their homes. Ravalli Republic; Sept. 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story USFS to conduct controlled burn in Montana wilderness area Lewis and Clark National Forest officials said Monday that they planned to burn an additional 1,000 acres in the Scapegoat Wilderness in Montana later this week in an effort to protect surrounding areas from wildfire. Great Falls Tribune; Sept. 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story USFS: People caused 5 fires in Wyoming national forest Since Wednesday, five fires have been reported in the Bridger-Teton National Forest, and U.S. Forest Service officials said they believe the cause of all of those fires were abandoned warming fires, and asked people to be extra careful with fires. Jackson Hole Daily; Sept. 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Initiative to ban trapping in Montana clears initial hurdle The Montana Secretary of State said that if Footloose Montana can obtain the necessary 24,400 signatures of registered voters to quality its initiative to ban trapping in the Big Sky State, the measure can appear on the November 2010 ballot. Missoulian; Sept. 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana hunter reports wolf kill in Great Bear Wilderness area The first wolf kill in Wolf Management Unit 1 in Montana was reported on Friday, with the kill reported in on Soakem Mountain in the upper reaches of Schafer Creek in the Great Bear Wilderness at the northern end of the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex. Kalispell Daily Inter Lake; Sept. 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Winter weather ushers in autumn in Colorado Fall may begin today, but snow dusted Colorado's mountains Monday night and the National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for parts of the Centennial State Tuesday night. Denver Post; Sept. 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
Utah senator has 51 ways to make health-care bill better Utah U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch has dozens of amendments he believes will make the health-care bill before the Senate better, and he'll present those as the Senate Finance Committee begins its deliberations of the legislation today. Salt Lake Tribune; Sept. 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Former Montana congressman pushes for public option on health care At the Butte-Silver Bow Democrats Burros Club's Monday luncheon, former Montana U.S. Rep. Pat Williams said health care reform must provide a public option, otherwise health care insurance companies will be "carrying wheel barrels of your money to the bank." Montana Standard; Sept. 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Legislature
Colorado lawmakers confront deepening budget deficit Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter said his office would have another round of budget cuts ready by mid-October to address the announced $240-million budget deficit. Denver Post; Sept. 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
Montana Land Board hears arguments on coal leases The leasing of tracts of state-owned coal leases was listed as an "informational item" on the Montana Land Board's agenda for its monthly meeting Monday, and the board heard plenty of information on the pros and cons of developing those coal leases. Helena Independent Record; Sept. 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho-based WinCo opens new distribution center in Boise The 42-year-old WinCo opened a new distribution center in Boise on Monday, and the Idaho-based grocer is projected to have 84 stores in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, California, Nevada and Utah by 2011. Idaho Statesman; Sept. 22 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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