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Colorado group uses homeless workers to build housing for homeless The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless' Renaissance Works jobs program, which provides construction jobs to the homeless in Denver, broke ground on a 98-unit apartment complex on Thursday that will provide housing for the homeless. Denver Post ; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho schools superintendent explains 'Race to Top' process Tom Luna, the Idaho superintendent of public instruction, traveled to Twin Falls on Thursday to explain the state's application for federal Race to the Top funds to school officials there, and after Luna's presentation, the Twin Falls School District Board of Trustees voted to support the state's application. Twin Falls Times-News ; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Montana county uses $100K of PILT money for microloan program The Ravalli County Commission approved allocating $100,000 of federal money paid to the Montana county for untaxed federal lands to create a microloan program for small, single-person or home-based businesses that wouldn't qualify for loans from traditional financial institutions. Ravalli Republic; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Tribes
Montana tribes pitch plan to remove lake trout from Flathead Lake The 10-year co-management plan for Flathead Lake between the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and Montana expires at the end of 2010, and the tribes have pitched a pilot project to remove lake trout using an aggressive netting process as a "discussion starter" on a new management agreement. Kalispell Daily Inter Lake ; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Environment
Montana wildlife agency struggles with bighorn problem The area northeast of Missoula offers great habitat for bighorn sheep, and there are four herds roaming the mountains near the western Montana community, but one herd has taken up residence in West Riverside, creating headaches for the state wildlife agency--and on occasion, stopping traffic on Interstate 90, and now Montana is asking other states if they're interested in some bighorn sheep. Missoulian ; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho awaits federal decision on landing helicopters in wilderness area The U.S. Forest Service is expected to decide today on Idaho's request to land helicopters briefly in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness to put radio collars on wolves. Twin Falls Times-News; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Coalition rallies to keep Idaho state park open After the Thousand Springs State Park was identified as one that Idaho was considering closing to save money, a coalition of federal, state and local officials, state lawmakers and business leaders met to discuss how to keep the park open as it brings millions of dollars annually into the Magic Valley economy. Twin Falls Times-News; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story EPA's process on Colorado uranium mine angers environmental groups Environmental Protection Agency officials countered criticism from Colorado groups questioning the agency's behind-the-scenes work with Powertech Uranium Corp., the uranium company working to get EPA approval on in-situ uranium mines in Colorado and South Dakota, by saying the preliminary work was done merely to get technical data and that any permit process for such mines would be open for public scrutiny and comment. Denver Post; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Politics
Colorado U.S. representatives unite to fight pine-bark beetles All seven of Colorado's U.S. House members signed on to legislation designed to address the infestation of pine-bark beetles in the state's forests. Grand Junction Sentinel ; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho Democrat returns home to launch gubernatorial campaign Keith Allred returned to Twin Falls, his Idaho hometown, to officially launch his bid for the Democratic Party's nomination for governor. Twin Falls Times-News; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Wyoming, 6 other GOP senators decry Obama's climate, energy policies U.S. Sen. John Barrasso, along with six other Republican senators, put President Barack Obama on notice that the U.S. Senate is unlikely to support any agreement reached at the Copenhagen climate summit that doesn't require action in China and other developing countries. Casper Star-Tribune; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Idaho state, federal lawmakers spar on health care bill Rep. John Rusche, the Democratic leader of the Idaho House and former senior vice president and chief medical officer at Regence Blue Shield, said U.S. Sen. Jim Risch's claim that health care legislation under debate would spur a "massive" tax increase is false and that the plan would actually save Idahoans $13 million a year; Risch said Rusche's estimate is based on an incorrect assumption. Idaho Statesman ; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Legislature
Colorado lawmakers work on medical marijuana legislation After Colorado leaders found that the bulk of medical marijuana recommendations in the state were written by doctors whose licenses were restricted, preventing them from writing other prescriptions, state lawmakers crafted legislation that would more strictly define the doctor-patient relationship in medical marijuana recommendation cases. Denver Post ; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Arizona Senate approves 7.5 percent spending cut The Arizona Senate voted 16-11 on a party-line vote to cut another 7.5 percent from state agencies' budgets. Arizona Daily Star ; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economy
Wind projects express interest in Montana, Wyoming power lines Alberta-based TransCanada, which has proposed building a couple of transmission projects from the Rockies to Southwest markets, said new interest is being shown by wind-power developers in the lines. Billings Gazette (AP); Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Accessible shale gas play drives Alberta lease sale Although the recently discovered Devonian Duvernay shale play has a mere fraction of the natural gas found in Alberta's Horn River gas field, the location of the field estimated to have 25 trillion cubic feet of natural gas west of Edmonton and close to existing pipelines and gas plants, makes it a significant find. Toronto Financial Post; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story B.C. reports 2009 was 3rd best on record for oil, gas leases British Columbia's package of incentives launched this summer to stimulate energy production in the province worked, as the sale of oil and gas leases for the year was the third highest on record. Vancouver Sun ; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Alberta energy company ups its investment in 'green energy' Alberta-based Enbridge Inc., a leader in the transportation of oil and natural gas across the North American continent, rolled out its four-year capital budget on Thursday that allocates 18 percent of those funds for renewable energy projects, primarily solar and wind power. Toronto Financial Post; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Economic forecasts at Montana forum hold a tint of pink At the Missoula Business Forum Thursday, business leaders and regional economist Larry Swanson said the Montana city's economy would slowly emerge from the recession, and the recent closure of Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. won't have the derailing effect on the economy it would have had decades ago, because the economy has become more diversified. Editor's note: Larry Swanson is the director of the O'Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West of which Headwaters News is a program. Missoulian ; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Home sales in Idaho county up 10 percent The Coeur d'Alene Multiple Listing Service said home sales in November in Idaho's Kootenai County were up 10 percent from sales in November of 2008. Coeur D'Alene Press ; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Utah jobs report indicates recession is moderating Utah's job loss numbers shrank again in November for the third consecutive month, a trend economists said indicates the state's economy is recovering. Salt Lake Tribune ; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story Arizona's unemployment rate drops to lowest in five months In November, the unemployment rate in Arizona dipped to 8.9 percent, the lowest seen in the state in five months. Arizona Republic; Dec. 18 Add Comment View Comments(0) Email Story |
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