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Southeast Montana
Photo courtesy of Rick and Susie Graetz
Monday, June 25, 2012
produced daily by Shellie Nelson
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Community
U. of Washington proposes plan to improve health care in rural Idaho
Forty years ago the Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho regional medical education program through the University of Washington School of Medicine was formed to provide doctors to rural and underserved areas, and in 2009, the Idaho State Board of Education voted to double the number of attendees from that state but has been unable to provide funding, a situation the director of the WWAMI program for Washington and Idaho hopes to solve by targeting students for participation in the program called the Targeted Rural Under-served Track.
Idaho Statesman (Moscow-Pullman Daily News);
June 25
Colorado city creates registration process for foreclosed homes
In order to better track who's responsible for homes that are in foreclosure, the Commerce City Council has created a registration process to allow the Colorado city to be able to contact the lenders about properties that are falling into disrepair.
Denver Post (YourHub);
June 25
Colorado county commissioner takes drilling fight to D.C.
Pitkin County Commissioner George Newman has again been invited to attend the Great Outdoors America Week in Washington D.C., and the Colorado county commissioner said he intends to visit with U.S. Sen. Mark Udall about his Central Mountains wilderness proposal, which has pitted wilderness advocates against energy interests.
Aspen Times;
June 25
Tribes
Cobell settlement funds begin to flow to Montana tribes
The $1-billion component of the $3.4-billion settlement of the lawsuit filed by Blackfeet tribal member Elouise Cobell against the federal government for mismanagement of tribal assets is being distributed to 41 tribes across the nation, including the Blackfeet and Salish Kootenai tribes in Montana.
Flathead Beacon (AP);
June 24
Environment
Three wildfires burning in Montana
Wildfire season blazed into southwest Montana, with three wildfires reported near Butte: The Antelope Fire had burned 462 acres by Sunday evening; the Pony fire was 300 acres in size; and the Coyote fire near Delmoe Lake was held at just 1/4-acre.
Montana Standard;
June 24
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High Park Fire in Colorado has destroyed 248 homes
Fifty-seven homes in the Glacier View subdivision of Fort Collins were added to the 181 homes previously burned by the High Park Fire in Colorado, bringing the total number of houses burned by the 83,205-acre fire to 248.
Denver Post;
June 25
Some Utah wildfires nearly contained
The Quail Fire near St. George, which was ignited by a man who was burning cheatgrass on Bureau of Land Management lands on Saturday, was nearly 90 percent contained on Sunday evening; the 16,500-acre Grease Fire in Utah's Millard County was 80 percent contained Sunday morning; and the Dump Fire in Utah County was 80 percent contained.
Deseret News;
June 25
Politics
Wyoming Family Services Department provides details for budget cuts
In order to meet Gov. Matt Mead's mandate for statewide agencies to reduce their budgets by 8 percent, the Wyoming Department of Family Services lined out the 30 positions that would be cut or not filled and other agencies provided some details on how they would meet that mandate.
Casper Star-Tribune;
June 25
Idaho's 32 GOP delegates to support Romney
At the Idaho Republican Party's convention this past weekend in Twin Falls, party members voted to send all 32 delegates to the national convention this summer to vote for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
Idaho Statesman (AP);
June 25
Legislature
Montana legislative panel wraps up listening sessions on water bills
The Montana Legislature's Water Policy Interim Committee conducted listening sessions around the state on various bills dealing with groundwater and specifically small domestic water wells, and Hamilton lawmaker Rep. Pat Connell, who serves on the committee, said that he does not believe there is a statewide option, as conditions vary so much from area to area.
Ravalli Republic;
June 24
Economy
Denver makes a play for summer outdoor gear trade show
Salt Lake City has hosted the Outdoor Retailer summer trade show in August since the first one was held in 1996, but the show has outgrown the Utah city's convention center and the plan to split the show between two venues has the trade show looking for new venues, with Denver making the short list of possible sites.
Denver Post;
June 25
Wyoming governor speaks at mining industry meeting
The Wyoming Mining Association’s 57th annual convention in Grand Teton National Park wrapped up on Friday with a speech from Gov. Matt Mead, who said he believed that mining and environmental protection were not mutually exclusive activities, and that there is a way to develop resources with harming the environment.
Jackson Hole Daily;
June 25
Hundreds of Idahoans drawn to jobs in N.D. oilfields
In 2010, 1,700 Idahoans left the state to work in the oilfields of North Dakota, a 58 percent increase in the number who did so in 2009, and with 60,600 Idahoans unemployed this year, the oilfields continue to draw workers east.
Idaho Statesman;
June 25
Wyoming printer manufacturer has new Italian owner
Italy-based Seac Banche has added Wyoming-based Pertech Resources Inc., which makes printers for financial transactions, to its holdings, and while the Riverton company will undergo a name change, the 30 or so employees in the Cowboy State will keep their jobs and more may be added.
Casper Star-Tribune (Riverton Ranger);
June 25
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"W e have got a couple of critical fire days ahead. It is going to be very active. We haven't had a fire season this bad since certainly 2002."
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