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Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012
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 NSF awards Montana journalism school $250K for environmental reporting
The School of Journalism at the University of Montana-Missoula was awarded $250,000 from the National Science Foundation to report on environmental issues.
Missoulian; Oct. 9

Auction of failed Idaho development canceled again
A new bankruptcy case filed by developer Harry Green canceled the Tuesday's auction of the land on which the proposed Post Falls Landing development was planned, with the new filing putting off the sale of the Idaho land indefinitely.
Coeur d'Alene Press; Oct. 9

Environment
 Nonprofits that support Glacier NP in Montana to merge
The Glacier National Park Fund and Glacier Natural History Association, nonprofits that provide funds and volunteers to the national park in Montana, announced that they are merging.
Flathead Beacon; Oct. 9

Train kills 2 grizzly yearlings in Alberta national park
Two young grizzly bears that were walking on the train tracks in a boggy area of Banff National Park were struck and killed by a Canadian Pacific train Friday night.
Calgary Herald; Oct. 8

Montana landowner says he'll sue USFS over out-of-control burn
One lawsuit has already been filed against the Helena National Forest over a controlled burn that escaped its confines in 2010 and burned 2,000 acres, and another Montana landowner has put the U.S. Forest Service on notice that he intends to sue for damages incurred when the fire burned across his property.
Helena Independent Record; Oct. 9

Montana, BLM to meet on Missouri River Breaks water rights
Meetings are set this week in Winifred and Stanford on water-rights in the Judith River and Arrow Creek, tributaries in the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument that provide water needed to maintain flows to protect cottonwoods in the national monument in Montana.
Great Falls Tribune; Oct. 9

Politics
 Montana U.S. Senate candidates come out swinging in Tuesday's debate
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, and his Republican challenger U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg engaged in a testy debate Tuesday night at MSU-Billings, with the Montana senator described by his opponent as a clone of President Obama, and the senator describing his opponent as a do-nothing congressman.
Montana Standard; Oct. 9

Legislature
 Idaho voters to decide if hunting, trapping, fishing constitutional rights
The Idaho Fish and Game Department supports a constitutional amendment that would protect hunting, fishing and trapping under the state's Constitution.
Twin Falls Times-News; Oct. 9

Dealerships provide Wyoming with data on natural-gas vehicle costs
Wyoming was one of 22 states that sought proposals from dealerships in July on the cost of natural-gas powered vehicles, and responses provided indicate an average per-vehicle cost of $33,000, and the state's Legislature is considering other natural-gas vehicle measures.
Casper Star-Tribune; Oct. 9

Economy
 Wyoming OSHA proposes $155,000 fine for Sinclair refinery fire
Sinclair Oil officials said they had not yet had time to examine the $155,000 fine proposed by the Wyoming Occupational Safety and Health Administration for the May 8 flash fire that burned four employees at its refinery near Rawlins.
Casper Star-Tribune; Oct. 9

Nonprofit group buys Idaho ski resort from actor Bruce Willis
A nonprofit recently formed by five individuals to buy the Soldier Mountain Ski Area from actor Bruce Willis will take ownership of the ski area near Fairfield on Thursday.
Idaho Statesman (AP); Oct. 9
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"I 've had briefings (with Enbridge), they talk about all the jobs and the economic activity in B.C. And I said, 'Look, I've been in the oilpatch and the world long enough to know that that pipeline will be built in a hurry, and that means people come from all over the place. Don't tell me all of those jobs will involves British Columbians. It just won't happen."

Conservative senator and former B.C. energy minister Richard Neufeld, on Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project to carry Alberta oilsands to a port on B.C.'s coast.
- Vancouver Sun
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