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Southern Utes discover a new kind of crude
Reservation will host an algae farm designed to produce biofuels.
by Rob Inglis, Nov 20, 2008 -
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Recession in the gasfield?
Drilling may be on decline, but lingerie sales look good.
by Jonathan Thompson, Nov 20, 2008 -
Heard around the West
Gun owners take revenge
Speaking your mind triggers threats of a boycott.
by Betsy Marston, Nov 20, 2008 -
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Mambo like only bureaucracy can
The strange dance of the regional and national offices of the EPA.
by Sarah Gilman, Nov 19, 2008 -
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Mrs. T. Boone Pickens to the (horse) rescue
Billionaire's wife offers to adopt 30,000 wild horses.
by Marty Durlin, Nov 18, 2008 -
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Already one Westerner gets job in Obama admin
Montana poli sci grad Jim Messina will be a White House staffer.
by Ray Ring, Nov 18, 2008 -
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Administration publishes final oil shale regs
Oil shale leasing will be allowed on nearly 2 million acres, at least until Obama overturns the new rules.
by Rob Inglis, Nov 17, 2008 -
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Dam deal advances Bush's Klamath River agenda
Will salmon advocates win the battle for dam removal but lose the Klamath salmon war?
by Felice Pace, Nov 17, 2008 -
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Public land for sale?
An old idea -- selling public land to pay down the national debt -- is circulating again.
by Ed Quillen, Nov 17, 2008 -
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Move over, chickens!
There's a new bird in town. Sage grouse farms on their way in Wyoming.
by Andrea Appleton, Nov 14, 2008 -
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Anticlimax
Will the slumping world economy slow the latest hardrock mining boom in the West?
by Sarah Gilman, Nov 13, 2008 -
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A grizzly situation
Protected bears die -- thanks to careless humans.
by Jodi Peterson, Nov 11, 2008 -
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Big money used to bring Musgrave down
Defenders of Wildlife dumped $1.6 million into Colorado race.
by Marty Durlin, Nov 10, 2008 -
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Water Banks, the ESA and the Public Trust Doctrine
A complex subject with vast implications for the West’s future.
by Felice Pace, Nov 10, 2008 -
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The pundits are wrong
Three Western governors should not ascend to Obama's cabinet.
by Ray Ring, Nov 07, 2008 -
Heard around the West
No greater love
Man sacrifices pinky for team.
by Betsy Marston, Nov 07, 2008 -
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Ed Marston loses commissioner bid
Former HCN publisher falls with other Dems in Delta County.
by Marty Durlin, Nov 06, 2008 -
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Mormon Church wins on gay marriage
Voters write bans into California and Arizona constitutions.
by Ray Ring, Nov 05, 2008 -
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Green state defeats green(ish) ballot measures
California not so hot on iffy renewable energy and alternative fuel measures, but they're okay with banning gay marriage.
by Sarah Gilman, Nov 05, 2008 -
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Republicans seem tougher in Northern Rockies
Democrats in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming eke out a single U.S. House win.
by Ray Ring, Nov 05, 2008






