Today in New West news: Solar Roadways in Idaho, pallid sturgeon vs. dam along the Yellowstone River, PillPack eyes Utah expansion, and BLM tables Wyoming wild horse gathering. With America’s energy future shaping up to be a battle between older sources such as coal and oil and newer potentials like wind and solar, many people ...
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Today in New West news: Crow language teaching “from the ground up,” USGS to study Yellowstone’s plumbing from the air, and wind news in Colorado and Wyoming. One of the most interesting political developments in the Rocky Mountain West across the years has been the uptick in indigenous language education. Indeed, the issue has enjoyed ...
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Today in New West news: Montana politics, Tesla petitions Utah Supreme Court to allow it to sell cars in state, and federal judge reinvigorates push to remove dams from the Snake River. Although the big political news, overnight, was the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States, New West states had their ...
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Today in New West news: Forbes’ list of Best and Worst States for Business 2016, an update on Chipotle’s board woes, U.S. Forest Service to analyze lynx for logging project in Montana, and the James Welch Google Doodle. It’s that time of year again: Forbes has released its list of The Best and Worst States ...
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Today in New West news: RTD delays opening of two new train lines, Missoula approves six-week paid pregnancy leave for city employees, and Deer Valley Resort named best U.S. ski resort. Back in October, we reported Colorado’s Regional Transportation District would be delaying the opening of their new G line between Arvada and Wheat Ridge, ...
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Today in New West news: Helena reconsidering gender restrictions in certain public accommodations, lone snow goose has Montana officials optimistic, South African gold company buys Colorado platinum miner, and SBA opens new Wyoming office in Casper. According to the Helena Independent Record, City Commissioner Rob Farris-Olsen, along with commissioners Andres Haladay and Ed Noonan, are ...
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Today in New West news: Ryan Zinke frontrunner for Interior Secretary post, microbes in the Berkeley Pit, BLM approves two new transmission alignments in Utah, and Wyoming sells land in Grand Teton to Park Service. Earlier this year, we reported Congressman Ryan Zinke (R-MT) would speak at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Zinke was ...
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U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke (R-MT) is officially Trump’s pick for Interior Secretary. Yesterday, we reported Zinke had emerged as the frontrunner for the post, raising questions of what the state of Montana would do to replace Zinke if he accepted. We can confirm now that Zinke has been formally nominated, according to the Billings Gazette: ...
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Today in New West news: refurbishing the Hotel Boulderado, West Elk Mine expanding in forestland outside Denver, Girls Go Digital to merge with CodeChangers, and Ed Buttrey announces intent to run for Zinke seat. The Hotel Boulderado has been a fixture of downtown Boulder since it opened New Year’s Day, 1909, but like any old ...
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Today in New West news: Utah fastest growing state in U.S., an update on the U.S. House race in Montana, and FDA approves new drug from Boulder oncology firm. Per new numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau, according to the Salt Lake Tribune, Utah is the fastest growing state in the country in terms of ...
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Today in New West news: bill introduced to change definition of consent in Montana rape laws, Native American site agency enters Snake River dam debate, and Longmont tech company severs $48M Hong Kong deal. According to the Missoulian, a new bill has been introduced by state Senator Diane Sands (D-Missoula) that would change the definition ...
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Today in New West news: Zinke joins U.S. House to vote in favor of easing federal land transfer, Bozeman water group sues Montana DEQ over pollution standards, Wyoming mulls whether to legalize Tesla business model in state, and Colorado cybersecurity firm raises $6M. According to the Casper Star Tribune, the U.S. House recently voted in favor ...
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Today in New West news: Helena drops gender restriction rule, Utah Supreme Court to hear case involving Public Waters Access Act, and BLM seeks comment on Upper Green River Basin ozone nonattainment area. Late December 2016, we reported that three Helena City Commissioners had proposed to strike a provision from the city’s nondiscrimination ordinance that ...
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Today in New West news: more energy leases cancelled in Badger-Two Medicine area, Senator Tester meets with Zinke as Montana parties name tentative timeline for replacement candidates, Utah tourism in 2017, and Grand Junction-based medical firm raises $7.6M in funding. Fall 2015, we reported the Interior Department had decided to cancel a set of energy ...
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Today in New West news: Utah Senator pleads with Rep. Zinke over monuments, Idaho Supreme Court ponders reviving ACLU lawsuit against state’s public defense system, and Montana’s many bumble bee species. Since he was announced as the incoming administration’s pick for Interior Secretary, we’ve been following developments in the debate over U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke ...
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Today in New West news: Wyoming Senate president “kills” amendment for lands transfer, Berkeley Pit nearing critical capacity, and University of Denver delays “divest” decision. Earlier this month, we reported an amendment to change the Wyoming Constitution regarding public lands. The amendment would have made it easier for the state to receive federal lands, a ...
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Today in New West news: 15 Montana companies to watch, Salt Lake City unveils solar deployment plan, new angel fund in Wyoming, and WY legislature kills wind bill. We’ve talked about the rise of the tech sector in Montana, as the state has worked tirelessly to draw in new and existing companies, both through the ...
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Today in New West news: 480-acre solar farm planned for outside Billings, Montana; Denver’s SendGrid, and new report outlines Utah’s big tax and revenue yields thanks to tourism. According to the Billings Gazette, a new solar farm, to be built by MT Sun, proposed for northwest Billings, is set to go online by the end ...
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Today in New West news: Montana LGBT advocates back non-discrimination bill, Big Sky Film Festival, undocumented mother seeks sanctuary in Denver church, and Utah now sixth largest state for solar. According to the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Montana LGBT advocates have backed a bill currently in the state Legislature, sponsored by Representative Kelly McCarthy (D-Billings), that ...
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Last week, we reported that the Outdoor Industry Association was formally breaking with Utah leadership (including Governor Gary Herbert) over their “hostile” stance to public lands. In a statement, the OIA castigated the Governor and other Utah officials (both in state and in Washington) over their continued efforts to “nullify” the Antiquities Act, delegitimize Bears ...
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