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Southeast Montana
Photo courtesy of Rick and Susie Graetz
Monday, July 16, 2012
produced daily by Shellie Nelson
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More news from the Rockies
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Community
Veterans Administration searches for foster families in Wyoming
The Veterans Administration's Medical Foster Home program, which matches veterans who need some in-home care that would allow them to stay in their own homes with people to provide that care, has been implementing at 72 sites in 35 states, and now the VA is looking for Wyoming families to provide care to veterans there.
Casper Star-Tribune;
July 16
Montana State University hosts meeting between wool, Defense industries
The Department of Defense is looking for fire-resistant materials for use in making uniforms because soldiers are suffering additional injuries when their synthetic uniforms catch fire and melt in explosions caused by IED's, and at the American Sheep Industry Association's annual meeting at Montana State University in Bozeman, the ASI touted new wool materials, which are naturally fire resistant.
Billings Gazette;
July 16
Heavy rains cause flooding in southern Alberta
A series of storms that have rolled through southern Alberta since last Thursday dumped heavy rains, causing localized flooding and closing some roads, while large wildfires continue to burn in northwestern Alberta where no rain fell.
Edmonton Journal;
July 14
Idaho farm's 'weed dating' pulls to bring people together
"Weed dating" is similar to speed dating, where couples meet for short sessions to determine if they're a match, only at the Earthly Delights Farm in Idaho, interested singles meet over rows of crops while they pull weeds.
Idaho Statesman;
July 16
Tribes
B.C. higher education officials say aboriginal graduates up 25 percent
Over the past four years, the B.C. Ministry of Advanced Education said the number of aboriginal students graduating with post-secondary degrees has increased 25 percent, and that about half those graduates intend to return home to work in their chosen field.
Vancouver Sun;
July 14
Environment
Cooler weather, rain helps crews on Montana wildfire
Residents along Hughes Creek are still on notice they may have to leave if the Chrandal Creek Fire burning on the Montana-Idaho border fires up again, but on Sunday, crews made good progress aided by rain and cooler weather.
Ravalli Republic;
July 16
Four wildfires in Utah fully contained
The 48,038-acre Seeley Fire in Manti-La Sal National Forest in Utah's Emery and Sanpete counties is expected to be fully contained by the end of the day on Monday, while the 19,032-acre Baboon Fire was fully contained Sunday, as were the Dizzy Rock, the North Lucky 7 and the Red Butte fires.
Salt Lake Tribune;
July 16
Politics
Colorado, Wyoming governors reviewing numbers on federal health care law
At the National Governors Association meeting last weekend in Virginia, governors debated how to address the two components of the Affordable Care Act over which they have control: the creation of health care exchanges where people can shop for health insurance and the expansion of the Medicaid program, and while some governors are saying they're going to wait until after the November elections, the governors of Wyoming and Colorado said they're penciling out how those options would work in their states.
Deseret News (AP);
July 16
Economy
Montana city new site of revived Dragon Skin body armor manufacturing
The North American Development Group has a skeleton crew working in a Missoula warehouse assembling Dragon Skin, a type of personal body armor that fell out of favor last decade, but has again captured the attention of international markets, and NADG is currently seeking 80 workers and has plans to eventually employ 250.
Missoulian;
July 16
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"W e're all cutting down, and we'll never be able to replace what we’ve got now. If this is to go on for another year, it'll put a lot of people out of business."
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