BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Western governors say atmospheric nuclear weapons testing exposed more states and more people to radiation fallout and resulting cancers and other diseases than the federal government recognizes. The Western Governors’ Association on Friday sent letters to the U.S. Senate and U.S. House urging passage of proposed […]
CEDAR CITY, Utah-Monday, Southern Utah University men’s basketball head coach Todd Simon announced the tip-off times for all home games this season at America First Event Center. The November 5 game against Bethesda is a 7:00 pm tip-off. The Thunderbrids’ next home game after that is November 29 against West […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s greater sage grouse population has fallen more than 40% over the past three years, mirroring recent declines across the U.S. West for a bird species rejected for federal protections in 2015. State wildlife officials estimate there were about 44,000 ground-dwelling sage grouse in Montana this […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A settlement being pursued by the maker of OxyContin aims to resolve all claims against the company filed in both state and federal courts and provides a formula for dividing a pot of money reaching into the billions, The Associated Press has learned. States and local […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Attorneys general from a dozen western states want the Trump administration to halt a proposal by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that they say usurps states’ authority over their own water. North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said the Water Supply Rule proposed in the […]
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Utah’s Olympic Park has announced an $11 million expansion to renovate training facilities and strengthen the state’s bid to host a second Winter Olympics. Officials said at a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday that the project will add as many 10 new ski runs over the next […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A call-center company will add as many as 200 employees in Montana after landing contracts with a national meal-kit delivery service. American Fork, Utah-based ROI Solutions recently expanded to Billings. The business will handle customer service operations for HelloFresh, a meal-kit service that sends ingredients and […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife advocates are seeking a court order that would force U.S. officials to consider if grizzly bears should be restored to more Western states following the animals’ resurgence in the Northern Rockies. Grizzly bears are protected as a threatened species outside Alaska. An estimated 1,900 bears […]
PHOENIX (AP) — More than a dozen states have moved to declare pornography a public health crisis, raising concerns among some experts who say the label goes too far and carries its own risks. The Arizona Senate approved a resolution this week calling for a systemic effort to prevent exposure […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Federal officials have cancelled future meetings of an advisory panel created by the Trump administration to make it easier to extract fossil fuels from publicly leased land and offshore sites and to ensure a fair return for taxpayers. Interior Department spokeswoman Molly Block said Tuesday the […]
