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A decade after Standing Rock protests, Dakota Access oil pipeline segment gets OK | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
NORTH DAKOTA Pipeline segment OK’d BISMARCK — Federal officials on May 21 gave final approval for the Dakota Access oil pipeline to continue operating its contentious Missouri River crossing, an outcome that comes nearly a decade after boisterous protests against the project on the North Dakota prairie. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to…
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Flesh-eating cattle parasite spreads beyond Texas as new screwworm cases found | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
NEW MEXICO Screwworm spreads beyond Texas Three more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed, including one found in a dog in New Mexico, outside the main cluster in Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping a resurgent pest that could devastate the nation’s cattle industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on June…
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Wyoming cuts wolf hunt in half to buoy region’s disease-depleted population | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
WYOMING Wolf hunt cut in half Wyoming wildlife managers plan to reduce how many wolves can be hunted by 50% following a canine distemper outbreak that has cut the state’s wolf numbers to the lowest level in two decades. A 22-wolf cap is the fewest number of wolves available to licensed Wyoming hunters since the…
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Tribes sue to halt exploratory drilling in Black Hills near sacred ceremonial site | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
SOUTH DAKOTA Tribes sue to halt drilling SIOUX FALLS — Nine Native American tribes in South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska are suing the federal government in a bid to stop exploratory drilling for graphite near a sacred site in the Black Hills. A small group of opponents has been demonstrating at the drilling location…
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Trump administration cancels rule that made conservation a ‘use’ of public lands | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
MONTANA Interior cancels conservation ‘use’ rule BILLINGS — The Interior Department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as President Donald Trump’s administration eases restrictions on industries and seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land. The 2024 rule adopted under former President Joe Biden was meant…
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White House withdraws hospitality executive as National Park Service nominee | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
MONTANA National parks nominee withdrawn BILLINGS — President Donald Trump is withdrawing his nomination of a hospitality company executive to lead the National Park Service, the White House announced on April 27. The withdrawal of nominee Scott Socha comes as the park service has been shaken by widespread firings as part of the Trump administration’s…
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Wyoming judge blocks law that bans all but earliest abortions | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
WYOMING Judge blocks broad abortion ban A Wyoming judge has blocked a new state law that bans abortions beyond the earliest stages of pregnancy while a lawsuit challenging the provision moves ahead. It’s the first court ruling affecting the legal status of abortion in Wyoming since the state Supreme Court struck down sweeping abortion and…
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Governor OK’s funding for summer food assistance for Wyoming kids | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
WYOMING Governor funds kids’ summer meals Gov. Mark Gordon secured funding for a summer food assistance program for kids and directed its implementation through an executive order. After the Wyoming legislature declined to fund the SUN Bucks program—designed to provide summer food assistance to roughly 32,000 children—the governor said he has found funding to keep…
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Regulators seek public input for massive Montana-Wyoming oil pipeline proposal | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
WYOMING Massive oil pipeline proposed State and federal officials are seeking public comment on the proposed Bridger Pipeline Expansion project to carry Canadian crude from the border in Phillips County, Montana, to a terminal near Guernsey in Wyoming. The massive 36-inch-diameter pipeline would span 647 miles and move about 550,000 barrels of crude oil daily.…
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Low and slow meets forever: US postage stamps honor lowrider car culture | OUT WEST ROUNDUP
NEW MEXICO Stamps honor lowrider culture ALBUQUERQUE — From Mexican American and Chicano barrios in the American Southwest to the halls of the Smithsonian on the National Mall and even the streets of Japan, lowrider culture has become part of mainstream car culture around the globe. The U.S. Postal Service is joining the club with…