http://www.kmvt.com/news/regional RSS Feed for KMVT-1 - News - Regional en-us Tue, 13 May 2008 23:03:25 GMT http://www.kmvt.com/news/regional/18908494.html A section of Yellowstone National Park's Grand Loop Road south of Canyon Junction has been temporarily closed after the road collapsed. http://www.kmvt.com/news/regional/18908394.html Another May snowstorm has dropped 7 inches in the Colorado mountains above Denver, and some areas are bracing for up to a foot of new snow. http://www.kmvt.com/news/regional/18872829.html Scientists say the clarity of Lake Tahoe has improved, and more importantly, the rate of decline has slowed considerably in recent years. http://www.kmvt.com/news/regional/18872759.html Federal judges in Denver say they're surprised the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued permits to allow a company to leach uranium out of an aquifer that supplies drinking water to thousands of Navajos in New Mexico. http://www.kmvt.com/news/regional/18872549.html Gas drillers last year set a production record in Utah. http://www.kmvt.com/news/regional/18872434.html Wyoming Game and Fish Department officials say 16 wolves have been legally killed in the state since the animals were removed from protection under the Endangered Species Act. http://www.kmvt.com/news/regional/18812619.html Indications from mining companies are that Wyoming could see up to 50 new uranium operations in the state. http://www.kmvt.com/news/regional/18812519.html Farmers and ranchers are expressing concern over reduced flows spurred by a breach of a century-old irrigation canal that flooded hundreds of homes in January in Fernley, about 30 miles east of Reno. http://www.kmvt.com/news/regional/18812399.html Environmental groups are heaping criticism on a final federal management plan for a wide swath of rugged land called the Arizona Strip. http://www.kmvt.com/news/regional/18812334.html Eastern Oregon farmers who figured this winter's heavy snows would mean an abundance of irrigation water this spring and summer figured wrong.