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В Иркутске и пригороде 19 июля в некоторых домах отключат свет ИЭСК. В областном центре 19 июля свет выключат в течение дня в садоводствах «Атлас», «Исток», «Лилия», «Здоровье», «Аистенок», «Горка», микрорайонах Западный и Южный, а также в Мамонах и по улицам Мельничная, Раб�...

Identities released in fatal shooting by trooper following chase Identities released in fatal shooting by trooper following chase The State Police said today that Timothy Andrew Kemp Jr., 34, of Mountain Pine was the man killed during a struggle with a state trooper after an attempted traffic stop and chase. Trooper First Class Ryan Wingo, a six-year State Police veteran, was identified as the trooper who tried to arrest Kemp. According to previous accounts, Kemp tried to grab Wingo’s gun....

Bear Coal Soda Fountain will upgrade the front of its building through a recent round of citys Small Business Grant Program. (Joshua Carney / Craig Press) The city of Craig’s Economic Development Committee awarded more than $30,000 in its first round of the 2021 small business grant program Monday during its monthly meeting at city hall. With the start of the new funding cycle, five businesses applied for funding in hopes of sprucing up city businesses, improving the aesthetics of the local b...

Black Hills sawmill to shutter after report calls for reduction of timber production A federal report says Black Hills timber production must be cut in half to be sustainable in the future. But after a sawmill in Hill City closed, South Dakotas congressman is calling for new avenues to keep logging — and jobs — in the Hills. Written By: Christopher Vondracek | × The Black Hills National Forest is one of the most heavily logged national forests in the country, ac...

The Richard Fitzgerald Award for Excellence in Forest Management was recently presented to Amy Lockner, an entomologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Region. One of Lockner’s main accomplishments was her work to stop the spread of the mountain pine beetle on the Wilder and Gunnison-Highlands project on the Gunnison Ranger District of the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests. The Fitzgerald Award was established in 2018 and awa...

February 24, 2021 February 24, 2021 – The week of Feb. 14-22 had the lowest total of COVID-19 test results recorded for Garland County since August due to the winter weather, but Garland County Health Officer Dr. Gene Shelby is still pleased by the continued downward trajectory of the county’s COVID statistics. Shelby shared with the Hot Springs/Garland County COVID-19 Task Force at the Feb. 22 virtual meeting that there were 1,203 COVID tests completed last week, from which there were...

Annual aerial survey work last year, although curtailed because of the pandemic, remained sufficient to show that the spruce beetle remains the most damaging forest pest in Colorado for the ninth straight year. The U.S. Forest Service and Colorado State Forest Service last year were forced to prioritize where they did aerial surveys in order to follow COVID-19 safety protocols. That meant they monitored 16.3 million acres from the air, down from 30.2 million acres the year prior, thus preventin...

Foresters fighting to save the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem’s whitebark pine are on the front end of a gargantuan restoration effort for a species recently singled out for protection by the

Foresters fighting to save the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem’s whitebark pine are on the front end of a gargantuan restoration effort for a species recently singled out for protection by the

Can you tell us a little bit about what youre using? >> they are called fellerb u.n. chers. typically they are used where we are cutting timbers, for reduction or timber sales. they can cut them a lot more quickly than a firefighter with a chainsaw and bunch them up, hence the sellerb u.n. cher, and move them quickly. they will utilize to help build line around the fire, to help support the ground firefighters digging in the line. jenna: why is that a strategy that is being used now? >> part of ...