Agreement Reached on Bear River Water Allocation
The Bear River Compact revision was announced at the Western Governors Conference in Wyoming after talks among Idaho, Wyoming and Utah governors. Idaho gains 125 000 acre feet per year below Bear Lake, 6000 acre feet storage and 200 000 acre feet in high flow years, with Utah receiving 400 000 acre feet plus 120 000 for a bird refuge, and a 70 30 split of any remaining water. The deal requires ratification by Idaho Utah Wyoming and Congress.
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Bear River
Wyoming
Idaho
Utah
Great Salt Lake
Congress
Bear Lake
Thomas Fork
Andrus
Budge
Preston High School
Oneida Stake Academy
Trail Blazer
Friends of the Academy and Daughters of the Utah Pioneers
Preston
National Park Service
Budge and Roberts clash over Bear River compact
Idaho lawmakers trade barbs over the renegotiated Bear River Compact. Senator Budge criticizes Gov. Andrus and Utah water gains while Commissioner Roberts defends the deal as fair and protective of Idaho’s future water rights. Roberts urges legislative approval for long term regional advantage.
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Sen
Budge
Roberts
Cecil Andrus
Idaho
Gov
Andrus
Utah
Butte County Tops State In Property Value Increase
Butte County led Idaho in taxable property value growth with a 79.2 percent jump from 4.4 million to 7.89 million in 1976 as Franklin County ranked second with a 56.5 percent rise and a 5.26 million dollar increase. The Department notes 18 percent of market value is used for assessments.
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Butte County
Arco
Franklin County
Department of Revenue and Taxation
State Tax Commission
Franklin
Butte
Highway 91 project announced during Preston tour stop
The State Transportation Dept announced a Highway 91 surface overlay and widening between Downey and Preston with a total project cost over 1 million dollars. The bid was consolidated to save over 300 thousand dollars and gravel stockpile operations started in Banida.
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Downey
Preston
State Transportation Dept
State Transportation Board
Federal
Banida
County Harvests Bumper Grain Crop With Logistics Strain
Wayne Doney of Franklin County Grain Growers cites a 20 percent above average barley and near average wheat as a rush of harvest overwhelms Preston facility. Stewart Buttars notes Weston storage shares the bumper crop while low prices dampen growers outlook.
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Wayne Doney
Franklin County Grain Growers
Preston
Doney
Stewart Buttars
Weston Grain Growers
Weston
Deney
Franklin County
Buttars
Ogden
Cameron Nielson Wins Citizen Football Contest
Cameron C. Nielson of At 3 Box 306 won last week’s Citizen football guessing contest with 17 correct picks earning $10. Judy Dahle took second with 16 correct. The contest continues this week with a $15 prize. entries must be clipped and submitted to The Citizen office by Friday.
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Cameron C. Nielson
At 3
Cameron
Kansas City
Arizona State
Ohio State
Judy Dahle
E. St. So
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Reed Budge
R-Dist
Teton Village
Wyo
Snake River
Highway 91
Area Chamber of Commerce
Preston City
Soda Springs
Wayan
Freedom
U.S. 91
First South
State Street
Darrell Manning
Phil West
Manning
Legrand Burton
Burton
Ion
Highway 34
Neil Nelson
Preston Planning and Zoning Board
Utah and Power and Light Co
Maverick Store
Third East Street
Access West
Cache Valley
Brigham City
Butters
KPST
H L Pop
Web
Sun
Cameron Nielson
Missouri
California
Miss Dahle
Arizona
Washington
Green Bay
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