A group of landowners in Stillwater County say their county commissioners, having already changed the rules once in their fight to stymie a citizen-initiated zoning district, are now misinterpreting state law to achieve the same end. (more…) Continue Reading →
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Opinion: Commission imperils private-property rights
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After three years of inaction, delays and excuses by the Stillwater County Commission, landowners along the Beartooth Front filed legal action against the commission this week. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Opinion, Beartooth Front, citizen-initiated zoning, Stillwater County Commission
New video makes a case for responsible oil development
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Deb Thomas of Clark, Wyo., talks about the many disadvantages of living near six oil wells — the air and water pollution, the dust, noise, lights and heavy traffic. Bob and Mary Johnson talk about living in the midst of the Bakken oil boom on their North Dakota farm, and their hopes that the same kind of development doesn’t come to the Red Lodge area, where they retired. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Montana, News, Beartooth Front, Bob and Mary Johnson, Bonnie Martinell, David Katz, Deb Thomas, Dennis and Cathy Rickman Hoyem
N.D. speaker tells of lessons learned from Bakken boom
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When the CEO of a Denver energy company announced last fall that he’d like to “bring something like the Bakken, maybe something a little more orderly” to the Beartooths, many residents scrambled to head off what they feared would forever change their scenic landscape. (more…) Continue Reading →