Timber counties to lose big dollars
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The end of a little-known federal subsidy that funneled millions of dollars to rural counties to compensate them for restrictions on logging is forcing communities in the West to close libraries, reduce police patrols and put off road repairs.
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By THOMAS B. LANGHORNE, Courier & Press staff writer 464-7432 or langhornet@courierpress.com  Vanderburgh County is poised to buy nearly 74 acres of heavily wooded, often flooded state surplus land -- but county officials aren't sure what to do with it if they get it.
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By Edison, John  Internet access in some Grand Forks County communities is lacking - and so is their ability to attract new businesses, local officials say.
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Business & money: December fall is first time in two years the Land Registry has reported a negative monthly change
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At midnight tonight, states will lose $1.1 billion in unspent federal funds meant to subsidize a national health insurance program for children of low-income families.
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By Rowena Coetsee, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Dec. 12--EAST COUNTY -- Old age has cost two Delta communities their fireboat, but fire district officials say the replacement they have in mind will compensate for those losses.
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By Aliana Ramos, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Jan. 31--GEORGETOWN -- A new cap on property values could make funding future capital projects in Georgetown County more difficult by limiting tax revenue, officials said.
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By JULIAN WALKER; OLYMPIA MEOLA  A group of Henrico County residents took issue with new homes proposed for their area, and they told their supervisors so. Their opposition could cost them more than $5 million.
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AUSTIN -In a year&#39;s time, property owners in Washington County will likely see a different school funding plan. Shortly after closing arguments Wednesday in the landmark trial challenging the state&#39;s &quot;Robin
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By Beth Jones beth.jones@roanoke.com 981-3117  The Tri-County Lake Administrative Commission spent more than $100,000 removing debris from the Roanoke and Blackwater rivers following heavy late-June rains.
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By Sean Thomas, Amarillo Globe-News, Texas  Jan. 30--Potter County is going to be taking about $422,000 to the bank.   But exactly how the back taxes collected from ASARCO will be spent  remains to be seen.
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By Erica Curless, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Sep. 14--The battle over Kootenai County's rural lands continues tonight as two developers will ask to change the growth plan to allow megaprojects in the countryside.
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By Denis CuffSTAFF  A conservation group announced a deal last week to buy a half- square-mile of spring-fed grasslands and oak forests north of Clayton, where county-approved growth limits scuttled plans to build housing.
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By Andrew Edwards, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Feb. 14--BIG BEAR LAKE -- City leaders want to study how proposed  regulations on vacation rentals will affect the economy here before they take  action on the issue.
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Forest Service to sell land only to select group of ranchers  By JAMES MacPHERSON  Associated Press Writer  In a deal to appease up to 40 western North Dakota ranchers, the U.S.
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Congress is on the verge of approving half a dozen bills that would protect as much as 1 million acres of wilderness areas across the West, but the move has infuriated environmentalists who charge that lawmakers are giving away too much pristine public land to real estate developers and local...
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By Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Jun. 6--The Grand Forks County Historical Society recently received $160,000 through sale of farmland from the Harry A. Romberg Trust. The funds will be used to preserve and promote local history.   Romberg, who farmed near Inkster, N.D., died in 1976.