PCCRVC takes stand against merger with Lake County (Chesterton Tribune) Members of the Porter County Convention, Recreation and Visitor Commission went on record Tuesday that they are opposed to a merger of Northwest Indiana tourism bureaus and support the current Indiana law providing for local control of innkeepers tax spending....more...NPS alters park snowmbile rules (Bozeman Daily Chronicle) It was a day late, but that didn't mean it was a dollar short. That's how National Park Service officials characterized their Tuesday announcement outlining permanent snowmobile and snowcoach rules for Yellowstone National Park....more... Survey says: Keep Wyo. wide open (Wyoming Tribune-Eagle) CASPER - Wyoming folks like their wide-open spaces, and they want to keep them that way. Wyoming voters want to preserve "what makes Wyoming Wyoming," according to a report presented to a legislative committee this week studying possible state laws to control residential sprawl....more... Area residents shine in photo contest, earn People's Choice (Scottsbluff Star-Herald) Scotts Bluff County Tourism director Kevin Howard, from left, Riverside Zoo Director Joe Clawson and Scotts Bluff National Monument Superintendent Ken Mabery look at the three photographs that won top honors or the People?s Choice Award as part of Platte Valley Attractions Photo and Art Contest....more... Explore the Oregon Trail (Akron Beacon Journal) KEARNEY, NEB.: To find a colorful piece of America's past, you sometimes have to get off the highways and head overland on the byways....more... Business Calendar (The Herald News) Tuesday ...more... Sales tax collection declines in county (Wyoming Tribune-Eagle) CHEYENNE - Sales tax collections across the state during fiscal year 2007 set a record, but collections declined in Laramie County by 4.8 percent, according to a state report released Thursday....more... New Canal Trail Opens in Pittsford (R News) The Erie Canal path is going where it hasn't gone before in the village of Pittsford. Town and state officials cut the ribbon on a new section of the Canal Way Trail....more... Current News (Lovell Chronicle) The Lovell Town Council charted a new course for the future Tuesday night, voting to fully fund the fledgling Lovell Inc. economic development group during the council?s regular November meeting....more... |