Rep. Patricia Stricherz (R-8/Winfred) is contending for the title of My Favorite Republican in this year's Legislative session... which I suspect means she'll get more cold shoulder from her fellow District 8 Republican Russell Olson. Rep. Stricherz is already poking…
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Canadian uranium digger Powertech isn't looking too rosy for investors. After several months in which its stock price has tumbled nearly 80%, Powertech apparently can't even afford to continue leasing an old house in Wellington, Colorado, as a local office.…
Last year, State Representative and anti-environmental lawyer Lance Russell helped engineer a legal settlement under which his mother, Carolyn Fines, acquired a valuable chunk of Black Hills land that includes $95,000 worth of uranium leases with a Canadian company called…
Haycation? Try raycation. USA Today features Edgemont's Sunrise Guest Ranch as a great place for a rural vacation. Country Living editor Jourdan Crouch mentions the organic dude ranch's trail rides, buffalo and turkey hunts, and the nice view of the…
No wonder Powertech was so eager to eliminate South Dakota's permitting authority over uranium mining: Powertech can't survive regulatory scrutiny. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has suspended its safety review of Powertech's proposed uranium mining operation in the southern Black…
I guess you can't blame a big hedge fund wheeler dealer for not having a seismograph. But PowertechExposed.com, a Colorado website doing more to protect the Black Hills from the predations of irresponsible uranium mining than our own narrowly profit-minded…
Representative Patricia Stricherz (R-8/Madison) broke with the Chamber of Commerce leadership of her party and voted against SB 158 yesterday. This bill is a favor for Powertech, a company that wants to mine uranium in the southern Black Hills. SB…