Game of cat and mouse Nov 6, 2009
BILLINGS Duane Cole said he felt he was on the menu when a mountain lion confronted him while he was hunting in the Elkhorn Mountains near Boulder on Oct. 26. "I'm 64 years old and hunted since I was a little kid behind my dad," he said. (Montana Standard, MT)
Apollo Gold selling Montana mine for $9M Oct 24, 2009
Apollo, a Greenwood Village-based gold-mining company (NYSE Amex: AGT), said Montana-based Elkhorn has agreed to buy all the outstanding capital stock in Montana Tunnels Mining, including its 50 percent stake in a 3-1/2-year-old joint venture with an Elkhorn unit, Elkhorn Tunnels LLC.. The Montana Tunnels mine has been on "care and maintenance" status since April 30, Apollo said. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Do you recycle? Would you? Oct 23, 2009
I also signed up for the Recycle Bank company out of Elkhorn. Does anybody know what is going on with that. (Columbus Telegram, NE)
Bighorn sheep could be taken to other states Oct 13, 2009
Commissioner Willy Doll pointed to the Elkhorn Mountain Range, where pneumonia recently caused the bighorn sheep population to plummet from more than 220 to about 20 ... "Can we take some of those and put them back in the Elkhorns?". (Montana Standard, MT)
Preserve US national parks Sep 25, 2009
Warmer water temperatures and ocean acidification caused by higher CO2 levels are contributing to major "bleaching" and die-offs of staghorn and elkhorn coral reefs in the Virgin Islands National Park and elsewhere. The list of climate threats to parks goes on and on. (Christian Science Monitor)
Friday's Prep Scoreboard Sep 5, 2009
Elkhorn 44, Fremont 12 ... Palmer 59, Elkhorn Valley 28 ... Ralston 18, Elkhorn Mount Michael 6. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
TSB releases initial report on Sparky Imeson plane crash Sep 3, 2009
There were several inches of snow on the ground when Imeson crashed near the Elkhorn Mountains, making it difficult for searchers to locate the wreckage. The snow had melted by the time investigators took reporters to the scene three days later. (Montana Standard, MT)
History, football, walking on tap Aug 22, 2009
Free stroke screenings are available from 8 a.m. to noon at Elkhorn Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, 5715 E. Second St.. Drs. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Sun Valley offers plenty to keep you busy in the outdoors Aug 20, 2009
Or the bike path that winds its way through the Elkhorn hills ... Wolves and bears have been common sights all spring and summer long. Check out the beaver pond along Elkhorn Road. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Greenhorn women win valley league Aug 15, 2009
The 11-team league, which started in 1971, consists of teams from Pine Mountain Lake, Tracy, Del Rio, Stockton, Woodbridge, Spring Creek, Brookside, Discovery Bay, Elkhorn and Oakdale. Each club fields an A and B team. (San Andreas Calaveras Enterprise, CA)
Second Big Cat Sighting Reported In Elkhorn Aug 14, 2009
-- An Elkhorn man said he spotted a very big cat near an area church ... On Wednesday, another Elkhorn man said he saw what may have been a mountain lion. (7 KETV Omaha)
House Cat Or Mountain Lion? Animal Spotted In Elkhorn Aug 13, 2009
Animal Spotted In Elkhorn - Omaha News Story - KETV Omaha ... Animal Spotted In Elkhorn ... -- Elkhorn residents suspect a mountain lion or two are roaming the miles of horse trails around the area. (7 KETV Omaha)
Professor Science Aug 11, 2009
When the Elkhorn Mountain and the Gates of the Mountains burned in 1989, I d wake up every morning and check to make sure those wildfires were not coming to get me. On a recent camping trip I realized fire still intrigues me. (Helena Independent Record)
Open for Business Aug 9, 2009
The former Pearle Vision franchisee at the corner of North Montana and Prospect, Hardy changed both his address and business name at the first of the month, opening Elkhorn Vision Center on the Old Montana State Highway in Montana City. Hardy said he changed the name because he decided not to renew his Pearle Vision franchise, and that the move was part of that deal as well: a non-compete clause in his contract with the national chain of vision centers stipulated he couldn t open a new business... (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Valley music scene Aug 7, 2009
Jeff Hunter and one of his acts, Elkhorn Lodge, has two videos playing on Comcast's "Bay Area On-Demand." Search for "Battle of the Bands" and then the song titles, "Raised on High" and "Big World.". Local Americana artist Adam Traum will be in the barrel room at Sebastiani Winery and Vineyards for the Twilight Concert Series tonight, Aug. 7, at 7 p.m. The Traumatics feature Tony Robinson on the doghouse bass and Robbie Bean on drums. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Oregon Recreation Report Jul 25, 2009
CANCELLED: Elkhorn Family Outdoor Day, Aug. 8, near Baker City ... There are still many elk at the Anthony Creek feed site on the Elkhorn Wildlife Area. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Deputy kills bear near Townsend Jul 21, 2009
Dave Loewen, a game warden with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, said people tried to haze the bear back toward the Elkhorn Mountain Range, but the 100-pound 1-year-old was adamant about his effort to get into the large garbage container. He didn t care about anybody; he walked right past all the people. (Helena Independent Record)
Bear shot and killed while scavenging in trash bin Jul 21, 2009
Dave Loewen, a game warden with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, said people tried to haze the bear back toward the Elkhorn Mountain Range, but the animal was adamant in its search for food. "This one was a problem bear, and this was a public safety issue," he said. (Montana Standard, MT)
• Three-concert series revives Elkhorn venue Jul 3, 2009
Three-concert series revives Elkhorn venue By Karen BossickTimes-News correspondent SUN VALLEY - A once-popular concert site in Sun Valley will again serve as a music venue this year. A handful of longtime valley residents who call themselves Quigley Canyon - after a proposed 386-unit development adjacent to the city of Hailey - are launching the Elkhorn Summer Concert Series in the Elkhorn Village Center ... 50 plus tax, available at Atkinsons' Market, The Market at Elkhorn Springs and online... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
• Events Calendar Jul 3, 2009
Elkhorn Summer Concert Series begins at 6 p.m. JULY 16 in the Elkhorn Village Center, featuring G. Love and Special Sauce ... 50 plus tax, at Atkinsons' Market and The Market at Elkhorn Springs or. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Forsaken tower: Old Casey Peak lookout Jul 2, 2009
Independent Record - A lonely, crumbling, forgotten firetower sits atop 8,499-foot Casey Peak in the Elkhorn Mountains south of Helena ... Built in the 1930s, the structure stood watch over the Elkhorn Mountains and offered unfettered views of the Big Belts across Canyon Ferry Reservoir ... Elkhorn Peak: 9,314 feet. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Mat-Su community datebook (6/24/09) Jun 25, 2009
Art Show, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Primrose Retirement Community, 889 N. Elkhorn. Alaskan artists, Gail Niebrugge and Tim Berberich will show their works daily through the closing reception on July 25. (Anchorage Daily News)
Melon City Criterium draws elite racers to Muscatines Weed Park May 25, 2009
Joseph Savoie, OMAHA, NE, Elkhorn Valley Cycling Club ... Janna Vavra, LINCOLN, NE, Elkhorn Valley Cycling Club. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Travel boost ... Modifications made to school dress policy ... Unified effort key to defeating hunger ... Tax battle heats up ... Oregon School for Blind could close this summer ... Talent man bilked out of $3,500 in shopper scam ... Lawmakers pick projects ... New shot can prevent whooping cough ... ';var marqueewidth="440px";var marqueeheight="25px";var marqueebgcolor="#";////NO NEED TO EDIT BELOW THIS LINE////////////var pauseit=1;var marqueespeed=1 //slow speed down by 1 for NSvar copyspeed=marqueespeedvar pausespeed=(pauseit==0)? copyspeed: 0var iedom=document.all||document.getElementByIdif (iedom)document.write(''+marqueecontent+'')var actualwidth=''var cross_marquee, ns_marqueefunction populate(){if (iedom){cross_marquee=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("iemarquee") : document.all.iemarqueecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"cross_marquee.innerHTML=marqueecontentactualwidth=document.all? temp.offsetWidth : document.getElementById("temp").offsetWidth}else if (document.layers){ns_marquee=document.ns_marquee.document.ns_marquee2ns_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8ns_marquee.document.write(marqueecontent)ns_marquee.document.close()actualwidth=ns_marquee.document.width}lefttime=setInterval("scrollmarquee()",20)}window.onload=populate;function scrollmarquee(){if (iedom){if (parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))cross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)-copyspeed+"px"elsecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"}else if (document.layers){if (ns_marquee.left>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))ns_marquee.left-=copyspeedelsens_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8}}if (iedom||document.layers){with (document){document.write('')if (iedom){write('')write('')write('')write('')}else if (document.layers){write('')write('')write('')}document.write('')}} Cars make their way off the freeway into the rest area in Idaho perched on the bluff above the Snake River. Holiday travel this weekend is expected to be higher than last year as lower gas prices entice more people to hit the road.Travel boost May 23, 2009
The Elkhorn Scenic Byway is closed west of Anthony Lake and north for Granite. While the campgrounds in that area are closed, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest officials report that area is open for snowmobiling and there are designated places to park at either end. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Plan bans motorized use in Scratchgravel Hills May 23, 2009
In addition, the plan notes that a Wild and Scenic River designation is suitable for a two-mile stretch of Muskrat Creek in the Elkhorn Mountains. A three-mile section of the Missouri River below Hauser Dam is recommended as preliminarily suitable for that designation, but will only be forwarded to Congress for consideration if that s agreeable with the Helena National Forest, which owns land on the eastern side of the river. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Clip and save summer activities calendar Apr 30, 2009
Elkhorn Mountain Endurance Run. Think you ve got what it takes to run through the Elkhorn Mountains ... Runners tackle grueling 50k and 50 mile races through the Elkhorns (442-0924). (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Wide open fences Apr 30, 2009
The Elkhorn Mountain Endurance Run continues to draw runners from around the country, as does the Prickly Pear race, in which the 30k remains the fastest growing. It blew us out of the water how many people participated in the 30k, Nese said. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Horizon seeks permit for second Oregon wind farm Apr 11, 2009
Horizon opened the 105-megawatt Elkhorn Valley wind farm at Telocaset in August 2007. The new facility planned for the Craig Mountain area between Highway 237 and Interstate 84 would generate 300 megawatts of electricity. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR -- Business)
Where the elkalope’ play Apr 11, 2009
Carlsen said that during the 2006 hunting season, a herd of elk that typically lives on the west side of the highway near the Elkhorn Mountain Range was displaced by hunters to the east side of the highway. He theorizes that for some reason maybe a fence that was too high the yearling cow couldn t make it back across the highway with her herd. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Town Crier for TUESDAY Dec. 16 (65) Mar 26, 2009
He is now continuing his rehabilitation at Elkhorn Hospital here in Casper. He is not able to return to his job at Smith's. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Investigators on scene of plane crash Mar 21, 2009
Friends of the pilot told the Associated Press on Friday that the pilot had intended to document the crash site in the Elkhorn Mountains. and and for coverage of Imeson's June 2007 crash in the Elkhorn Mountains. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Pilot tragedy began as visit to crash site Mar 21, 2009
Two friends, Gary McDonald and Galen Hanselman, said Imeson had intended to document the site of a 2007 crash in the Elkhorn Mountains in which he was a passenger. Imeson gave regular presentations on mountain flying and backcountry survival techniques. (Missoulian, MT)
Missing: Sparky Imeson (44) Mar 20, 2009
Sparky Imeson, an instructor of mountain flying who survived a plane crash in the Elkhorn Mountains just two years ago, dropped off radar at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday after taking off from Bozeman ... A cellular tower in the Elkhorn Mountains outside Helena picked up a signal from Imeson s phone after radar contact was lost, leading rescuers to believe he had traveled beyond the last known point of radar contact ... It was there in the Elkhorn Mountains that search crews focused much of their efforts on... (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Plane wreckage found, pilot killed Mar 20, 2009
Imeson survived a 2007 plane crash in the Elkhorn Mountains. Jon C. Kantorowicz of Great Falls was practicing canyon flying when a downdraft caught the plane. (Montana Standard, MT)
Airplane missing between Bozeman and Helena (1) Mar 19, 2009
Search crews with the Montana Department of Transportation's aeronautics division spent Wednesday morning searching the east slope of the Elkhorn Mountains, where a cellular tower picked up a signal from Imeson's phone shortly after the plane dropped off Bozeman radar. "For the phone to receive that call, he'd have to be in that general location," said Mike Rogan, aviation support officer for MDT. "It was the closest tower. Someone tried to call him, but no one answered.". (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Air Force joins search for missing Helena airplane and pilot (40) Mar 19, 2009
In this June 2007 file photo, Sparky Imeson details his plane crash in the Elkhorns in which he and copilot Jon C. J.C. Kantorowicz survived ... Search crews with the Montana Department of Transportation's aeronautics division spent Wednesday morning searching the east slope of the Elkhorn Mountains, where a cellular tower picked up a signal from Imeson's phone shortly after the plane dropped off Bozeman radar ... Rogan described the area of interest as being on the east slope of the Elkhorn... (Helena Independent Record)
• Fish and Game begins wolf hazing near Sun Valley Mar 19, 2009
The wolves first showed up around the start of the month, drawing attention when they attacked and killed a mountain lion in the Elkhorn area. From there, Berkley recounted, the wolves appeared a few days later along the East Fork of the Big Wood River before swinging southwest to the Greenhorn Gulch drainage. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Plane registered to Helena business reported missing Mar 18, 2009
In June 2007, Imeson and another pilot survived a plane crash in the Elkhorn Mountains. Jon C. J.C. Kantorowicz, 58, of Great Falls was practicing canyon flying with mountain flight instructor Imeson when a downdraft pushed the plane down. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
• Cougar dies in wolf attack near Sun Valley Mar 12, 2009
The victim was a 2-year-old cougar, who ran into a pack of wolves in the Elkhorn vicinity, not far from homes. Reports by witnesses said there were at least nine wolves in the pack, said Gary Hompland, regional conservation officer for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Wolves in areas off list Mar 8, 2009
yourfingers wrote on Mar 7, 2009 10:40 AM:" With the Deer and Elk populations down and becoming more difficult to get that trophy mount and fill the freezer, the bonus sport of tracking a long missed trophy would be a super boom to out of state tourist dollars to inject into local communities that have been hurting from lost jobs in so many traditional industries. Delisting will benifit areas such as fish & game(plus the wild life), ranchers/farmers, state tax payers, restaurants, hotels,... (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Letter: If quiet forests are what you want ... Mar 4, 2009
Duane Johnson 762 Elkhorn Lane Butte. Civil Dialogue. (Montana Standard, MT)
Snowpack worries begone Feb 27, 2009
Farther south, the Snotel gauge at Tizer Basin, perched high in the Elkhorn Mountains, showed only 24 inches of snow, while Boulder Mountain, at 7,950 feet in the Big Belts, reported 56 inches of snow. We need all the snow we can get, said John Grassy, public relations officer for the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Board of Realtors lists officers Feb 16, 2009
It will be repeated on March 18 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Elkhorn Mountain Inn conference room in Montana City. The government is the largest purchaser of goods and services in the world. (Montana Standard, MT)
Over 100 UMass Athletes Named To A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll Feb 14, 2009
University of Massachusetts - Official Athletic Site - Athletics News. Bernadette McGlade named 1,162 student-athletes to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll. (Umassathletics.com)
