Green River News

The commission approved the meeting schedule for the commission for 2010. They will meet the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 9 a.m., except in January when the first meeting is Jan.

The fourth time could be a charm for a nuclear-power plant in the shadow of the Book Cliffs overlooking the Green River valley at the west end of Energy Alley, the 150 miles from Green River, Utah, to Rifle.

Interstate 70 which divides the San Rafael Swell is a unique road through some of the most scenic terrain in the United States.

In November, the Emery County Commission approved the capitol improvement list for the Community Impact Board.

The Emery County Recreation board meets monthly in Castle Dale and also holds meetings in Green River.

Free van transportation - The Disabled American Veterans provides free van transportation to the George E. Wahlen VA Medical Center in Salt Lake City for veterans with medical appointments from Price and surrounding areas.

Work to install 70,000 feet of a 16-inch water transmission line from Hardyville along U.S. 31E to a new 1 million gallon storage tank near PaytonPlace subdivision is under way.

The Utah Museums Association held its 36th annual conference in Green River this year.

Price Senior Citizens Center, October 30 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. All ages welcome, come and have fun! Prizes, refreshments.

Send this Headwaters page to a friend or colleague: Arizona utility signs MOU with Utah nuclear power project A small Arizona utility that currently relies primarily on hydropower from Glen Canyon Dam signed a memorandum of understanding expressing an interest in buying power generated from Blue Castle Holdings Inc.'s 3,000-megawatt nuclear power ...

An airplane landed bottom side up after a problem with take-off near the Green River Sunday.

At first blush, the proposal to build a nuclear power plant on the Green River was a cockamamie concoction that ignored Utah's shrinking water resources, sensitive vegetation and wildlife, and the state's grieveous experience with radioactive uranium, waste storage and weapons testing.

Still Fighting the Power Katharine Biele's article "Power Mad: How Sen. Bob Bennett Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Nuclear Power Plants" [Oct. 8, City Weekly] contains an important factual error.

Conservation groups and at least one federal agency are raising serious questions about a water grab for a proposed nuclear power plant near Green River, Utah, according to the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.

October 17, 7 a.m. at Food Ranch. Entry fee. Questions call Colton Leavitt 435-749-6499. Sponsored by Emery High FBLA.

When Utah photographer Dan Miller drove between Price and Moab, he often looked east to an area some call the Book Cliffs and others the Tavaputs Plateau and began wondering what, if anything, he might see there.

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Nuclear Utah Page 1 Power Mad: How Sen. Bob Bennett learned to stop worrying and love nuclear power plants.

Robert Kirby participates in a cattle round-up at Tavaputs Ranch. Mark Connolly also is shown.

Nearly 17 percent of Utah would become federally designated wilderness under a New York congressman's proposal that will get a hearing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.