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Rural areas get economic help for businesses

Last updated Friday, March 2, 2012 - 6:41am

SALT LAKE CITY — Box Elder County Commissioner Brian Shaffer hopes a bill signed by the governor will have a positive economic impact on his county.

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Vegas wants more rural water

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 3, 2012 - 2:56pm

LAS VEGAS — With a crucial water rights decision pending, the Southern Nevada Water Authority is revising its request to Nevada’s top water rights official — asking to raise by almost 80 percent the amount of groundwater Las Vegas can draw from rural valleys in counties north of the city.

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