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CATTLE PRODUCERS ASK BRAZILIAN GROUP TO DROP WESTERN FEEDLOTS
The U.S. Justice Department has scheduled a status hearing on Brazil-based JBS S.A.'s quest to become the United States' largest meatpacking company on Jan. 16, and Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund USA is asking that JBS give up Five Rivers Ranch Cattle Feeding, a collection of feedlots in Texas, Kansas, Idaho and Colorado that buy cattle from several states, including Montana. (Jan 6) Billings Gazette

IDAHO JUDGE CLEARS WAY FOR TWIN FALLS' $33M WATER PROJECT
An Idaho district judge ruled that Twin Falls' need to meet federal guidelines for arsenic limits in drinking water met the requirement of the Idaho Constitution's definition of "ordinary and necessary," thus allowing the city to go into debt for more than a year, and approved the city's $33.3 million water project. (Jan 6) Twin Falls Times-News

SCHOOL CANCELED IN N. IDAHO DUE TO HEAVY SNOWLOADS
School was canceled in Coeur d'Alene and Lakeschool school districts for Tuesday as school officials were concerned about heavy snowloads on schools' roofs. (Jan 6) Coeur d'Alene Press


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