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RBC I The Associated Press reported Tuesday KKR & Co., the parent company of private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, shelved plans for a $500 million stock offering, citing unfavorable market conditions. Henry Kravis owns the Westlands Ranch upriver.

In the spring of 2010, many residents within the Yellow Jacket Water Conservancy District raised questions about the history, the future, the motives, and the intentions of the district. Misunderstandings concerning the mission of the board of directors, the district’s history and future dominated much of the discussion.