Since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, the network of volunteers alerting their community to ICE activity in southwestern Colorado has steadily grown.

Durango-based Compañeros has documented dozens of recent detentions.

Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho and Wyoming have no statewide wildfire building codes. Colorado adopted a code last year, with enforcement expected to begin this year. Most other Western states are somewhere in between.

Getting medical care for your animals can be a hassle for the owner and even the pets themselves. But locals have found that mobile vet clinics can make the process a little easier.

The consortium brings together the Four Corners states energy officials from New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah who want to scale geothermal as quickly and responsibly as possible.

At night, temperatures are often cooler and the air is wetter, which gives wildland firefighters a long window to make up significant ground when trying to suppress blazes. But that pattern is breaking down, a trend driven by human-caused climate change, according to a new study.

Growth has been strong over the last year despite a great deal of uncertainty last spring over the future of the ambitious effort.

Veterans, and research, say getting outdoors helps their physical and mental health. A new report aims to find ways to expand these opportunities.