Regional News

Last week, Our Living Lands highlighted the challenge of living without electricity. Now, hear from Navajo families who are getting power for the first time through a life-changing mutual aid program.

Early polling suggested heavy Native support for Republican President-elect Donald Trump. The Indigenous Journalists Association, one of several groups to criticize the methodology, called it “misleading and irresponsible.” In the newly released poll, 57% of respondents said they supported Democrat Kamala Harris compared to just 39% for Trump.

Researchers were looking at PM 2.5 pollution, made up of particles with diameters at least 30 times smaller than human hair. They found that for every additional microgram from wildfires per cubic meter of air on average over rolling 3-year periods, patients faced an 18% increase in the odds of a dementia diagnosis. The figure for non-wildfire PM 2.5 was just 1%.

A new report reveals Indigenous-owned businesses contribute more than $46 billion to the U.S. economy each year. A lot of that activity is happening in the Western U.S.

It includes critical habitat designations for the first time in the Southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado and New Mexico.

Elections bring changes, and for many people, these changes lead to emotional responses.

A federal judge in Colorado has denied a motion that would block a transgender volleyball player at San José State University from competing in this week’s Mountain West Conference tournament.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is spending $60 million to help tribal farmers in the Mountain West use less water during droughts while still growing their crops.

Hunting. The word itself can immediately divide people. But what about wildlife-killing contests? It’s surging in some states within our region while others have outlawed it.

The U.S. Forest Service is spending another $20 million to remove flammable underbrush and logs from forests to reduce wildfire risk. Some of the funding will be used to turn that chopped timber into firewood for Indigenous families in parts of the Mountain West to heat their homes.