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Erin O'Toole / KUNCThe proposal calls on districts to adopt formal policies on hearing challenges and sets limits on who can file them. -
Dominic Gentilcore/Adobe StockA new scientific analysis shows the U.S. is generating more electricity from wind and solar than ever before, and several states in the Mountain West are helping lead the charge. However, the future growth of wind and solar is uncertain.
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The Trump Administration is directing federal agencies like the Department of the Interior to ramp up mining operations on federal public lands. The order singles out copper, uranium, potash, and gold. -
The home reinsurance idea, unique to Colorado, aims to reduce private insurers’ financial risk and, therefore, drive down premiums. -
The state had already budgeted the money for things like crisis response teams and childhood vaccines. -
Mind Springs Health in Grand Junction was considering partnering with ICE this year to offer inpatient mental health care services to detainees. However, they dropped the idea after community concerns. -
The review found companies being incorrectly billed for unemployment insurance and overlooked by the FAMLI program. -
A U.S. District judge said it was “not hard to imagine” that some horses and burros went to slaughter in his ruling that led to the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to shut down the adoption program. -
New Mexico lawmakers have passed a bill to create an alert system for missing Indigenous people, a growing trend in the Mountain West region. -
The public broadcasting CEOs defended their networks against accusations from House Republicans of bias in news and cultural programming. -
A House subcommittee led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and named after Elon Musk's government-efficiency team has set its sights on the public broadcasters. -
The judges said the ranch could not deny access to federal public lands for lawful purposes and affirmed that corner crossing is not trespassing as long as private land is not physically touched.
