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Startup Aalo Atomics joined Antares, Valar Atomics and Deployable Energy, and successfully turned on its test reactor for the first time at Idaho National Lab.
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President Trump has made substantial efforts to curb renewable energy development. The Ute Mountain Ute tribe in Colorado managed to bring a big solar project online anyway.
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It supported an $118 million bridge at Yellowstone National Park, employee housing at Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado, wastewater upgrades at Great Basin National Park in Nevada and hundreds of other projects.
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The latest updates on the Ferris Fire northwest of Dolores and the Babylon Fire in southeast Utah.
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Wildfires have spread rapidly due to extreme fire conditions, burning tens of thousands of acres and straining firefighting resources.
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Wildland firefighters face extreme conditions. For those who identify as LGBTQ, there are challenges beyond the fireline. This Pride Month, the Mountain West News Bureau reports on how that community is responding.
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Emily Barker, Nick Hutcherson, and Sydney Watson were killed battling the Snyder Fire.
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Parts of Mesa County are under pre-evacuation notices, and areas north of Ouray have already been evacuated. And in the southwest corner of Colorado, the Ferris Fire has forced evacuations. It’s burning across Dolores and Montezuma counties.
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Firefighters working on the nation's largest current wildfire, burning in southern Utah, are being challenged by historic weather conditions. Extreme wildfire behavior is expected to continue through the weekend.
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A coalition of community groups and the Boulder County District Attorney's office has been handing out free gun safes to residents. The idea is to encourage safe storage and have productive conversations about gun safety.
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It allows a lawsuit against the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante national monument designations to move forward.
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More than 56 million acres — nearly 3% of the U.S. landmass — belong to tribes. The Land and Water Conservation Fund has aided more than 47,000 projects, like parks and trails, in nearly every county nationwide.