Regional News
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As demonstrations swirled around the Capitol five years ago, state lawmakers came together on a sweeping package of reforms that are still playing out. -
Nevada State Museum/allaroundnevada.comNative American tribes, including one from Nevada, want the U.S. government to explain how it funded boarding schools for Indigenous children -
Emily Arntsen/KZMUThe Velvet-Wood Mine is located southeast of Moab, just miles from the Colorado state line. It hasn't been operational since the 1980s, but it's now part of the Trump administration's efforts to ramp up mineral extraction and energy production. -
Jordan UplingerMany carriers said reforms are needed, but are wary of some of the Trump administration's proposals.
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In recent years, there have been a number of fast-moving, destructive wildfires in which residents had little or no warning to evacuate. Federal officials have new recommendations for how communities should prepare for such disasters. -
A Republican representative from the Mountain West led an effort Wednesday to remove a controversial provision to sell 450,000 acres of federal land in Nevada and Utah from the House reconciliation bill. -
Twenty-seven trillion cubic feet of natural gas is nearly the same amount the U.S. consumes in a year. But extracting it is another story. -
In this week's Roundup, meet Durango's new Indigenous mayor, and learn about a Queer prom on Colorado's Western Slope. -
A new study shows climate change is melting glaciers and permafrost in the Mountain West. Researchers say this can trigger the production of toxic mercury in mountain wetlands, posing risks to water supplies and wildlife. -
The Rocky Mountain region, which includes Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, accounted for about 43% of all U.S. ski visits. -
Lots of uncertainty still remains about what the federal government will and won't pay for. But one thing is clear: The feds will pay for toilet pumping on the Bridger-Teton National Forest. -
New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment, has quietly become a blue refuge in the MAGA red West for Americans who are fleeing extreme conservative strongholds. -
The American Lung Association’s annual air quality report shows that some of the most polluted air is in the areas around Las Vegas, Phoenix, Denver, and Salt Lake City, but some of the cleanest is in the mountain areas in Wyoming, Colorado, St. George, Utah, and Prescott Valley, Ariz. -
Homeowners insurance is getting more expensive and harder to keep. Lawmakers in our region introduced more than a dozen policy proposals in response this year.
