Mountain West News Bureau

Senate Republicans confirmed William Kirkland among more than 100 Trump nominees along party lines — while Democrats, including Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, voted against it a week into the government shutdown.

A new report finds that rising temperatures are making droughts across the Mountain West and Southwest even worse — and longer-lasting.

Students going to and coming from school are especially vulnerable to accidents

Every two and a half miles of barbed wire is responsible for killing one deer, elk or pronghorn a year, one study estimated.

Increase in gas prices due to a fire at a California refinery.

As the government shutdown continues, visitors to national parks are finding some remain accessible but with limited services. This could lead to some visitors changing their plans which may have a significant impact on local communities that depend on visitor spending.

In a reversal, the herd could receive formal state protection. An earlier proposal sliced off some of their migration route.

The National Park Service said most roads and trails are open, but most buildings are closed. Some are confused about what they’ll find when they arrive at any given park site.

Over the summer, an executive order from President Trump called for the consolidation of federal wildfire programs "to the maximum degree practicable." The secretaries of Interior and Agriculture recently released their plans responding to that and other demands – and they've garnered praise and criticism.

On the Flathead Indian Reservation in Northwest Montana, picking apples means there’s less food to attract bears.