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Federal forecasters say there is above-average potential for significant wildfires all the way through the end of September across a vast swath of the Western U.S.

The federally funded program has offered at-risk teens a career pipeline for more than 60 years. The White House is calling it a ‘failed experiment.’

Tom Schultz, the head of the U.S. Forest Service, is calling for wildfires to be extinguished “as swiftly as possible this season.” But aggressive suppression policies are widely believed to be one of the key culprits in the current wildfire crisis.

A new analysis shows more than two-thirds of data centers built—or in development—since 2022 are in drought-prone areas, including parts of the Mountain West. Experts warn this could strain water supplies for cities and farmers.

State conservatives say the U.S. Constitution mandates Congress to ‘dispose’ of this land.

Spring heat waves could mean increased fire danger and more strain on water supplies.

Plaintiffs allege the president’s effort to cease federal funding to NPR and PBS violates freedoms of speech and the press.

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.