Mountain West News

Those living with compromised immune systems are facing a double whammy with the region's low vaccination rates and the possibility that the COVID-19 vaccine may not offer them the same protection as their peers.

New research shows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hasn’t been following its own health protocols, possibly resulting in detention center deaths. ICE's own documents revealed that medical aid was slow, inadequate or completely lacking in some cases.

A massive new infrastructure bill is slowly moving its way through Congress this summer. But a coalition of elected officials, farmers, conservationists and tribal leaders want to make sure it doesn’t include new big pipelines or dams along the parched Colorado River.

Oil production is ramping up on federal public lands despite President Biden’s promise to end new drilling. Approvals for new projects are on pace to hit their highest levels since the Bush administration. Environmentalists are objecting to the approvals saying it exacerbates climate change.

High-elevation forests in the Rocky Mountain region are burning more now than at any point in the past 2,000 years. That's according to a new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Many communities across the Mountain West were once known as “sundown towns.” Those are places that once had policies to force people of color to leave...

Communities across the West typically have wildfire plans. They lay out how to evacuate, where to send people and what to do. But those may need an update.

At the Early Care and Education Center at the University of Wyoming, there's a lot of what one would expect to see at a daycare - toys, books, and...

Trial delays caused by the pandemic meant that Christopher Gauntlett spent 525 days in jail in Nevada before he was found not guilty. His case likely isn’t unique.

A rare but serious COVID-19-related condition has disproportionately affected Hispanic and Latino children in the Mountain West.

The conversation around water speculation has been heating up in Colorado in recent months. At the direction of state lawmakers, a work group has been meeting regularly to explore ways to strengthen the state’s anti-speculation law.

Many tribal leaders are used to stretching every dollar that comes their way. Last year, they were faced with a different problem: millions in badly...