Hormones play an important role in mammalian reproduction. So when something goes wrong with them, a lot of other things can go wrong too. A University of Wyoming researcher is trying to figure out exactly what role misregulation of the hormones estrogen and progesterone play in female reproductive diseases like endometriosis, which affects one in ten women.

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The Teton County School District held a workshop on electric bike safety on Friday, June 4 at Jackson Hole Middle School.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is making over $480,000 available to help landowners recover from the Mullen Fire that occurred in the Medicine Bow National Forest last fall.

As the state slowly recovers from the pandemic, it's important for people to get the education and training they need to secure good-paying jobs. The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services Director Robin Cooley says they can help.

The 2021 Microbial Ecology Collaborative Startup Launchpad (MECSL) announced FrostyFlake and LifeGlass as their two winners and awarded the start-ups a share of a $25,000 seed fund.

Wyoming has a lot of federal and state land - nearly half of the state is federal public land and the State of Wyoming owns another 5.6 percent. Much of it is scattered and broken up by private land, which can make it difficult to access. But public land access could soon be easier to find thanks to a new bill that Wyoming U.S. Sen. John Barrasso is cosponsoring.

Wyoming U.S. Sen. John Barrasso has introduced legislation that aims to clarify the management status of thousands of acres of federal public lands. The lands in question were designated as Wilderness Study Areas (WSA) more than 30 years ago. It was a temporary designation until research was conducted on the land for best use.

Wyoming has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country, and that doesn't look like it will change. Wyoming Public Radio's Jeff Victor reports the high number of unvaccinated people in the state has consequences for both individuals and society.

Around the state, businesses are either limiting their hours or closing all together because they can't hire enough employees. This comes as the northwest region is seeing a record number of tourists. Wyoming Public Radio's Kamila Kudelska looks at the problem in Cody.

The Trump administration moved BLM headquarters away from Washington, D.C. Now the Biden administration has to decide whether to move it back.

The digital divide in the Mountain West stretches across vast swaths of rural, urban and Native lands and disproportionately affects residents in low-income brackets and people of color. But as federal pandemic relief dollars start flowing into state coffers, the cash is opening up opportunities to dramatically expand broadband access in Western communities and beyond.

Extreme heatwaves will become more frequent and longer, but according to federal data, more than 20 percent of homes in the Mountain West do not use air conditioning.

One of the only things federal lawmakers can agree on these days is that telehealth should be remain a fixture in the U.S. health care system.

The White House acknowledged that the country will miss President Biden's goal of 70% of American adults receiving at least one vaccine dose by July 4th, but their push to get shots in arms goes on.

At issue was a California law allowing union organizers to enter farms to speak to workers during nonworking hours for a set number of days each year.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to ex-NFL player Wade Davis Jr., who came out as gay after retiring. He was one of many to congratulate Carl Nassib for being the first openly gay active NFL player.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to pastor Ed Litton, the new president of the Southern Baptist Convention, about the future of America's largest protestant denomination after the group's difficult year.