Hand counting ballots is less secure, less accurate and more time consuming than counting ballots using voting machines, according to studies and local county clerks. But the governor signed a new law requiring county clerks to audit 5% of ballots by hand after the primary and general elections this year.

States across the Mountain West added record amounts of wind and solar power in 2024. Now, a new industry report shows the region is also becoming a national leader in battery storage.

Conservation groups filed a lawsuit on March 2 challenging the Trump administration’s rollback of federal protections for the greater sage-grouse across nine states: California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

Gov. Mark Gordon signed two bills establishing a statewide literacy program that will mandate evidence-based strategies in public school classrooms.

Bam Adebayo had a night for all time on Tuesday, with a point total second to only Wilt Chamberlain in the NBA record books.

Rihanna, her partner A$AP Rocky, their three children and her mother were all at home when a woman now charged with attempted murder is alleged to have fired at the property, a prosecutor said.

Congressional Democrats are demanding transparency in the form of public hearings from Trump administration officials on the timeline and objectives of the war in Iran.

Steve Emt and Laura Dwyer represent the U.S. in the Paralympics' new mixed doubles wheelchair curling event. They could bring home Team USA's first wheelchair curling medal ever.