Several Intermountain West states rank near the top of an annual report on child wellbeing due to a lower cost of living and more investment in education.

Gov. Mark Gordon has ordered flags lowered to half-staff tomorrow in honor of Boyd Lavell Eddins, a former Lincoln County commissioner and Wyoming state senate president. A memorial service will be held tomorrow in Afton at 11 a.m.

Many visitors objected to what they saw as an attempt to downplay difficult chapters of American history.

The lunar south pole has similarities to alpine environments in the West, with deep craters, steep slopes and harsh lighting that can create visual illusions.

Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho and Wyoming have no statewide wildfire building codes. Colorado adopted a code last year, with enforcement expected to begin this year. Most other Western states are somewhere in between.

Forty arrested with ‘no license’ as their top charge were repeat offenders and pose a public safety threat, the sheriff says.

The annual ranking looks at several criteria including easy access to parks.

Beck helmed WPR’s news team for more than three decades, overseeing coverage of the state’s triumphs and tragedies.

Home hardening and creating defensible space can reduce the risk of houses burning in a wildfire.

Last year, the community hub was facing a lot of uncertainty around potentially catastrophic state and federal funding cuts. We hear how all that’s shaken out and what else it’s been cooking up.