Hanna Merzbach
WPM Mountain West News Bureau ReporterLeave a tip: Hanna.Merzbach@uwyo.edu
Hanna is the Mountain West News Bureau reporter based in Teton County. She previously helped lead the newsroom at KHOL, Jackson Hole's community radio station. Her award-winning work covering women's health access in the region has landed on NPR and stations across the Rockies. In her free time, you can find Hanna scaling rock walls or adventuring in the mountains.
Reach out with tips at Hanna.Merzbach@uwyo.edu.
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That’s especially true in the Mountain West. In most states, if one delivery unit shuts down, the next closest one is more than an hour away. -
Open Spaces show rundown for September 11, 2026. -
About half of Wyoming counties don’t have an OB-GYN. At least nine don’t have labor and delivery units. -
Could Wyoming join Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah to partially cover the childbirth resource? -
The new program will help pay for tuition at a University of California program. The goal is to offer more breastfeeding support in rural areas. -
Mountain West texters are more likely to bring up self-harm in crisis conversations than Americans at large. -
Open Spaces show rundown for August 28, 2026. -
Thanks to a creative partnership this summer, the trail got a big facelift because the previous web of informal, hiker-made paths wasn’t built to withstand the hordes of people descending on it.
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The Trump administration is revising the Travel Management Rule, a U.S. Forest Service policy that dictates when motorized use is allowed. -
Open Spaces show rundown for August 21, 2026. -
This comes after the U.S. Department of the Interior reportedly restricted staff from telling the public about deaths or injuries in national parks. -
The Associated Press called the Republican race for U.S. House for Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray. Former state Sen. Lisa Kinney won the Democratic ticket earlier in the night.
