
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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Thanks to a new initiative, private landowners in Colorado and Wyoming are now letting people cross through their property for free to access these acres.
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The 11-year-old male was the fourth grizzly to die in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in the last two weeks.
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Respondents in Wyoming, Colorado, Montana New Mexico, Nevada and Utah worry about implications for public lands.
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Open Spaces show rundown for May 9, 2025
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With the future of abortion rights in Wyoming in limbo, two residents share how their pregnancies led them to opposite sides on the issue.
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Handing over some sites that cater to mostly local visitors could cut the agency’s budget by 25%.
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The five-year-old male bear follows in his world-famous mama’s footsteps.
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The three mineral-rich western states agreed to make their grids more resilient, build transmission lines together, and boost university research and private investment in energy.
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About $45 million went toward helping families of unhoused students in our region with basic necessities so students could concentrate on getting to class and doing schoolwork. But advocates fear that progress could be erased.
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Open Spaces show rundown for April 25, 2025