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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The legislature is looking at stopping SLAPPs, lawsuits meant to silence people who speak out, like journalists or whistleblowers. -
The court struck down two near-total abortion bans recently and has since been met with pushback from the state’s conservative faction. -
President Trump’s nominee, Steve Pearce, is a former New Mexico congressman and Vietnam War pilot. The opposition feels he could sell off public land. -
Open Spaces show rundown for February 20, 2026 -
Porsche Lane, the pygmy goat, became the focus of a lawsuit over constitutional rights when her owner was told she couldn’t keep the goat at home. -
Lawmakers also may set more stringent requirements for informed consent when terminating pregnancies. -
Tribes could lease land or sell power — and it might be a way to diversify some tribal economies -
Lawmakers have moved forward a bill protecting pregnancy centers, which offer resources to pregnant people not including abortion, and a bill ensuring birth centers get Medicaid coverage. -
Less snowfall means less water in rivers and reservoirs. The economies in many of these communities rely in part on water activities. -
Every state in the country has this kind of investment fund, except Wyoming and Mississippi. It could still be a long shot to pass. -
Advocates worry this delay could signal a future attempt from the Trump administration to take grizzlies off the endangered species list. -
Nevada voters will weigh in on reproductive rights. So might Wyoming and Idaho residents.
