Judy Fahys
Judy Fahys is KUER's reporter for the Mountain West News Bureau, a journalism collaborative that unites six stations across the Mountain West, including stations in Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and Montana to better serve the people of the region. The project focuses its reporting on topic areas including issues of land and water, growth, politics, and Western culture and heritage.
Fahys has reported in Utah for two decades, covering politics, government and business before taking on environmental issues. She loves covering Utah, where petroleum-pipeline spills, the nation’s radioactive legacy and other types of pollution provide endless fodder for stories. Previously, she worked for the Salt Lake Tribune in Utah, and reported on the nation’s capital for States News Service and the Scripps League newspaper chain. She is a longtime member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and Investigative Reporters and Editors. She also spent an academic year as a research fellow in the Knight Science Journalism program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In her spare time, she enjoys being out in the environment, especially hiking, gardening and watercolor painting.
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National Park Week is an annual celebration of what many people call America’s best idea, beginning with a fare-free day, April 21.
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A new report from the American Thoracic Society shows how tightening federal air-pollution standards would pay off in better health and longer lives.
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Too many decisions about the West get made in Washington, D.C. At least, that's what the Secretary of the Interior thinks. Ryan Zinke plans to move…
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Drought has basically divided the Mountain West into two separate regions this year. Storms kept Idaho, Montana and Wyoming wet over the winter, and the...
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EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said he’s putting new limits on which scientific studies can be factored into the nation’s environmental laws and...
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The U.S. Interior Department still doesn’t have a top lawyer, even though Interior Secretary Zinke put forward Ryan Nelson ’s name last summer. U.S Sen....
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Matthew Allen used to lead the communications team at the U.S. Bureau of Land Management 's Washington headquarters a couple of blocks from the White...
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A fierce debate is taking place across the country right now: What to do about immigrants who came here illegally as children. Up until recently, they...
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Tribes in Utah have proposed a new Bears Ears National Monument spanning nearly 2 million acres. But some locals and Utah political leaders are fighting the idea.