This summer, Wyoming lawmakers are taking a hard look at coal – the bread and butter of the state’s economy. They’re split on whether it needs saving, as some think it’ll win out on the free market with Trump as president.

The organization is trying to keep a critical piece of its teachers.

In recent years, there have been a number of fast-moving, destructive wildfires in which residents had little or no warning to evacuate. Federal officials have new recommendations for how communities should prepare for such disasters.

The glimmer of hope for the state transportation agency follows a deadly month for bears in northwest Wyoming.

A Republican representative from the Mountain West led an effort Wednesday to remove a controversial provision to sell 450,000 acres of federal land in Nevada and Utah from the House reconciliation bill.

27 trillion cubic feet of natural gas is nearly the same amount the U.S. consumes in a year. But extracting it is another story.

Court documents say the driver accelerated into a park employee, pushing the employee backwards. The employee jumped out of the Jeep’s path after he was hit and was uninjured.

Earlier this year, the Eastern Shoshone Tribe reclassified bison from being livestock to wildlife. On Thursday, Colorado’s governor signed the Protect Wild Bison bill, which creates a dual wildlife and livestock designation.

A new study shows climate change is melting glaciers and permafrost in the Mountain West. Researchers say this can trigger the production of toxic mercury in mountain wetlands, posing risks to water supplies and wildlife.

The Rocky Mountain region, which includes Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, accounted for about 43% of all U.S. ski visits.