The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to roll back federal coal ash cleanup rules, raising concerns about groundwater contamination at dozens of coal plants and waste dumps across the Mountain West.

One or more bears attacked a pair of hikers near the Old Faithful geyser.

Southern Nevada hosts first Heat Summit with collaboration from Phoenix leaders

The funds are changing the game in ranching, conservation and land management.

A year after the Elk Fire raged through the east side of the Bighorns in 2024, a rainstorm kicked off debris flows that closed a highway.

The plant is expected to be running by 2031. The sodium-cooled fast reactor still faces hurdles like where it will get its uranium. For now, it will be from South Africa.

“Suppression is always going to be there,” Chief Brian Fennessy told the Mountain West News Bureau. “But we're not going to suppress our way out of this situation.”

Experts hope the data will help inform conservation strategies.

Proponents of a bill in Colorado say stronger roofs would mean less damage during storms, and lower home insurance costs.

"Fuel costs for gas-fired generation for the entire operational length of the project need to be clearly factored into the decision process," one co-author said.