Yellowstone Proposing Earlier Opening Date And Later Closure Date For East Entrance

By • Oct 22, 2020
NPS / Jacob W. Frank

Yellowstone National Park is proposing new opening and closure dates for the East Entrance for the winter season. Currently, the Cody entrance to the national park opens in mid-December and closes in the beginning of March. 

Museum Minute: Portraying Yellowstone Migration In Art

By • Oct 22, 2020
Whitney Western Art Museum

The Whitney Western Art Museum commissioned a painting for the Invisible Boundaries Exhibition. The exhibition explored Yellowstone National Park’s animal migrations. 

James Prosek ended up painting what is now titled, “Yellowstone Composition No. 1” It is very big at 120 by 120 inches. 

Arch Looking For "Appropriate Buyer" As It Winds Down Wyoming Coal Operations

By • Oct 22, 2020
Front image on 1992 Final BLM Environmental Assessment for West Black Thunder Coal Lease Application
Bureau of Land Management

Arch Resources has announced its strategy to move away from the Powder River Basin in its third quarter earnings report. The second largest national coal producer announced it would be reducing Powder River Basin production by 50 percent in the next two to three years.

UW Study Finds Heat Training Helps Wildland Firefighters

By • Oct 22, 2020
Joseph C. Stone, Albuquerque Fire Department

A University of Wyoming study finds that exposing wildland firefighters to heat may help them avoid heat-related illnesses.

New Casper VA Clinic Opens

By • Oct 22, 2020
Cherish Thomson

A new health clinic for veterans in Casper has room to serve more veterans after moving to a new location. The community-based outpatient clinic is a part of the Sheridan VA Health Care System.

As COVID-19 Numbers Rise Officials Say They Are Ready

By • Oct 21, 2020
Screenshot of Wyoming PBS stream

Gov. Mark Gordon says the trend of COVID-19 cases in the state is going straight up.

Mountain West In Climate Crosshairs As 2020 Heats Up

By • Oct 21, 2020

Drought, wildfire and record-breaking heat are all part of the current climate landscape in the Mountain West. 

It’s a triple whammy that’s expected to continue into the coming months. 

Across The Great Divide: Polarized!

By • Oct 20, 2020
Luke Anderson

In this first episode, the word "divide" is front and center. Journalist Nate Hegyi meets rural Westerners worried that America is headed towards a second Civil War.

Processed Sewage Waste Can Help Soil Health, Avoid Landfills

By • Oct 20, 2020

Using the products of sewage treatment to fertilize soil may turn waste into a valuable resource.

Each Fire Burning More Land Than Usual This Year, Nationwide

By • Oct 20, 2020

Fires are raging across the West. So far this year, 46,416 fires have burned over 8 million acres across the U.S. That's actually less fires than usual for this far into the year, but more land burned.

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