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Blood donations have fallen to a four-year low as people face extreme heat, bad air quality and flooding

For the first time, the United States Forest Service authorized the use of N95 respirators for federal wildland firefighters.

The region hasn’t experienced the virus with the same severity as the Midwest, but is beginning to see cyclosporiasis in communities.

Idaho voters will get to decide whether to restore abortion rights in the state this November after a campaign gathered enough signatures for the Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act initiative to make it on the ballot.

Four Republicans and two Democrats also outline their views on public lands and their potential sale.

Firefighters will now be able to use N95 masks on the fireline – building on a more limited, voluntary rollout of masking that started last fall. There will also be expanded access to showers, time for routine gear cleaning and so-called “clean air recovery periods” that can limit other risks.

Low morale, staffing woes and health worries are among the top issues shared by hundreds of federal wildland firefighters who responded.

Lawmakers passed a bevy of bills to change and fund education, health and incentivize National Guard and wildland fire positions, among other things.

The organization conducted local conversations across nine western states, including Wyoming. It’s presented as a reflection of rural Americans and their feelings toward the country turning 250.

Respondents to a survey in Colorado expressed interest in trying cannabis as an alternative to pharmaceutical medications and because they had exhausted other interventions.