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Governors of Western states have signed letters supporting a pair of bills that would compensate more people who were exposed to radiation from nuclear...
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Wild animals are protected within dozens of wildlife refuges across the Mountain West. But some of those areas are contaminated, because they used to be...
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Wildfires are a common part of life in our region. According to new research, they can also give scientists valuable information about the climate...
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It's been more than thirty years since Yucca Mountain in Nevada was picked as the nation's nuclear waste site, and the state has been fighting the...
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Snow is falling over a long service road surrounded by prairie. A few small pump jacks eventually give way to an unassuming metal gate. It opens up to…
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Coal-fired power plants are closing down in unprecedented numbers, many of which are Wyoming coal customers. In June, President Trump took a step to…
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It’s an international agreement but Trump's decision to leave the nuclear deal with Iran could be felt in our region for good and for bad.
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Researchers at Idaho State University said they’ve lost a small amount of weapons-grade plutonium. Federal officials aren’t pleased.
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U.S. Air Force Major General Don Alston was in charge of the nation’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Force at F.E. Warren Air Force base and is…
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A bill that would allow for the building of a nuclear waste storage facility in Wyoming received an initial go ahead in the State Senate, despite concerns…