Ali Budner

As the U.S. Senate holds gun control hearings, Colorado legislators are pushing forward with their own plan to remove guns from people who are deemed unsafe to themselves or others.

The recent terrorist attacks on two mosques in New Zealand that killed 50 worshippers has had ripple effects across the globe, including here in Colorado Springs.   More than 250 people packed into a room […]

Students went on strike Friday, March 15, in more than 100 countries around the world and every state in the Mountain West region. They want action on climate change.

This week is “Sunshine Week.” It’s promoted every year by journalists and government watchdogs to highlight the importance of open government and transparency.

Haven Coleman perched on the steps of the Colorado state capitol in a puffy jacket and hat.

Several Democratic hopefuls for 2020 say they support legalizing marijuana at the federal level.

At least one state in our region is poised to join the movement to change how we vote for our president.

A bacterial infection that infects Canada geese called “new duck disease” has turned up in the Mountain West.

Several Mountain West states are considering legislation that would change sex education in their schools and they are all taking very different approaches.

National Parks and public lands in the West are having trouble with cactus poachers. But some park rangers are fighting back by micro-chipping their cacti.

A recent study backs up longstanding research that the oil boom in the Bakken region of Montana and North Dakota contributed to a significant increase in violence in the surrounding […]

Thursday is the one-year anniversary of the Parkland, Florida school shooting.

A recent report from NOAA’s National Centers for Environment Information shows there were 14 severe weather events across the country last year costing a total of $89.4 billion. Five of those affected the Mountain West region.

There’s currently another measles outbreak, this time in the Pacific Northwest. In the Mountain West, states are below the national average for measles vaccination, which could also put us at risk.

Last year the nation was shocked when a 9-year-old Colorado boy took his own life.

The National Park Service may have lost millions of dollars in revenue during the recent government shutdown, and recovering from this setback may take a while. According to the U.S.