- Originally published on April 1, 2020 1:44 pm You probably got a letter in the mail recently from the U.S. Census Bureau asking you to fill out its survey. And maybe you’re thinking, I don’t have time for this!
- Originally published on March 10, 2020 11:12 am Support for our series Private Prison: Locking Down The Facts came from The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit news organization that partners with journalists and newsrooms to support in-depth reporting and education around the globe. It’s a recent weekday afternoon and Evanston, Wyo.
- Wild mushroom foragers in the Mountain West may soon have a new and easy way to tell if their pickings are poisonous. Scientists at the U.S.
- A Utah Republican state lawmaker is pushing a resolution condemning its neighbor, Colorado, if voters there decide to pass a November ballot initiative to reintroduce gray wolves into the southern Rockies. Bill sponsor Rep.
- Originally published on January 26, 2020 8:22 pm On a frigid Tuesday evening, Brent Yatkeman is scrambling to save an avalanche victim buried in the snow somewhere on a ski hill near Park City, Utah. The victim is wearing an emergency beacon, and Yatkeman — wearing a headlamp — picks up a weak signal on
- Originally published on February 11, 2020 12:20 pm Southern Utah’s red rock desert is home to towering canyons and the clear, shallow Escalante River. It’s also home to many ancient petroglyphs. Jonathan Paklaian is trying to find one along the banks of the river.
- Originally published on February 7, 2020 4:25 pm Updated 2:24 p.m.
- Originally published on January 28, 2020 7:02 pm The Trump administration has spent the past month announcing sweeping changes that could benefit ranchers on public lands, including a proposal to overhaul grazing regulations for the first time in 25 years. The proposed revisions would, in part, make it easier for ranchers to graze cattle in
- Originally published on January 22, 2020 4:18 pm Note: KRCC is a member of the Mountain West News Bureau. In order to avoid a potential conflict of interest, this story was overseen by an outside editor.
- Originally published on January 22, 2020 4:20 pm Many ranchers are applauding President Donald Trump after he announced an overhaul of the nation’s bedrock environmental law on Thursday. The National Environmental Policy Act says federal agencies must take a hard look at environmental impacts before approving major projects, such as oil pipelines, coal mines, or
- Originally published on January 3, 2020 12:06 pm Since the 1960s, the National Park Service has partnered with nonprofit organizations to provide environmental education services to the public. But a recent audit from the U.S.
- Originally published on December 30, 2019 12:37 pm The holidays often mean Christmas hams, mulled wine and potato latkes. But in the Mountain West, our food occasionally comes from the forest and not the grocery store. Tom Healy is a hunter living in the small town of Wisdom, Montana.
- Originally published on December 23, 2019 7:08 pm After a long hiatus, a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s 2017 decision to rescind regulations on hydraulic fracturing on public lands is moving forward. The U.S.
- Originally published on December 12, 2019 10:52 pm Four women from the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in northeastern Utah have turned to the federal court system after they were banished by Ute tribal leadership last year. “It changed our lives,” Angelita Chegup said.
- Originally published on December 10, 2019 7:09 pm A group of retired top officials from the Bureau of Land Management is in Washington, D.C., this week criticizing the agency’s planned relocation out West. The BLM says the move is about bringing decision makers closer to the lands they manage.
- Originally published on December 2, 2019 5:18 pm Rock climbing is making its debut in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the U.S. national team is training in Salt Lake City. For the eight elite athletes who make up the team, the games will represent a high point in their career.
