The Mountain West News Bureau has six managing partner stations – Boise State Public Radio, KANW in New Mexico, KUNC in Colorado, KUNR Public Radio in Nevada, Nevada Public Radio, and Wyoming Public Media. Colorado Public Radio in Denver and KJZZ in Phoenix are associate partners and nearly a dozen other stations are affiliate members.
The bureau also produces “Our Living Lands,” a weekly radio segment exploring how climate change affects Indigenous communities, in partnership with Koahnic Broadcast Corp. and Native Public Media.
The Mountain West News Bureau was formed in 2018 and joined NPR’s network of regional newsrooms in 2025. It receives funding from Eric and Wendy Schmidt and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Managing Editor: Michael de Yoanna
Boise State Public Radio Mountain West News Bureau Reporter: Murphy Woodhouse
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The monthly National Interagency Fire Center outlooks are typically staid documents, providing just-the-facts analysis. But the latest is superlative-laden as it describes record-low snowpacks, record-early snow melt and record-high temperatures. -
Several new bridges and tunnels were built in the last few years to prevent wildlife-vehicle collisions. Now, state lawmakers are looking to build on the momentum — and qualify for remaining federal grant dollars. -
Disputes over water are becoming more common across the Mountain West as populations grow and supplies tighten. Now, a coalition of counties, ranchers and water advocates in Utah and Nevada is appealing federal approval of a groundwater pipeline project in southern Utah. -
New investigative reporting from The Lever traces the issue of price fixing and ski monopolies back to the 1970s. -
This as cloud seeding efforts increase -
Topics included how to transition off of coal and how to respond to the AI data center boom. -
Some lawmakers in our region are arguing abortion bans help keep a population young and growing. Others say they lead to more people leaving the state. -
In recent years, concerns among the workforce about health risks of all kinds have been getting louder. And mental health is no exception. -
New funding is aimed at helping fossil fuel-dependent communities in the Mountain West navigate a changing energy economy, with one project focused on the Four Corners region. -
The move is part of a “sweeping restructuring," which the agency said is intended to move leaders closer to the land they oversee. The plan has been met with concern.
