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 Sky City Buffalo Ram Dancers are a group from the Acoma Pueblo. Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding attended a recent performance at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque. -
The Department of the Interior is giving at least 20 trails more signage and marketing. Many could be in the West. -
Scott Allison could have taken the shortest route from Las Vegas to Reno. Instead, he drove nearly 50 extra miles through California. The detour wasn't for the scenery. It was for the chargers. -
As the nation turns 250, a report takes a look at quality of life across the states. It shows that economics don’t always determine well-being. -
The new chapter will cover about 650 workers at 12 park sites or offices in New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, Montana and other states. -
As the iconic Route 66 turns 100 years old and the United States marks its 250th anniversary, a Pueblo-owned restaurant in New Mexico offers a different way to think about American history. -
This year’s already strong El Niño is strengthening, a trend with potentially significant implications for the intense – and now tragic – fire season. -
The U.S. is building more solar farms than ever. But as projects expand, they're also raising questions about where they belong. A new industry analysis suggests one of the biggest concerns — that solar is consuming too much prime farmland — may be overstated, especially in the American West. -
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. -
They include analyzing aggregated cell phone location data, public social media and visitor surveys.
