Mountain West News Bureau
The Mountain West News Bureau is a collaboration of public media stations that serve the Rocky Mountain States of Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. Our mission is to tell stories about the people, places and issues of the Rocky Mountain West.
From land and water management to growth in the expanding West to our unique culture and heritage, we’ll explore the issues that define us and the challenges we face.
Contributing stations include Boise State Public Radio, Wyoming Public Media, KUER in Salt Lake City, KUNR in Nevada, and KRCC and KUNC in Colorado.
Funding for the Mountain West News Bureau is provided in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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We’re a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, and while vaccines are finally making the rounds, there’s a lot we’ve been missing. Members of our Mountain West…
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2020 will be known as a devastating year. More than 300,000 people in America died due to complications from the novel coronavirus. But it was the single…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2021 Kate Concannon, Mountain West News Bureau Managing Editor: 425-765-4805 kateconcannon@boisestate.eduBOISE, IDAHO —…
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Reporter Nate Hegyi listened to a lot of people in the rural West during his nearly 800-mile bicycle ride along the continental divide. And he heard a few…
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There's a dominant culture in the rural Mountain West. Reporter Nate Hegyi explores who fits in ... and who doesn't.
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Growth and change are two constants in the American West. At least they have been for the past two centuries. Ever since White settlers and the U.S.…
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The Mountain West News Bureau is reporting on policing in our region. Data show that, as a whole, our region has a high per capita rate of law…
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In this first episode, the word "divide" is front and center. Journalist Nate Hegyi meets rural Westerners worried that America is headed towards a second…
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A new podcast about the ever-changing face of the Mountain West. In our first season we're looking at America's Great Divide. I'm reporter Nate Hegyi with…
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a new director. The Senate on Thursday confirmed Aurelia Skipwith, making her the first African American to lead...