Mountain West

Each winter, the sport of skijoring brings lots of money and visitors to small communities in our region. But this all depends on snow, and this year, it's been tricky.

A new study brings clarity to a long-running debate over whether mountains produce carbon dioxide or remove it from the atmosphere.

A new report shows that death rates for people under 40 are surging across the United States, including parts of the Mountain West.

The Biden administration is kicking off a barrage of visits to promote federal spending packages like the Inflation Reduction Act – and the rural Mountain West is a big part of the itinerary.

Last September, a woman found what is likely the first DNA-confirmed death cap mushroom in our region. The extremely toxic fungus is a concern for parents and pet owners, alike.

Rattlesnakes may not be as bad as many think.

People have always feared the unknown. And that fear transforms some animals into monsters in our minds — like sharks in the ocean, or rattlesnakes in the West.

The addition has more than quadrupled the size of the Marquez Wildlife Area and re-established tribal access to religious sites in the area.

When Julie Burkhart learned about the Supreme Court draft opinion that would end abortion protections, she let out an involuntary shriek from her airplane seat. “Because it felt like such a gut punch,” Burkhart said. “And then after that, getting into the opinion and reading that — it was chilling.”

May 25 was National Missing Children’s Day, and advocates are calling attention to the rising number of missing children around the country, including in parts of the Mountain West.