Mountain West News Bureau

Power Company Leads Questa, New Mexico to Microgrids

The new opinion states that presidents may remove or reduce protections for monuments that “never were or no longer are deserving” of such status.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking feedback about permits when protected species and their habitats are involved.

Text messages that appear to be official messages are actually a scam, say officials

A new analysis shows that climate change is causing the number of extremely hot summer days to rise in most major U.S. cities. Some of the biggest increases are in the Mountain West.

The school in Brighton had no band program a few years ago. Now hundreds participate.

“Come back to work.” That’s the message from the U.S. Forest Service’s new chief, Tom Schultz, to recently-retired workers.

Scientists and Iñupiaq hunters have been counting bowhead whales passing by the northernmost American town, Utqiagvik, for the past two months. It is part of an effort to evaluate the health of the whale population up north – and support subsistence in the area.

It would be called the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, according to budget documents from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Interior. The agency would consolidate the wildland fire programs of the USDA and Interior within the latter.

A new report from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) found that geothermal energy in the Great Basin could supply 10% of the nation’s electricity demand. However, greater engineering efficiency is needed to take full advantage of the heat beneath our feet.