The Mountain West News Bureau is a collaboration between KUER and NPR, with support from affiliate newsrooms across the region. Funding for the Mountain West News Bureau is provided in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Eric and Wendy Schmidt.
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Colorado's capital city has managed two conservation herds of bison in its mountain parks since 1914. Six years ago, it started donating them to tribes rather than auctioning extras off to ranchers. -
Cross-country ski areas are doing their best to adapt, but they lack the same tools available in the far bigger downhill skiing industry. -
Steve Pearce, a former Republican congressman from New Mexico, would next need to clear a vote in the full Senate in the coming weeks to be confirmed. -
Modern drones map farmland, inspect power lines and help fight wildfires. Nationwide, the drone industry now employs more than 100,000 people — and demand for trained pilots continues to grow. -
Steve Pearce, Trump's pick to lead the Bureau of Land Management, said he would not propose large-scale sales of public lands. -
Porsche Lane, the pygmy goat, became the focus of a lawsuit over constitutional rights when her owner was told she couldn't keep the goat at home. -
As the storied independent film festival prepares to leave its longtime Utah home, attendees and film industry insiders look back.
