Hanna Merzbach
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A dozen press freedom organizations signed onto a letter last week opposing the memo, which the Washington Post reported on in June. The department said its guidance has been mischaracterized. -
A new generation of small nuclear reactors is poised to come online in the next few years. Safety experts worry the Trump administration has chosen speed over safety. -
The Trump administration created a new report showing how much coal lies under public acres. It's part of a federal initiative to reinvigorate the declining industry. -
New Mexico is shielding residents from increases in Affordable Care Act monthly premiums. Meanwhile, enrollment numbers in Wyoming — and most other states — are taking a steep dip. -
As the nation turns 250, the State of the States report took a look at quality of life across the states. It showed that economics don't always determine well-being. -
The Department of the Interior is giving at least 20 trails more signage and marketing. Many could be in the West, including Utah's Bonneville Shoreline Trail. -
One reactor in Utah and two others in Idaho had already "gone critical," or managed to turn on a test reactor. The Trump administration wanted at least three by the country's 250th birthday. -
Utah, Arizona, and Colorado got C grades in a new maternal mental health report card. Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, and Wyoming got D's. -
Fixed anchors, which are often permanent bolts hand-drilled into rock walls, have been a subject of debate in recent years. Federal agencies are asking for public comment on their use. -
Coal from Utah, New Mexico, and Wyoming could go to revived coal plants and be exported through a new port in California.
