Rachel Cohen
Rachel Cohen joined Boise State Public Radio in 2019 as a Report for America corps member. She is the station's Twin Falls-based reporter, covering the Magic Valley and the Wood River Valley.
Rachel began her journalism career working at a local newspaper in Vermont. She interned on NPR's Science Desk in Washington, D.C., where she reported on food and health, and has most recently work at New Hampshire Public Radio as a producer for All Things Considered. In New Hampshire, Rachel also contributed to coverage of state politics and the early days of the 2020 presidential primary.
She is a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont, and enjoys spending her weekends in the mountains.
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There have been multiple federal efforts to sell public lands for housing, including by Utah lawmakers. Some housing and conservation groups argue these proposals need to ensure affordability. -
Wildfires and hailstorms are driving up home insurance costs in the Mountain West. Colorado's proposed solution? Give residents grants to protect their homes, which could mean fewer claims. -
Traffic deaths declined overall in 2025, but some Mountain West states had increases. The new plan would focus on boosting the role of law enforcement, as well as tracking impaired drivers. -
Ski areas on public lands have to be primarily focused on snow sports. But now, that focus won't be determined by revenue, which could help these businesses adapt to a changing climate. -
While the agency's headquarters is coming to Salt Lake City, it's consolidating research stations to a hub in Fort Collins, Colorado, closing facilities in Utah and other Mountain West states. -
The move is part of a "sweeping restructuring," which the agency said is intended to move leaders closer to the land they oversee. Others, however, expressed concern about changes. -
With the United State's 250th birthday this year, however, domestic travel is expected to increase — pushing advocates and politicians to ask Congress to renew a key fund for overdue parks repairs. -
Outdoor recreation remains a major economic player, but inflation, tariffs, and affordability concerns may have contributed to a slowing growth rate in 2024. -
Steve Pearce, a former Republican congressman from New Mexico, will next need to clear a vote in the full Senate in the coming weeks to be confirmed. -
Republican lawmakers are increasingly turning to the Congressional Review Act to overturn public lands management plans — but until now, it hadn't been used to target a national monument.
