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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Secretary Doug Burgum's order grants DOGE official, Tyler Hassen, oversight over the department's consolidation process, including control over funding, policy and personnel decisions. -
Since 2018, Denver has given 140 bison to 10 tribes. This year, the city transferred 23 bison to tribes with the help of the InterTribal Buffalo Council. -
As many cities and rural communities across the Mountain West struggle with housing affordability, the Trump Administration suggests federal land as the solution. -
The concern comes after Tina Jackson, the species' recovery coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, was fired as part of the Trump Administration’s federal workforce cuts. -
Big conglomerates dominate ownership of America's ski resorts. When a Colorado ski hill went up for sale, a neighboring town launched a bid to buy it to preserve its relaxed culture and affordability.
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An Idaho sheriff plans to help the feds crack down on illegal immigration. But in Colorado, lawmakers are working to bolster laws prohibiting such collaboration. -
Unions at three Colorado mountains penned a letter to Vail Resorts CEO Kristen Lynch, objecting to the company using their colleagues to backfill striking workers in Utah. -
President Joe Biden has created more national monuments in a single term than any president since Jimmy Carter. He’s had a particular emphasis on protections called for by tribes. -
Utility companies have been sued to bankruptcy over downed power lines that caused deadly wildfires in Hawaii and California. A Colorado utility's power shutoff to prevent fire also caused problems.
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Most people in jail across the country are eligible to vote. But it’s not easy for many of those incarcerated people to cast their ballots. A Colorado effort is starting to turn that around.
