The Mountain West News Bureau has six managing partner stations – Boise State Public Radio, KANW in New Mexico, KUNC in Colorado, KUNR Public Radio in Nevada, Nevada Public Radio, and Wyoming Public Media. Colorado Public Radio in Denver and KJZZ in Phoenix are associate partners and nearly a dozen other stations are affiliate members.
The bureau also produces “Our Living Lands,” a weekly radio segment exploring how climate change affects Indigenous communities, in partnership with Koahnic Broadcast Corp. and Native Public Media.
The Mountain West News Bureau was formed in 2018 and joined NPR’s network of regional newsrooms in 2025. It receives funding from Eric and Wendy Schmidt and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Managing Editor: Michael de Yoanna
KUNR Mountain West News Bureau Reporter: Kaleb Roedel
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Indigenous health workers strive to combat opioid crisis in New Mexico -
A new report finds that rising temperatures are making droughts across the Mountain West and Southwest even worse — and longer-lasting. -
Students going to and coming from are especially vulnerable to accidents -
Every two and a half miles of barbed wire is responsible for killing one deer, elk or pronghorn a year, one study estimated. -
Increase in gas prices due to a fire at a CA refinery -
The National Park Service said most roads and trails are open, but most buildings are closed. Some are confused about what they’ll find when they arrive at any given park site. -
In recent months, concern about the health risks wildland firefighters face has been growing. Now a major conference exploring that issue has started in Colorado. -
When conditions allow for it to be done safely, research strongly suggests that land managers should let some fires burn to reduce the risk of catastrophic blazes. But making that decision can be complicated. A new study highlights ways to incentivize that often difficult call. -
On the Flathead Indian Reservation in Northwest Montana, picking apples means there’s less food to attract bears. -
Measles cases decline in recent weeks, doctors encourage prevention.
