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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Lawmakers are discussing the pilot program as western states remain at an impasse about the future of the Colorado River. -
The Mountain West News Bureau got a behind the scenes look at how these new technologies will impact travelers in the future -
Electric vehicles are becoming more common across the country. But in the Mountain West, long distances, rural roads and wide-open spaces can make switching to electric more challenging. -
The U.S. Department of Education started to send notices of collection, which may include wage garnishment, to borrowers whose student loans have gone unpaid for more than nine months and are in default status. Employers can withhold up to 15% of disposable income, without a court order, from employees whose student loans are in default. -
Lawyers with a libertarian legal group allege a Wyoming city violated her constitutional rights when denying an animal permit. -
The attorney general’s office said the court ‘made numerous mistakes’ when deciding two near-total abortion bans were unconstitutional. -
The National Park Service started free entry days in 2009. The selection and number of days have varied, but Martin Luther King Jr. Day has been on the list ever since 2011. -
New research highlights ways to make data center developers pay for adding demand to the power grid, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and be accountable to the public. -
The Department of the Interior (DOI) has formally announced the establishment of the U.S. Wildland Fire Service (USWFS), a development that came the same week that the U.S. Congress declined to fund it. -
The Interior Department’s secretarial order directs federal land managers to find places with unnecessary barriers to hunting and fishing and expand public access to outdoor recreation.
