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Last week, Our Living Lands highlighted the challenge of living without electricity. Now, hear from Navajo families who are getting power for the first time through a life-changing mutual aid program.

Nationwide, nearly 17,000 homes on tribal lands still need electricity hook-ups. A majority of them are spread across the Navajo Nation, where climate change is making it harder for families to keep cool. In recent years, however, a mutual aid program has been helping change lives.

As heatwaves and wildfires scorch parts of the West, a new survey shows most Americans have recent experiences with extreme weather. It also reveals they now support policy changes to address the risk. But the more forceful the policy, the less the support.

New federal climate forecasts show that summer temperatures could be hotter than ever across the United States, especially in the Mountain West region.

Rising temperatures across the Southwest are hurting farmers’ crops, and that’s escalating crop insurance costs for heat-related impacts, according to a new report by the Environmental Working Group, a nonpartisan research and advocacy group.

Here are the local news headlines for the morning of Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021.Nevada Division Of Insurance Releases Guidance To Help Wildfire Victims…

Here are your local news headlines for the morning of Thursday, July 29, 2021.Nevada, California Governors Call For Federal Assistance In Battling…

Here are your local news headlines for the morning of Wednesday, July 21, 2021.Carson City May Close Certain Rec Facilities Due To Wildfire SmokeBy KUNR…

Just weeks into the summer season, a heatwave is once again suffocating parts of the Mountain West including areas already grappling with historic drought conditions.