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Michael de Yoanna

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Managing Editor based a Mile High in Colorado. Editor of the Mountain West News Bureau, a collaboration of 14 NPR affiliates in ID, CO, WY, NM, UT, NV, MT, and AZ. The bureau is also home to "Our Living Lands," covering climate change on tribal lands.

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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
How the Pamunkey Indian Tribe is protecting its land from rising seas on the East Coast. From "Our Living Lands" and the Mountain West News Bureau - www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/...
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How the Pamunkey Indian Tribe is protecting its land from rising seas
Across the country, rising seas are threatening Indigenous lands. The Pamunkey are dealing with both sea level rise and stormwater flooding. Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding spoke with two r...
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Job Corps centers remain open, but their future is murky. From the Mountain West News Bureau's Hanna Merzbach - www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/education/20...
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Job Corps centers remain open, but the future is murky
A second federal judge ruled the vocational program can keep going, for now.
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
With the anticipation of additional days of hot temperatures, more than 100 health organizations are calling on state leaders to take more action on extreme heat. From the Mountain West News Bureau's Rachel Cohen - www.kunc.org/regional-new...
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Mountain West health groups ask states to act on extreme heat
The organizations delivered a letter to the National Governors Association, which meets this week in Colorado Springs, Colo.
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Study: Prescribed burning substantially reduces wildfire severity, smoke emissions. From the Mountain West News Bureau's @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social - www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/...
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Study: Prescribed burning substantially reduces wildfire severity, smoke emissions
Prescribed burns are widely recognized as an effective wildfire mitigation tool. Now, using satellite imagery, land management records and fire emissions data, a team of researchers has put hard numbe...
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Report: Mountain West states need policies to meet energy, water demands of data centers. From Kaleb Roedel - www.kunr.org/local-storie...
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Report: Mountain West states need policies to meet energy, water demands of data centers
A new report shows the Mountain West needs to prepare for data centers, which are expected to demand massive amounts of energy and water. Experts say communities should adopt policies that prevent ene...
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
How Montana is first in line in the Trump administration's plans to give states more control over national forests. From the Mountain West News Bureau's Hanna Merzbach - www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/natural-reso...
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The Trump administration is letting states have more control over national forests
Montana is home to the first agreement of its kind in the nation.
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
What's next in the feds plans to eliminate the Forest Service’s nine regional offices, including those in Missoula, Mont., Lakewood, Colo., Albuquerque, N.M. and Ogden, Utah? From the Mountain West News Bureau's Rachel Cohen - www.kunc.org/regional-new...
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USDA proposes closing Forest Service offices while moving more workers to the Mountain West
The plan, released last week by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, would eliminate the Forest Service’s nine regional offices over the next year, including offices in Montana, Colorado, New Mexico ...
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
How the Karuk Tribe is helping to reestablish cultural burning as "common practice," helping forest health. From the Mountain West News Bureau's @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social (w/ @boisestatepublicradio.org) - www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/...
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With reforms in place, California’s Karuk Tribe works to reestablish cultural burning as 'common practice'
For millennia, Indigenous peoples have intentionally set fires to care for the land. Colonization and fire exclusion largely put an end to those practices, though the tradition endured. Now, Californi...
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Colorado and New Mexico fall short of funding to maintain bridges and roads, report finds. From the Mountain West News Bureau's Kaleb Roedel - www.kunr.org/local-storie...
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Two Mountain West states fall short of funding to maintain bridges and roads, report finds
A new report shows many states won’t have enough money to keep major roads and bridges in good repair over the next decade. Some states in the Mountain West are not immune to the problem, while others...
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Bryan Kohberger, convicted of Idaho Four killings, will spend the rest of his life in prison. www.boisestatepublicradio.org/law-justice/...
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Bryan Kohberger, convicted of Idaho Four killings, will spend the rest of his life in prison
Bryan Kohberger, the man who admitted to killing four University of Idaho students in 2022, has been sentenced to four consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole. Along with the life ter...
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Many southwestern communities are looking at importing specific kinds of trees in the battle against extreme heat. What they learn could be a model for other communities in our region. From the Mountain West News Bureau's Yvette Fernandez in Las Vegas - knpr.org/2025-07-18/c...
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Communities are planting more trees to combat heat. But how do they work to cool the environment?
There's more going on in trees than what most of us may know. Experts explain the science of trees.
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
As wildfires rage, the feds raised the national preparedness level. If things get more intense, the military and other countries could be called upon. From the Mountain West News Bureau's @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social w/ @boisestatepublicradio.org - www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-gov...
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We’re at Preparedness Level (PL) 4 this fire season. But what does that mean?
The National Preparedness Level – or PL – system is a 1 to 5 scale that indicates how busy a season is. When determining the PL, officials consider fuel and weather conditions, current fire activity a...
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
The $1 billion in cuts to public broadcasting could hit small, rural newsrooms the hardest. From the Mountain West News Bureau - www.boisestatepublicradio.org/2025-07-21/1...
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The $1 billion in cuts to public broadcasting could hit small, rural newsrooms the hardest
Public radio and television stations in rural areas may soon be contending with big cuts. President Trump is expected to sign a so-called “rescissions” measure from Congress that will take back $1.1 b...
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Silver tsunami brings new challenges for end-of-life care. From Mountain West News Bureau reporter Jenny Kinsey in New Mexico - www.kanw.org/new-mexico-n...
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Silver Tsunami Brings New Challenges for End-of-Life Care
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Many southwestern communities in the Mountain West are looking at importing specific kinds of trees in the battle against extreme heat. What they learn could be a model for other communities in our region. From our reporter at KNPR in Las Vegas, Yvette Fernandez. knpr.org/2025-07-18/c...
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Communities are planting more trees to combat heat. But how do they work to cool the environment?
There's more going on in trees than what most of us may know. Experts explain the science of trees.
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Many National Weather Service offices in the Mountain West's flash flood zones are short-staffed. From the Mountain West News Bureau's Kaleb Roedel - www.kunr.org/local-storie...
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Many National Weather Service offices in the Mountain West's flash flood zones are short-staffed
In recent weeks, destructive and deadly flash floods have hit several parts of the country, including the Mountain West. A New York Times analysis found the National Weather Service has vacant senior ...
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Before it died, opposition to public land sale proposal flooded politicians' inboxes. From the Mountain West News Bureau's Rachel Cohen - www.kunc.org/regional-new...
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Opposition to public land sale proposal flooded politicians' inboxes
The bill would have required the Bureau of Land Management to sell up to 1.2 million acres within five miles of population centers in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, ...
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to weigh in on the ongoing battle over corner crossing in several states. That’s the act of stepping over private land to access parcels of public land. From the Mountain West News Bureau's Hanna Merzbach - www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/natural-reso...
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Landowner escalates corner crossing case to the U.S. Supreme Court
The Wyoming property owner is arguing it's trespassing to step over private land to access public land.
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
The Big Beautiful Bill codified a 25% increase in logging on federal lands. From the Mountain Wedst News Bureau's Hanna Merzbach - www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/natural-reso...
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The Big Beautiful Bill codified a 25% increase in logging on federal lands
But a lot of industry representatives aren’t happy with portions of the law.
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Homeowners insurance is taking a big bite out of household incomes in our region. A new analysis shows it could be getting worse. From the Mountain West News Bureau's @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social - www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/...
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Homeowners insurance is taking a big bite out of household incomes in the Mountain West. And a new analysis shows it could be getting worse.
Nationwide, the percentage of household income spent on homeowners insurance premiums nearly doubled between the early 2000s and 2022 – jumping from 1.2% to 2.1%. That’s according to recent analysis b...
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ could drive up household energy costs in the Mountain West, experts predict. From the Mountain West News Bureau's Kaleb Roedel - www.kunr.org/local-storie...
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‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ could drive up household energy costs in the Mountain West, experts predict
President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act” phases out tax credits for clean energy projects, slowing the addition of new power to the grid. Experts predict it could drive up energy costs, ...
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Should we suppress wildfires ‘as swiftly as possible?’ With 2025 season well underway, scholars weigh in. From the Mountain West News Bureau's @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social w/ @boisestatepublicradio.org - www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/...
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Should we suppress wildfires ‘as swiftly as possible?’ With 2025 season well underway, scholars weigh in
The Forest Service's new chief recently published a letter that called for wildfires to be suppressed "as swiftly as possible." That may sound prudent to many, but it raised eyebrows among some who st...
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Nederland, Colo., population 1,500, has signed a letter of intent to purchase Eldora Mountain Resort from its current owner, Utah-based POWDR. Story from the Mountain West News Bureau's Rachel Cohen - www.kunc.org/2025-07-07/n...
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Nederland announces 'bold' agreement to buy Eldora ski resort
Town leaders say the purchase will boost local economic development and will allow it to better support mountain ski employees.
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which provides compensation for people harmed by exposure to nuclear testing and mining, has been revived and expanded to cover additional states in the Mountain West region. From Yvette Fernandez: knpr.org/2025-07-09/r...
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Radiation Exposure Compensation Act is renewed
The program expired last year as a cost cutting measure. It was renewed through 2028.
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
The Mountain West is seeing the steepest fertility rate declines in the country. Housing prices are partly to blame. Story from Hanna Merzbach - www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/health/2025-...
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The Mountain West is seeing the steepest fertility rate declines in the country
This could be because of rising home prices and, in some places, the decline of the mining industry.
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
States are in our region are stepping up to provide a call line for LGBTQ+ youth in crisis. That’s because they’ll no longer have specific services through the national 988 Suicide and Crisis hotline. From the Mountain West News Bureau's Hanna Merzbach - www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/health/2025-...
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States to provide a safe place for LGBTQ+ youth to call during crisis
This comes amid Trump administration cuts to special services on the 988 hotline.
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
A recently launched Wildland Fire Therapy Service is now available to help federal workers who face the mental strains of battling wildfires. From the Mountain West News Bureau's @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social (w/ @boisestatepublicradio.org) - www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-gov...
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Fighting wildland fires can push workers to their mental limits; a new therapy service was designed to help
With 16-hour days for weeks straight, long separation from friends and family, and regular exposure to serious immediate and long-term risks, wildland fire pushes people to both their physical and men...
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Young Nez Perce firefighters step up as wildland crews shrink on tribal land - www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-gov...
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Young Nez Perce firefighters step up as wildland crews shrink
Farrell Hayes represents something that veteran firefighters say is harder to come by these days: a young person who wants to get involved in firefighting.
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing four University of Idaho students in 2022, agreeing to spend the rest of his life in prison to avoid a trial that could have landed him on death row. www.boisestatepublicradio.org/news/2025-07...
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Bryan Kohberger pleads guilty to murders of four University of Idaho students
Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing four University of Idaho students in 2022, agreeing to spend the rest of his life in prison in order to avoid a trial that could have landed him on ...
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
State borders may determine whether children born in the U.S. to some immigrants are citizens. From the Mountain West News Bureau's Hanna Merzbach - www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/politics-gov...
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State borders may determine whether children born in the U.S. to immigrants are citizens
Birthright citizenship laws could be different in each Mountain West state after the U.S. Supreme Court reduced judicial powers.
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Mountain destinations see travel ‘malaise’ heading into peak summer season. From the Mountain West News Bureau's Rachel Cohen - www.kunc.org/regional-new...
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Western mountain destinations see travel ‘malaise’ heading into peak summer season
The pace of booking for lodging in Western U.S. mountain destinations slowed for the sixth month in a row in May.
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, is said to have accepted a plea deal. More from Mountain West News Bureau partners, Boise State Public Radio - www.boisestatepublicradio.org/law-justice/...
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Bryan Kohberger accepts plea deal in murder case, sources say
Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, is said to have accepted a plea deal.
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
The Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation is in the midst of an ambitious project to restore their land and environment. From Our Living Lands, housed at the Mountain West News Bureau - www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/...
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Understanding Indigenous knowledge and land amid the climate crisis
Amid the climate crisis, some Indigenous nations are reclaiming and rejuvenating their land. Many of these projects are not just about reclaiming land and culture, but also about climate resilience.
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Though some politicians in states advocate a takeover of federal lands, their states may not have the resources to do it. From the Mountain West News Bureau's Hanna Merzbach - www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/open-spaces/...
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Proposed federal cuts could put state geological surveys on shaky ground in the Mountain West. From the Mountain West News Bureau's Kaleb Roedel - www.kunr.org/local-storie...
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Federal cuts could put state geological surveys on shaky ground in the Mountain West
The Trump administration’s proposed budget bill would cut funding to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) by nearly 40%, including grants to universities. That could affect funding relied on by survey of...
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Amid pushback, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) withdrew his proposal to sell hundreds of thousands of Bureau of Land Management lands for housing. More: www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/natural-reso...
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Federal land sale withdrawn from Senate’s version of the Big Beautiful Bill
Over the weekend, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) withdrew his proposal for the Bureau of Land Management to sell parcels for the highest value. This follows several rounds of revisions and narrowing down aime...
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Breaking news: Two dead in north Idaho shooting while firefighters responded to brush fire. From Boise State Public Radio - www.boisestatepublicradio.org/news/2025-06...
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Two dead in north Idaho shooting while firefighters responded to brush fire
Two people, likely firefighters, are dead after responding to a brush fire and were shot in an "ambush style" attack.
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
There's more oil and gas under several Mountain West states than was previously tracked. That's according to the first fed study on the issue since 1998. Story from Hanna Merzbach - www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/natural-reso...
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The feds just released a study on oil and gas on public land. It’s the first one since 1998.
The report comes as the Trump administration tries to “unleash” domestic energy supplies.
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Judge: U.S. Department of Labor can’t ‘do as it pleases’ with Job Corps. From the Mountain West News Bureau's Hanna Merzbach - www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/education/20...
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Judge: U.S. Department of Labor can’t ‘do as it pleases’ with Job Corps
The federal trade program for low-income young people got a reprieve.
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
How a Nevada tribe is bridging the healthcare gap with a mobile clinic that serves 2,000 patients. From the Mountain West News Bureau's Kaleb Roedel - www.kunr.org/local-storie...
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Nevada tribe is bridging the healthcare gap with a mobile clinic that serves 2,000 tribal patients
The rural healthcare shortage has hit some tribal nations especially hard. One tribe in Nevada has found a solution: a doctor’s office on wheels.
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Oil-and-gas drilling spills are dropping in some of the Mountain West’s top fossil fuel states. From the Mountain West News Bureau's Kaleb Roedel - www.kunr.org/local-storie...
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Oil-and-gas drilling spills are dropping in some of the Mountain West’s top fossil fuel states
A new report shows the rate of spills from oil-and-gas drilling is dropping in some of the Mountain West’s top fossil fuel-producing states. But conservation groups warn these spills are still signifi...
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Indigenous researchers say horse migration could offer modern climate insights. From Our Living Lands, at the Mountain West News Bureau - www.boisestatepublicradio.org/environment/...
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Indigenous researchers say ancient horse migration could offer modern climate insights
Understanding ancient horse migration patterns could help us adapt to climate change. That's according to a new study from a team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers.
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Colorado, New Mexico governors push back on Republican proposals to sell public lands. From the Mountain West News Bureau's Jenny Kinsey, reporting from the Western Governors Association conference in Santa Fe. www.kanw.com/new-mexico-n...
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How governors are pushing back on Republicans public lands proposals
How governors are pushing back on Republicans public lands proposals
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
As Texas contends with more than 750 cases of the measles, much smaller outbreaks in Mountain West states appear to be subsiding. So says New Mexico’s top health official. From the Mountain West News Bureau's Jenny Kinsey - www.kanw.com/new-mexico-n...
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Measles outbreak slows pace in Mountain West states
Measles outbreak slows pace in Mountain West states
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Federal land sale push sparks wider debate on housing solutions. From the Mountain West News Bureau's Rachel Cohen - www.kunc.org/regional-new...
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Federal land sale push sparks wider debate on housing solutions
Some local officials in the Mountain West say federal land could be used in certain cases to ease the region's housing crisis. But they view a plan from Senate Republicans as going much farther than t...
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Students decide to quit federal Job Corps program amid uncertainty. From the Mountain West News Bureau's Hanna Mertzbach - www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/education/20...
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Students decide to quit federal Job Corps program amid uncertainty
This comes as the vocational and high school program for youth with low incomes is caught in the crosshairs of a legal battle.
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Trump executive order calls for wildfire program 'consolidation,' strengthening mitigation. From the Mountain West News Bureau's @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social (w/ @boisestatepublicradio.org) - www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-gov...
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Trump executive order calls for wildfire program 'consolidation,' strengthening mitigation
President Trump has signed an executive order on wildfire policy, which seeks to speed responses to wildfires and address what it calls “reckless mismanagement.”
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Republicans in Congress are again pushing to sell off millions of acres of public land as part of the tax cut and spending bill. Here's what to know about the effort from the Mountain West News Bureau's Rachel Cohen - www.kunc.org/regional-new...
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What to know about the GOP plan to sell Western public land
Proponents say the land would be used for much-needed housing, but environmental groups say eligible areas could include those treasured by communities in the Mountain West.
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Trump executive order calls for wildfire program 'consolidation,' strengthening mitigation. From the Mountain West News Bureau's @murphywoodhouse.bsky.social (w/ @boisestatepublicradio.org )- www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-gov...
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Trump executive order calls for wildfire program 'consolidation,' strengthening mitigation
President Trump has signed an executive order on wildfire policy, which seeks to speed responses to wildfires and address what it calls “reckless mismanagement.”
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Michael de Yoanna @michaeldeyoanna.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
This Colorado middle school is bucking the national trend of dwindling arts programs. From the Mountain West News Bureau's Rachel Cohen- www.kjzz.org/education/20...
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This Colorado middle school is bucking the national trend of dwindling arts programs
The school in Brighton had no band program a few years ago. Now hundreds participate.
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