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The decision Wednesday about the Ashley National Forest follows a U.S. appeals court ruling in August that struck down a critical approval involving the Uinta Basin Railway. The proposed 88-mile railroad line would connect oil and gas producers in rural Utah to the broader rail network and larger markets.

New data shows respiratory illness is elevated or increasing across most of the United States, including the Mountain West region.

One person was killed in an avalanche at Lake Tahoe鈥檚 largest ski resort, Palisades Tahoe, on Jan. 10, 2024. National data shows, over the past decade, an average of 25 people died in avalanches each winter.

At Copper Mountain, ski patroller Bek Karjian is using games and exercises to train her three-month-old pup to rescue people trapped in avalanches 鈥� a skill humans have not proven very good at.

The program helps residents pay a portion of their winter home heating bills by making a one-time payment directly to the utility company on their behalf.

Valmont Station burned coal to produce electricity for Boulder from the mid 1920s until 2017. Five years later, the environmental impacts of coal ash linger, with few conservation watchdogs in sight. Boulder Reporting Lab founder and publisher Stacy Feldman joined us to talk about it.

Wildlife crossings could save a lot of money and many lives. The idea hasn't always been attractive to state governments, but with new data and federal money up for grabs, those projects are seeming much more enticing.

The number of Coloradans without health insurance hit an all-time low this year. The state uninsured rate dropped in 2023 to 4.6 percent. Reporter Michael Booth with The Colorado Sun joined KUNC host Nikole Robinson Carroll to discuss how some changes to federal policies are making the future of that figure unclear.

Larimer County residents struggling with serious mental health or addiction issues now have another option for care. A new acute care facility in Fort Collins will be available to residents regardless of their ability to pay.

The Bureau of Land Management recently announced it will no longer allow the use of 鈥渃yanide bombs鈥� on its lands. The M-44 devices are often used to protect livestock from animals like foxes or coyotes.