
Rae Ellen Bichell
Mountain West ReporterRae Ellen Bichell was a reporter for KUNC and the Mountain West ڱ Bureau from 2018 to 2020.
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Testing is considered a major requirement on the path back to normal, and as the president has made clear, it's largely up to the states to find the way.…
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There was the hiker who broke his leg, then refused to put on a mask before the alpine rescue team helped him down the mountain. There were the…
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As the nation continues to lag behind on testing for the new coronavirus, Utah and New Mexico rank among the states that have administered the most tests…
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San Miguel County, Colorado, is one of few places in the world where testing has been offered to an entire community. As the Mountain West ڱ Bureau has…
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State officials from around the country, including four in the Mountain West, have signed a letter to the Food and Drug Administration asking the agency…
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Amid nationwide testing shortages and backlogs, one county in our region is offering COVID-19 tests to everyone. A local couple is bankrolling the effort.…
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“The snow’s going sideways, it’s swirling,” said Billy Barr, from the abandoned silver mine he lives in almost 10,000 feet up in the Rocky Mountains.We’re…
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San Miguel County in Colorado announced this week it plans to test everyone in the county for COVID-19. And they’ll be using a blood test rather than the…
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Sometime around Valentine's Day, a box arrived at a lab on the western edge of Fort Collins, Colorado. It contained vials full of coronavirus and it was…
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As the graph below shows, the number of COVID-19 cases reported by public health agencies in the Mountain West is climbing. But what do those numbers…