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Wildland firefighters and their advocates pushed hard for permanent pay raises before Congress鈥� holiday recess. What firefighters got instead was yet another last-minute extension of temporary raises.

The National Park Service encourages people to avoid going to parks, monuments and historic sites it manages if they close because of a shutdown.

It seems that every day a new headline tells a story of theaters shutting down. But in some parts of the West, including Wyoming, they鈥檙e still thriving.

Fixed anchors, which climbers use to get down from rock faces, have been at the center of a year-long fight between climbers, conservationists and the federal government.

Douglas, Fraser, and Noble fir trees are usually the ones people cut for Christmas trees every year. But tree farms are growing smaller because of disease and pests that usually get killed off in colder weather.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now testing the nation鈥檚 milk supply for the bird flu virus known as H5N1. The virus has spread through dairy cattle in 16 states, including most of the Mountain West.

More precipitation is falling as rain, instead of snow 鈥� which impacts ski resorts, tourism and ecosystems.

鈥淒elivering for America鈥� is intended to cut costs and increase efficiency, as the postal service strives to break even amid a $9.5 billion dollar loss last year due in part to mail volume declines and inflation.

Researchers pored over roughly four dozen papers that assessed exposure to various carcinogens on the fireline. They identified 31 carcinogens 鈥� including asbestos, volatile organic compounds like benzene and crystalline silica.

Conservation groups are suing the federal government for failing to protect a national trail in the Mountain West that they say is under 鈥榚co-assault鈥� due to industrial development.