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Colorado’s ambulance services are stretched dangerously thin — which spells trouble for residents and overworked EMTs and paramedics. KUNC statehouse reporter Lucas Brady Woods sat down with In The NoCo's Robyn Vincent to explain why they are on the brink of collapse.

Lawmakers in Colorado and 10 other states have introduced bills that would force farming equipment manufacturers to provide the tools, software, parts and manuals needed for farmers to do their own repairs.

Many small-town care facilities that remain open are limiting admissions, citing a lack of staff, while a wave of others shutter.

Many health professionals in rural areas don’t know how to provide gender-affirming care, leaving transgender patients with few options.

Transportation officials in Colorado and Wyoming are collaborating on a mass transit feasibility study as they consider adding a new bus route between Cheyenne, Wyo., and the northern Front Range in Colorado.

The Biden administration announced last week that it's giving $502 million in loans and grants to rural communities and telecommunications companies to expand high-speed internet access. The list of grantees includes projects in Colorado, Montana and Wyoming.

All Aboard Northwest is advocating for the return of passenger rail service to states in the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, and Midwest that are under or unserved by Amtrak or other passenger rail operators. Many Wyoming communities have not had passenger service for over 50 years.

The affordable housing crisis is usually understood as a problem in the Mountain West’s cities and resort towns. But it’s also happening in rural areas with booming economies.

In Idaho, Utah and Wyoming, less than 8% of qualifying households had taken advantage of a federal broadband subsidy. But an expansion in eligibility may mean an uptick in uptake.

Smaller county populations are shrinking as bigger counties’ are growing. 2020 census data show that is as true in Colorado as it is nationally. Rural birth rates are dropping, death rates are rising and young people are moving away. Some leave behind multi-generational farming legacies and the land that comes with it. Others are coming back.