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The original idea behind a Larimer County gun safety program was to prevent youth homicides and accidents. But now, as kids spend more time at home and coronavirus stressors persist, the focus is expanding to include teen suicide prevention.

鈥淢ost suicide prevention PSAs stress a doom-and-gloom outlook and stress the tragedy of suicide. And from my point of view, [that] may do more harm than good.鈥�

In the rural Mountain West, where suicide rates are high and guns are everywhere, momentum behind one solution is growing: During a time of crisis, get the guns out of the house.

One suicide prevention advocate in rural Idaho says, 鈥淭hey're just left picking up the pieces and not knowing where to turn.鈥�

The Mountain West states have disproportionately high rates of deaths by suicide. Now, researchers are calling for guidelines on how to alert schools that their students may be at risk.

The risk of suicide in gun owners was about nine times higher than among non-gun owners, the study showed.

The new data also reinforces that those at risk are unlikely to substitute different methods if guns aren鈥檛 available.

In Montpelier, Idaho, the coronavirus pandemic hangs over several recent deaths.

Rural Coloradans may have better access to psychiatric care soon.The United Health Foundation awarded a $1.5 million grant to the Colorado Center for鈥�

In response to skyrocketing youth suicide rates, one rural Colorado county is now offering kids two free vouchers to see a counselor at a local mental...