A small Montana town has thrived on federal jobs. Now come Trump’s cuts VIEW
In this pocket of red America, locals worry that the losses at Rocky Mountain Laboratories and the Bitterroot National Forest could have dire consequences.
In Denali’s shadow, little love for once again hailing Mount McKinley VIEW
What perplexes many here is why Trump chose to thrust a mountain thousands of miles from Washington into a culture war while disregarding Alaskans’ wishes,...
Child care gets little help in Idaho. A family-run center is buckling VIEW
Idaho remains one of a handful of states that spend no state dollars on child care.
For second time in eight years, a loss for a woman presidential candidate WATCH
For many women it was a defeat infused with bitterness and despair: A female candidate lost for the second time in eight years and just...
A 13-year-old gives birth. Idaho’s parental consent law snags her care VIEW
The state’s new law requires parental permission for nearly all health care a minor receives. A 13-year-old’s pregnancy gets caught up in the consequences
When ‘bear jams’ close the road, this park brigade comes to the rescue VIEW
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. - Sunset was nearing when the little black bear, just over a year old, ambled through narrow lodgepole pines toward...
Montana’s real estate bonanza turns political as property taxes soar VIEW
The downside of the pandemic-powered boom has gripped state legislatures across the West and is a hot campaign issue in Montana’s gubernatorial race.
Lily Gladstone made history. The Blackfeet Nation found a champion VIEW
Gladstone’s success this awards season — and her embrace of her heritage and language — is having a big impact on the Blackfeet reservation in...
A fading coal town hitches its hopes to Bill Gates’s clean-energy dream VIEW
A small nuclear reactor power plant slated to be built in Kemmerer, Wyoming has residents cautiously optimistic the project will boost the coal town's outlook.
Same-sex marriage remains banned — for now — in the Navajo Nation
Though same-sex marriage has been legal in all 50 states since a 2015 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, it remains prohibited on the largest Indian reservation...