Out West

In the deserts outside Las Vegas, illegal dumping is spoiling the landscape, bringing disease and safety issues and hurting legitimate waste-management companies.

A temporary lull in the extreme and dry Santa Ana winds allowed firefighters to step up efforts to contain the flames.

A group of livestock producers asked the state wildlife agency for a pause on future wolf releases, after wolves from a 2023 began preying on livestock.

Kyle Dunphey (Utah News Dispatch) Despite the various steps lawmakers have taken in recent years to get more water to the Great Salt Lake, researchers say there’s no way to truly restore the lake without cutting back on the production of crops like alfalfa. T...

Multiple wildfires stoked by severe winds continue to blaze throughout Los Angeles County, killing at least two people and forcing the evacuation of more than 80,000 residents.

The appellate panel ruled that Oregon has a significant interest in ensuring that its residents know when their conversations are being recorded.

Conservation advocates and a federal wildlife agency are offering $20,000 for information on each of three recent wolf poaching incidents in Washington.

Three Oregon lawmakers want to stop utility companies from raising rates on customers while those companies are still resolving years-long lawsuits over wildfire culpability and costs.

Possibly descended from horses brought to California by Spanish colonists, the wild Coyote Canyon herd once lived in rural eastern San Diego County. Now, a small nonprofit is trying to rewild them before the unique animals disappear forever.

Trump’s 2018 tariffs are among the developments that undercut state’s apple market, devastating small farmers.