Out West

Wildfires burned 80% fewer acres than last year in Arizona, thanks in part to increased rainfall in most areas of the state.

With an El Niño winter threatening heavy rain, the State Auditor warns that California’s aging dams “continue to pose a risk to public safety,” especially in the Bay Area, San Diego, and Los Angeles areas.

The Trump administration has blocked millions of dollars in federal funding for numerous projects in Nevada’s national parks.

Gov. Tina Kotek ordered the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to pause air and water pollution permits until July 1, 2027.

More than 80% of the wildfires that the Idaho Department of Lands has responded to this year have been caused by humans, Director Dustin Miller told an interim committee of Idaho legislators Tuesday.

Nevada lawmakers are aiming to introduce a bill that would help address the ongoing crisis surrounding missing and murdered Indigenous people in the state.

Not only has Gov. Gavin Newsom vocally opposed the proposed California billionaire tax, but he also wants to prevent the state from ever passing a wealth tax in the future.

Across the Pacific coast, reports of large whales tangled in buoys, gillnets and other fishing equipment are increasing.

Biologists have discovered a live adult zebra mussel below the Westwater Recreation Area in the Utah side of the Colorado River, raising the risk of the invasive species spreading in the state.

Catherine Cullinane hung with the Stonemasters, pioneered diabetes education