Nate Hegyi
Nate is UM School of Journalism reporter. He reads the news on Montana Public Radio three nights a week.
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The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects oil, gas and coal production – and CO2 emissions – to rise in 2022. Extreme temperatures are partly to blame.
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Educators are exhausted these days. Schools in the Mountain West are dealing with extreme staff shortages that have been exacerbated by the pandemic.
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Last year, Congress passed two laws addressing the crisis of violence against Indigenous women. But a new report by the Government Accountability Office finds that federal agencies have failed to meet the laws' requirements.
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Once extirpated, there are now close to 200 wild Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to let the population grow beyond the current cap of 325.
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Even in non-pandemic years, Las Vegas has struggled to fill school jobs. COVID-19 has exacerbated the problem. Now, principals are filling in as substitute teachers and even cafeteria workers.
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The idea of selling public lands is sacrilegious in much of the West. In Southern Nevada, the affordable housing crisis may be an extenuating circumstance.
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Short-term rentals are great for tourists looking for alternative lodging options, but they're also contributing to housing shortages and sky-high real estate prices.
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Camping on public lands in the West has skyrocketed in recent years, according to a new analysis from the conservation nonprofit Center for Western Priorities. During 2020's peak season, 57% of all reservable campsites on federal lands in the West were occupied — an almost 18 percentage point increase compared to 2014. While the pandemic drove high turnouts last year, numbers were climbing even before that.
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Charles F. Sams III would be the 19th director of the National Park Service – and the first Native American to lead the agency.
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The West is facing a growing shortage of home care workers as the senior population booms and more people stay away from nursing homes as the pandemic drags on.