Following the burnover deaths of three wildland firefighters near the Utah-Colorado border last weekend, a top federal fire official has strong words of warning ahead of Independence Day – the single biggest day for human-started fires.

It supported an $118 million bridge at Yellowstone National Park, employee housing at Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado, wastewater upgrades at Great Basin National Park in Nevada and hundreds of other projects.

Wildland firefighters face extreme conditions. For those who identify as LGBTQ, there are challenges beyond the fireline. This Pride Month, the Mountain West News Bureau reports on how that community is responding.

Three wildland firefighters were killed near the Colorado-Utah state line and two more were injured as crews continue to battle dozens of wildfires in the western U.S. and beyond.

It allows a lawsuit against the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante national monument designations to move forward.

The Cowboy State is in the early stages of launching a voluntary water conservation program, but it has no money to pay applicants yet.

For the first time on record, solar power generated more electricity than coal in the United States during a full calendar month — a milestone that underscores how quickly the nation's power system is changing.

Around 2,000 structures are at risk in several states in the Mountain West region as some 2,100 firefighters battle almost two-dozen wildfires across Utah, Nevada, and Idaho, fire officials say.

The land agencies are taking steps to protect establishing climbing routes and their “fixed anchors,” which have been a subject for debate in recent years. Public comment is open throughout the summer.

A new study is challenging one of the most persistent arguments against removing aging dams: that nearby communities will suffer economically if the structures come down.