Nevada Public Radio is a partner of the Mountain West News Bureau, a regional newsroom investigating the issues that define the Mountain West – from land and water use to urban growth to our unique culture and heritage.
The Mountain West News Bureau partners include Boise State Public Radio in Idaho, Wyoming Public Media, Nevada Public Radio, KUNR in Reno, Nevada, KUNC in Northern Colorado and KANW in New Mexico. Colorado Public Radio (CPR News) and KJZZ in Phoenix, Arizona, are associate partners. Many other stations across the region are affiliates of the Mountain West News Bureau.
The bureau also produces “Our Living Lands,” a weekly radio segment exploring how climate change affects Indigenous communities, in partnership with Koahnic Broadcast Corp. and Native Public Media.
The Mountain West News Bureau was formed in 2018 and joined NPR’s network of regional newsrooms in 2025. It receives funding from Eric and Wendy Schmidt and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Managing Editor: Michael de Yoanna
Bureau reporter for Nevada Public Radio: Yvette Fernandez
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Mountain West News BureauArizona, New Mexico, Idaho and Wyoming have no statewide wildfire building codes. Colorado adopted a code last year, with enforcement expected to begin this year. Most other Western states are somewhere in between. -
Mountain West News BureauMountain West Consortium Bets on Geothermal as the Region’s Next Big Power Source -
Mountain West News BureauAt night, temperatures are often cooler and the air is wetter, which gives wildland firefighters a long window to make up significant ground when trying to suppress blazes. But that pattern is breaking down, a trend driven by human-caused climate change, according to a new study. -
Mountain West News BureauThe annual ranking looks at several criteria including easy access to parks -
Mountain West News BureauGrowth has been strong over the last year despite a great deal of uncertainty last spring over the future of the ambitious effort. -
Mountain West News BureauVeterans, and research, say getting outdoors helps their physical and mental health. A new report aims to find ways to expand these opportunities. -
Mountain West News BureauOne of the studies found that over seven recent years, U.S. Forest Service projects helped communities avoid $2.8 billion in fire-related harm. -
Mountain West News BureauIt’s just one example of federal lawmakers and officials recrafting or eliminating regulations around nuclear power as they try to speed up its development. -
Mountain West News BureauThe world’s smallest rabbit is at the center of a new legal fight that conservation groups say could have broad implications for sagebrush ecosystems across the Mountain West. -
Mountain West News BureauDozens of independent, rural hospitals in Montana, Nevada and Wyoming are eligible for the program, where they could have access to a consistent supply of drugs at wholesale prices.
