The memo instructed the organizations to cease spending federal grant dollars meant to help refugees integrate into U.S. communities in their first three months.

Large-scale solar farms in Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Colorado could be affected, and an Idaho wind project was put on hold. Many Western states have also made big investments and created new jobs in the clean energy sector.

Amid consideration of a federal plan to keep grizzly bears on the endangered species list, we take a step back and look at the facts.

The Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Crisis is an ongoing issue of national concern. Now, tribes are hoping new measures will get bipartisan support in Congress to help tribal law enforcement solve these cases.

An obscure federal agency recently released what it calls the “most comprehensive data on homeowners insurance in history.” And the picture it paints for the Mountain West is a concerning one.

Experts say it's not clear what the order requires of colleges and universities — but some schools are acting anyway.

Nearby smoke plumes can drop generation substantially, but smoke that blows in from distant blazes appears to have only a "modest" effect.

While California has a uniquely unstable insurance market, many of the issues there are increasingly being seen across the West. The state’s previous insurance commissioner says there are things other states can do to stave off more serious problems.

The ACLU recently acquired documents revealing that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is actively considering locations to expand its detention capacity. Some of those locations include private prisons in the Mountain West.

People who lived near nuclear test and waste sites across the Mountain West and were sickened from their exposure to radiation are hopeful lawmakers will revive a program to help them. It comes amid a day of remembrance for so-called “downwinders".