Nate Hegyi
Mountain West News Bureau Roving Reporter(Editor's note: Nate is no longer a member of our staff, but you can still enjoy their stories here.)
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As the movie Oppenheimer plays in theaters across the country, families affected by fallout from atomic testing in New Mexico are pushing Congress for compensation.
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Last year saw the most deaths and attempted suicides at federal Bureau of Indian Affairs jails since 2016. The Bureau promised reforms after NPR reporting found a pattern of misconduct in its jails.
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At least four inmates died and 46 others attempted suicide from July 2021 through June 2022, according to a new report. It is the most yearly deaths and attempted suicides recorded since 2016. -
The jails program has come under fire for numerous deaths. NPR and Mountain West found a previous review was managed by a retired official who oversaw the facilities when some of the deaths occurred. -
Tribal detention centers in this country are getting a lot of criticism lately due to the relatively high number of inmate deaths that happened over the… -
The one-year anniversary of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has come and gone. But anger among the far-right continues to simmer, especially in the… -
Last week water officials from Nevada and two other Colorado River states said they would reduce their draws from the ailing waterway.Now they need to… -
Editor's note: This segment originally aired Nov. 22, 2021.Staffing shortages in the Mountain West are hitting restaurants, hospitals and now… schools.… -
A growing number of hospitals in the Mountain West are facing an unprecedented surge of COVID-19 patients. Almost all of them are unvaccinated.“They're… -
For years, poor conditions in tribal jails have led to investigations and promises to improve. Yet in the last five years, nearly 20 people have died in…
