1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (550+ words) (Missoula Current) A band of wild horses allegedly turned loose from a long-gone rodeo have adapted to the Sapphire Mountains and grassy bench below. But a portion of the free-roaming herd has taken to the rapidly growing Miller Creek area,…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (540+ words) (Utah News Dispatch) With a newly established Mountain West Geothermal Consortium, Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico are joining forces to tap what could be hundreds of gigawatts of always on, clean energy lying underground in the Mountain West region....

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (681+ words) PHOENIX (CN) " Arizona climate experts recommended Thursday that Governor Katie Hobbs renew a drought declaration in effect since 1999 as the state continues to reel from the hottest March on record. Though a strong'El Ni'o'is likely to form over the Pacific…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (497+ words) (Arizona Mirror) As the state faces the possibility of big cuts to its share of Colorado River water, a new poll shows that protecting the water supply is a top issue for likely Arizona voters across the political spectrum. A…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (515+ words) (Missoula Current) Snowpack used to be Montana's fluid money in the bank for summer. But, this year, Montana's water savings account is in bad shape, along with that of the rest of the West. As of the end of April,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (615+ words) A judge handed a huge win to developers Tuesday when he blocked an Arizona water rule that put a stop to new housing developments in some areas of the Valley. The'ruling prohibits'the Arizona Department of Water Resources from using its…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (290+ words) HELENA (KPAX) " An increasingly popular online prediction market has filed suit against Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, seeking to stop his office from enforcing state gambling laws against them. The company Kalshi has filed a case in federal court, arguing…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (579+ words) PHOENIX (CN) " The hottest March in Arizona history undid the progress made by an exceptionally wet fall season, leaving climate experts with little hope looking into the summer. Each of the Grand Canyon State's 15 counties recorded its highest March temperatures…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (487+ words) (CN) " A loss of potential mining revenue in 2032 is far too speculative an injury to justify a challenge to the designation of a national monument surrounding the Grand Canyon, a Ninth Circuit panel decided Wednesday. Potential mining claims could not…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (986+ words) William Houston was Missoula County's sheriff on two occasions, elected first in 1889 at age 36, and again in 1920 at age 67. He made a name for himself capturing outlaws, chasing train robbers and hanging murderers, including John Burns who shot and killed…...