Study: Drought-breaking rains more erratic, rare in US West
BILLINGS, Mont. — Rainstorms grew more erratic and droughts much longer across most of the U.S. West over the past half-century as climate change...
Big effort aims to elect candidates with science backgrounds
RALEIGH, N.C. — An advocacy group plans to spend millions next year to elect more doctors, scientists and other professionals to office, arguing the...
Frontier Airlines hopes IPO rides wave of travel recovery
Frontier Airlines is betting that the budding recovery in leisure travel is for real.
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Colorado is latest to weigh ban on Native American mascots
DENVER — Colorado lawmakers are considering a proposal that would ban Native American mascots in public schools and colleges amid a nationwide push for...
Man gets 30 years in Oregon in shooting of an ex-fire chief
ROSEBURG, Ore. — A man accused of crimes spanning four states that culminated with an attempted murder in Oregon has been sentenced to 30...
Man sentenced for treasure cemetery dig in Yellowstone
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A judge in Wyoming has sentenced a man to six months in prison for digging in a Yellowstone National Park cemetery...
US judge blocks Nevada grazing; sage grouse totals dwindling
RENO, Nev. — A federal judge has blocked a Nevada project that would expand livestock grazing across 400 squares miles (1,036 square kilometers), of...
A look at President Biden’s first 11 judicial nominees
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has announced his first slate of judicial nominees. The list released by the White House early Tuesday includes Black,...
GOP lawmakers take aim at Arizona renewable energy standards
PHOENIX — As states across the U.S. West beef up their renewable energy requirements, a push to do so in Arizona has been met...
Family: Colorado boy in hospital after ‘blackout challenge’
DENVER — A 12-year-old boy from suburban Denver is in critical condition after his family believes he tried a TikTok challenge that dares people...