Madelyn Beck
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Laramie, WY, United States
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Health insurance proposal seeks to broaden legislative participation
Management Council moves to provide session-specific health benefit for lawmakers. → Read More
A breakdown of the big bucks visitors spend at national parks
National Park Service locations report how many people visit, how much tourists spend and how many jobs that creates every year. In 2021, those visitors spent more than $20 billion. → Read More
Some backcountry rescue groups see increase in calls
More and more people headed into the backcountry this year – and many rescue groups have seen an increase in calls. That puts pressure on volunteers who help respond to emergencies. → Read More
Maligned fruitcake has at least one big fan in the Mountain West
The holiday fruitcake has been the butt of jokes for decades. But one professor in the Mountain West wants to clear its name. → Read More
A boon for local meat processors is a hurdle for hunters
The pandemic slowed food supply lines across the country as workers at major meat processing plants got sick. That meant more ranchers were turning to local butchers for processing, and consumers were turning to them for meat. But more business at local meat shops means less room to process wild game for hunters. → Read More
Biden Visits Western States To Talk Fire, Infrastructure
President Joe Biden flew into Idaho today as the first of several stops around the West to talk wildfires, climate change and his infrastructure plan. In Boise, he visited the National Interagency Fire Center, a hub for agencies managing wildfires. He heard about the need for resources to fight and prepare for fires, and talked about bipartisan support for wildland firefighters. He’ll also be… → Read More
Biden Administration Starts Process To Re-Open Oil And Gas Leases On Federal Land
The Biden Administration is starting the process of re-opening federal lands to oil and gas leasing. That comes after a federal judge ruled Biden’s across-the-board moratorium on the leases was an executive overreach. → Read More
'Everything Is Converging': All Signs Point To An Extreme Fire Season
All signs are pointing to an extreme fire season across the region this year. That is, we’re seeing warm conditions, low soil moisture, low stream flows and low snowpacks. → Read More
Why We Can Be Left Numb By The Climbing COVID-19 Death Toll
The U.S. hit a horrific milestone this week: More than 3,000 COVID-19 fatalities in just one day. But rising deaths do not necessarily translate into → Read More
Worsening Healthcare Crisis Forces Hospitals To Look Across State Borders
The Mountain West is facing a hospitalization crisis, and even states that cracked down early are feeling the effects of those that didn't. In Washington → Read More
Protesters Convene On Boise Capitol
Hundreds showed up to the capitol building in Boise on Sunday afternoon to protest George Floyd’s death. → Read More
Idahoans Can Now Request Absentee Ballots Through Tuesday
The deadline to request absentee ballots was extended until Tuesday, May 26 after Idaho Congressional candidate Nicholas Jones won a federal court case → Read More
Record Viewership As NFL Teams Draft 14 Mountain West Players
More than a dozen football players from universities around the Mountain West are headed to the NFL. They were drafted over the weekend as a record number → Read More
Paleontologists Identify Feathered Dinosaur Unearthed In New Mexico
Imagine something like a velociraptor, but faster and stronger, and with feathers. → Read More
Tech Startups Are Coming To The Mountain West, But How Can We Grow Them?
Tech startups have been migrating into cities all around the Mountain West, from Denver to Salt Lake to Boise. → Read More
U.S. Sees Most Available Oil And Natural Gas In History
Recent data shows that the U.S. had more minable oil and natural gas reserves than ever before. → Read More
A Look At Rich Basque Cuisine For The Holidays
Epi’s is a Basque restaurant in Meridian Idaho, just west of Boise. In mid-morning, things are still pretty quiet, but owner Eric McFarland and a few → Read More
Sweeping Study Finds Alarming Loss Of Birds In The Mountain West
A study published this week in the journal Science found that the bird population in the U.S. and Canada has fallen by nearly 30%, or 3 billion birds, over → Read More
FDA To CBD Retailers: Don’t Make Unfounded Health Claims
Federal agencies are scrambling to establish regulations for hemp and hemp products as farmers in the Midwest and around the country start growing the crop → Read More
Farming Is Headed Toward A Gene-Editing Revolution, And Hoping The Public Comes Along, Too
Sci-fi writers have long warned about the dangers of modifying organisms. They come in forms ranging from accidentally creating a plague of killer locusts → Read More