Rachel Cohen
Mountain West News Bureau reporterRachel Cohen is the Mountain West News Bureau reporter for 糖心vlog传媒. She covers topics most important to the Western region. She spent five years at Boise State Public Radio, where she reported from Twin Falls and the Sun Valley area, and shared stories about the environment and public health.
As a National Science Health and Environment Reporting Fellow (SHERF), she studied the intersection of these topics and examined how climate change affects human health.
Her favorite part of working in public radio is getting to meet interesting people and talk about what matters to them. When not working, she enjoys hiking, skiing, checking out coffee shops and watching women鈥檚 soccer.
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Proponents say the land would be used for much-needed housing, but environmental groups say eligible areas could include those treasured by communities in the Mountain West. -
The new opinion states that presidents may remove or reduce protections for monuments that 鈥渘ever were or no longer are deserving鈥� of such status. -
The school in Brighton had no band program a few years ago. Now hundreds participate. -
A group raising awareness for hostages held in Gaza held its regular march in Colorado Sunday, exactly a week after an attack against its members. It coincided with the annual Boulder Jewish Festival.
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About 15,000 people gathered in downtown Boulder on Sunday to honor the victims of the attack and celebrate the city鈥檚 30th annual Boulder Jewish Festival, according to organizers. -
The Rocky Mountain region, which includes Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, accounted for about 43% of all U.S. ski visits. -
Landowners have primarily used the technology to control grazing patterns, but experts believe the system can also help minimize ranching鈥檚 environmental impact. -
An amendment introduced late in the evening includes over 10,000 acres in Utah and identifies nearly 450,000 acres in four Nevada counties for sale or exchange. -
Frustration among outfitters and guides over federal permitting is not new. Recreation-focused staff and budgets at national forests, in particular, have gone down as demand has gone up. This has been resulting in lengthy delays in responses to applications. -
Secretary Doug Burgum鈥檚 order grants that DOGE official oversight over the department's consolidation process, including control over funding, policy and personnel decisions.
