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Across the West, climate change is putting snow sports like skiing at risk. For Indigenous skiers, that adds to a long history of exclusion from the sport. Let My People Go Skiing is a new film highlighting those challenges and some of the possible solutions. The film follows Ellen Bradley, the film's director and a Ling铆t skier, to her homelands in Southeast Alaska, where she works with Alaska Native Youth.
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This comes as the vocational and high school program for youth with low incomes is caught in the crosshairs of a legal battle.
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Confusing messaging over immigration efforts
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President Trump has signed an executive order on wildfire policy, which seeks to speed responses to wildfires and address what the EO calls 鈥渞eckless mismanagement.鈥
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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.
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Inspectors at Lake Tahoe recently discovered a new aquatic invasive species on a boat before it launched, sparking regional concerns. Officials say the incident serves as a reminder that people across the Mountain West should be on alert.
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The village of Questa, 25 miles north of Taos, lost an important income source and jobs for locals when the 100-year-old mine closed three years ago. Then, drought, catastrophic wildfires, and winds causing power outages began to impact several communities in Northern New Mexico.
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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.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking feedback about permits when protected species and their habitats are involved.
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Text messages that appear to be official messages are actually a scam, say officials