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Two Mountain West states fall short of funding to maintain bridges and roads, report finds

A new report shows many states won’t have enough money to keep major roads and bridges in good repair over the next decade.
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Mountain West health groups ask states to act on extreme heat

The organizations delivered a letter to the National Governors Association, which meets this week in Colorado Springs, Colo.

In the West Virginia mountains, a radio station is caught in the funding cut crossfire

Allegheny Mountain Radio, a network of three community stations, is not an NPR member station. But it will get caught in the crossfire of funding cuts.

Community radio stations are collateral damage as Congress cuts NPR funding

Congress voted to claw back federal funding to public media. Some of those hit hardest include community radio stations in ...
KNPR4d

Cuts to public media will smash budgets of some local radio stations

Congress voted to claw back federal funding to public media. Some of those hit hardest include community radio stations in ...
Utah Public Radio3d

Mountain West states look to plant trees that may battle extreme heat

As more and more tree donation organizations pop up in the Mountain West, experts explain trees' abilities to cool the ...
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Small rural stations like Appalachia’s community-focused ‘possum radio’ among the hardest-hit by public media cuts

Congress has clawed back $1.1 billion as part of an effort to end taxpayer funding of PBS and NPR. Among those impacted are Allegheny Mountain Radio and WMMT, which offer local news, eclectic ...
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Former Helenan takes over helm at Mountain West Bank

Veteran Montana banker Rick Hart has returned to Helena to take on the role of president of Mountain West Bank.