Mountain West News Bureau

KDNK's Amy Hadden Marsh brings you local and regional news from the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond.

New research is showing that fall snowfall can be a good predictor of what the rest of the season will look like.

Artificial intelligence is being used to predict our interests. Now, researchers are using the tech to predict which species interact to better understand how extinction works.

This week, a Montana judge sided with more than a dozen young activists who sued the state for violating their right to a clean environment by allowing fossil fuel development. The landmark case could have a ripple effect across the Mountain West and beyond.

The latest study from the Bureau of Reclamation shows how a wet winter in 2023 helped boost Lake Powell and Colorado River water supplies. But experts say more cuts to demand for the water supply are needed.

Advocates are hopeful that a legislative fix will come in time to avoid those cuts, but for now thousands of federal firefighters are out on the line with the Sept. 30 deadline fast approaching.

Wyoming is talking about the greater sage-grouse again: a polarizing topic that has been in conversation amongst western states over the last couple of decades. The federal government wants to expand the bird’s protected range, and the state is skeptical about that plan. So, state officials and locals recently put their heads together about it to craft their own plan.

KDNK News Director Morgan Neely has Wednesday's updates from the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond, including childcare deserts persisting in rural Colorado—despite the new Universal Preschool program.

When wildfires burn, it seems like the flames go everywhere and it can be difficult to predict their path. Engineers from Colorado State University developed a model to help with those predictions.

Farm and ranch lands across the West face many threats – like inflation and outside development. But the federal government is working with agricultural producers to preserve open space and the benefits it provides.