Hanna Merzbach

1 day ago | wyomingpublicmedia.org | Caitlin Tan |Hannah Habermann |Hanna Merzbach |Jordan Uplinger

Very few know about Wyoming’s biggest export and how it’s produced. And yet, there’s a mini-underground world below the desert of Green River. Wyoming Public Radio brings you an audio tour of trona mining. Wyoming healthcare stakeholders are expecting a double whammy if changes proposed by Congress to Medicaid and the healthcare Marketplace are enacted. They predict 20,000 Wyomingites could lose coverage.

1 week ago | wyomingpublicmedia.org | Hanna Merzbach

Snow has been melting at rapid rates throughout the region, including in the Rocky Mountains, and that could mean increased fire danger and water supply issues. Earlier this year, mountains in Northern Colorado had a lot of snow, even above average at some ski resorts. Then, in April, a spring heat wave hit, bringing high temperatures and clear skies. “We haven't seen that much snow melt before at a lot of these locations,” said Dan McEvoy, a researcher at the Western Regional Climate Center.

1 week ago | wyomingpublicmedia.org | Hanna Merzbach

NPR and three Colorado public radio stations filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and several departments of his administration on May 27. They’re challenging an executive order issued by the president that seeks to cease federal funding to NPR and PBS. Trump has accused the two national news organizations of failing to present a “fair,” “accurate” and “unbiased” portrayal of current events to taxpayers.

2 weeks ago | wyomingpublicmedia.org | Hanna Merzbach

Our region has an enormous untapped natural gas and oil source, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A new assessment says there’s about 27 trillion cubic feet of natural gas — close to what the U.S. consumes in a year — and 473 million barrels of oil under southwest Wyoming, northwest Colorado and a sliver of Utah. But all those resources may not actually be recoverable. They come from a prehistoric ocean now known as the Mowry Shale, which provides energy through silica-rich shells.

2 weeks ago | 891khol.org | Hanna Merzbach

About 60 square miles of previously inaccessible public land are now reachable in our region. That’s thanks to a new initiative called “Access Granted” from Wyoming-based company Infinite Outdoors. It’s partnering with private landowners to let people cross through their properties — for free — to access these public acres. “These are areas where you might be 25 miles away from the next closest access point if there is one,” said Sam Seeton, CEO and co-founder of Infinite Outdoors.