The Mountain West News Bureau is a collaboration between public media stations in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming along with NPR. Wyoming Public Media is a founding member of the bureau, a regional newsroom investigating the issues that define the Mountain West – from land and water use to urban growth to our unique culture and heritage.
Bureau partners include Boise State Public Radio in Idaho, Wyoming Public Media, Nevada Public Radio, KUNR in Reno, Nevada, KUNC in Northern Colorado and KANW in New Mexico. Colorado Public Radio (CPR News) and KJZZ in Phoenix, Arizona, are associate partners. Many other stations across the region are affiliates in the bureau.
The bureau also produces “
Our Living Lands,” a weekly radio segment exploring how climate change affects Indigenous communities, in partnership with Koahnic Broadcast Corp. and Native Public Media.
The bureau was formed in 2018 and joined NPR’s network of regional newsrooms in 2025. It receives funding from Eric and Wendy Schmidt and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Managing Editor:
Michael de YoannaMurphy Woodhouse, Boise State Public Radio in Idaho
Hanna Merzbach, Wyoming Public Media
Yvette Fernandez, Nevada Public Radio
Kaleb Roedel, KUNR in Reno, Nevada
Rachel Cohen, KUNC in Northern Colorado
Jenny Kinsey, KANW in Albuquerque, New Mexico