Kirk Siegler
Stories
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Law & Courts
Utah's controversial effort to gain control of U.S. public lands
In the upcoming Supreme Court term, Utah hopes the conservative justices will continue to overturn long-established legal precedents, including the federal government's control of U.S. public land.
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Law & Courts
The Great Salt Lake is drying up. Environmentalists want mandatory water cuts
In a Salt Lake City courtroom Tuesday, environmentalists suing Utah will accuse the state of not doing enough to prevent the Great Salt Lake from drying up.
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National
These Oregon ranchers say the losses from summer range fires will be huge
More than a million acres of rangeland have burned in Oregon this summer. At times the wildfires barely made headlines, but ranchers say the economic fallout will be huge.
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National
Oregon ranchers are facing the aftermath of this summer's wildfires
Nearly half of all land burned by wilfires in the U.S. this summer is in Oregon. These rangeland fires got few headlines, but they came at peak grazing time and are economically devastating.
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Politics
Montana has become the new home for the ultra-rich. How will they vote?
Democrats in booming Montana are trying to capitalize on resentment over the ultra-wealthy driving up costs as they try to re-elect Jon Tester to the Senate. But the strategy could backfire.
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Politics
Why 'the last Democrat standing' in Montana is skipping the DNC
Montana used to vote consistently purple, but now there's only one Democrat holding statewide office, three-term U.S. Senator Jon Tester. He's not exactly embracing his party this election cycle.
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Politics
The Democratic Party has new energy but it's not trickling down to a race in Montana
One of Republicans' best chances to pick up a U.S. Senate seat is in Montana, where the change at the top of the Democratic ticket is challenging for incumbent Jon Tester.
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Environment
Wildfire smoke has been settling in the American West
After two easy-breathing summers, dreaded wildfire smoke is settling in across California and the West. Public health officials warn these megafires aren't just emitting smoke from burning forests.
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Environment
As the Great Salt Lake dries up, it's also emitting millions of tons of CO2
A new study found that the drying Great Salt Lake in Utah is now a major source of the gas emissions that are causing the climate to warm.
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Environment
A cold front is bringing some relief to the Northwest — but also wind
The Northwest has been suffering record-setting heat. A cold front is supposed to move in, but with it comes high winds and dry thunderstorms in forests that have been cooked tinder dry.
