Rachel Cohen
Mountain West News Bureau reporterRachel Cohen is the Mountain West News Bureau reporter for KUNC. She covers topics most important to the Western region. She spent five years at Boise State Public Radio, where she reported from Twin Falls and the Sun Valley area, and shared stories about the environment and public health.
As a National Science Health and Environment Reporting Fellow (SHERF), she studied the intersection of these topics and examined how climate change affects human health.
Her favorite part of working in public radio is getting to meet interesting people and talk about what matters to them. When not working, she enjoys hiking, skiing, checking out coffee shops and watching women’s soccer.
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Some local officials in the Mountain West say federal land could be used in certain cases to ease the region's housing crisis. But they view a plan from Senate Republicans as going much farther than the solutions that have worked in their areas. -
Proponents say the land would be used for much-needed housing, but environmental groups say eligible areas could include those treasured by communities in the Mountain West. -
The new opinion states that presidents may remove or reduce protections for monuments that “never were or no longer are deserving” of such status. -
The school in Brighton had no band program a few years ago. Now hundreds participate. -
A group raising awareness for hostages held in Gaza held its regular march in Colorado Sunday, exactly a week after an attack against its members. It coincided with the annual Boulder Jewish Festival.
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About 15,000 people gathered in downtown Boulder on Sunday to honor the victims of the attack and celebrate the city’s 30th annual Boulder Jewish Festival, according to organizers. -
The Rocky Mountain region, which includes Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, accounted for about 43% of all U.S. ski visits. -
Landowners have primarily used the technology to control grazing patterns, but experts believe the system can also help minimize ranching’s environmental impact. -
An amendment introduced late in the evening includes over 10,000 acres in Utah and identifies nearly 450,000 acres in four Nevada counties for sale or exchange. -
Frustration among outfitters and guides over federal permitting is not new. Recreation-focused staff and budgets at national forests, in particular, have gone down as demand has gone up. This has been resulting in lengthy delays in responses to applications.
