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Power Company Leads Questa, New Mexico to Microgrids

New Mexico and Colorado make list of finalists for prestigious world travel award

Recent federal laws have provided hundreds of millions of dollars in extra funding for the National Park Service. Yet some members of Congress say the agency isn’t moving fast enough on construction projects and improvements for visitors.

July was likely the warmest month worldwide in recorded history. In much of the Mountain West, heat waves made more extreme by human-caused climate change pushed average temperatures beyond typical levels.

Wildfire activity across the country is well below normal this year. But that’s expected to change in August in some states, including parts of the Mountain West.

Grassroots Wildland Firefighters gathered well over 13,000 signatures on a petition demanding action from Congress on the looming pay cliff for federal firefighters. There are several legislative fixes in play, but the Sept. 30 deadline is fast approaching and legislators are on recess until the middle of next month.