PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota regulators have approved a permit for a mining company to explore for gold at a site overlooking Spearfish Canyon in the Black Hills. The exploration permit does not … more

DENVER — Environmentalists say newly proposed state-sponsored studies of emissions tied to oil and gas development announced Wednesday are too little, too late, and amount to using people as "lab … more

PROVO, Utah — Mikaela Merrill was in the middle of her fall semester at Brigham Young University when she abruptly altered her college plans and signed up for a Mormon mission. Now, she's … more

WASHINGTON — Limited data and unreliable estimates on air pollution from oil and natural gas production is hindering the Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to police the drilling … more

MILES CITY — Miles City has a pigeon problem, and they’re bringing out the big guns and the birth control. The Miles City Star reports the city council recently voted to give police in the … more

BERNALILLO, N.M. — Along the irrigation canal that cuts through this centuries-old New Mexico town, a small group of churchgoers gathers to recite the rosary before tossing rose petals into the … more

LOGAN, Utah — Instructors at Utah State University's School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education unveiled a new flight simulator earlier this month for students obtaining jet training … more

BLUFF, Utah — Situated beneath towering twin sandstone pillars that are symbolic of the Hero Twins of the Navajo, the Twin Rocks Trading Post, where the specialty of the house is fine Navajo … more

PHOENIX — Law enforcement in a town dominated by one of the nation’s largest polygamous sects has been preventing women from leaving, leading to a criminal probe of the church run by its jailed … more

RAPID CITY — Rapid City police say a man is in critical condition after an officer shot him outside the public library when he tried to attack them with a butcher knife. Police say they … more