In the Navajo Nation, some families are dealing with the challenges of living without electricity. Now, a mutual aid program is connecting some of them to the grid for the first time. But it’s an effort that relies on volunteer workers and funding … and getting enough of each is a challenge, as Mountain West News Bureau’s Kaleb Roedel reports in the second installment of this two-part story.

Our Living Lands is a five-minute, weekly segment focused on climate change’s impact on Indigenous communities across the country. The program highlights the wide-ranging impact of climate change – and shares potential solutions for addressing these problems.

Our Living Lands is a collaboration of the Mountain West News Bureau, Koahnic Broadcast Corporation, and Native Public Media.

Nationwide, nearly 17,000 homes on tribal lands don’t have electricity. A majority of them are spread across the Navajo Nation, where climate change is making it harder for families to keep cool. In the first installment of this two-part story, the Mountain West News Bureau’s Kaleb Roedel visited the reservation to learn how Navajo families are coping without power.

Our Living Lands is a five-minute, weekly segment focused on climate change’s impact on Indigenous communities across the country. The program highlights the wide-ranging impact of climate change – and shares potential solutions for addressing these problems.

Our Living Lands is a collaboration of the Mountain West News Bureau, Koahnic Broadcast Corporation, and Native Public Media.

We have the results of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) crowned Wrangler NFR Champions earning $86,391.00 for being the best out of 10, round winners earning $33,687.00 in each event and the World Champions. We also have interviews with: All Around World Champion Shad Mayfield of New Mexico and Bull Riding World Champion Josh Frost of Utah.

This coverage of the 66th Annual Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, (WNFR) in Las Vegas, Nevada, is Supported by Wrangler Jeans & Shirts, the 4 Bears Casino & Lodge in New Town, North Dakota, and by Nelson Heart, supporting the western  way of life. 

World With a Champ provides daily coverage of the National Finals Rodeo (WNFR), the sport’s richest and most prestigious rodeo, showcasing the world’s best contestants and stock. Native cowboys and cowgirls are in contingency for the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association 2024 World Titles. The 10-day championship event is held at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Native American and First Nation Canadian contestants are featured win, lose or draw in our daily reports, including interviews with ProRodeos favorite stars.

Long live Cowboys and cowgirls! Long live Indians!

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) produce an event that has sold out every performance since 1959 including being the hottest ticket in the city of lights 39 years at the Thomas & Mack Center that seats 17,015; obviously the action and competition does not disappoint.  We have results of the  Wrangler NFR round number 9 of 10, aggregate and world title leaders plus interviews with last night’s winners: Bareback Bronc Rider Jess Pope of Kansas and Team Ropers Cherokee Coleman Proctor with his partner Logan Medlin of New Mexico.

This coverage of the 66th Annual Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, (WNFR) in Las Vegas, Nevada, is Supported by Wrangler Jeans & Shirts, the 4 Bears Casino & Lodge in New Town, North Dakota, and by Nelson Heart, supporting the western  way of life. 

World With a Champ provides daily coverage of the National Finals Rodeo (WNFR), the sport’s richest and most prestigious rodeo, showcasing the world’s best contestants and stock. Native cowboys and cowgirls are in contingency for the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association 2024 World Titles. The 10-day championship event is held at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Native American and First Nation Canadian contestants are featured win, lose or draw in our daily reports, including interviews with ProRodeos favorite stars.

Long live Cowboys and cowgirls! Long live Indians!

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) has the most respectful fans in sports, as witnessed by all hats on hearts in the stands and even in the packed corridor where everyone stopped in their tracks for both National Anthems on Canadian night.  We have results of the  Wrangler NFR round number 8 of 10, aggregate and world title leaders plus interviews with last night’s winners, Texans Marty Yates, Tie Down Roper and Kassie Mowry, Ladies Barrel Racer.

This coverage of the 66th Annual Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, (WNFR) in Las Vegas, Nevada, is Supported by Wrangler Jeans & Shirts, the 4 Bears Casino & Lodge in New Town, North Dakota, and by Nelson Heart, supporting the western  way of life. 

World With a Champ provides daily coverage of the National Finals Rodeo (WNFR), the sport’s richest and most prestigious rodeo, showcasing the world’s best contestants and stock. Native cowboys and cowgirls are in contingency for the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association 2024 World Titles. The 10-day championship event is held at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Native American and First Nation Canadian contestants are featured win, lose or draw in our daily reports, including interviews with ProRodeos favorite stars.

Long live Cowboys and cowgirls! Long live Indians!

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) honored the Bill Linderman Award to the high money winner for the year that competes at both ends of the arena. Congratulations to bull rider, tie down roper, steer wrestler and single steer roper, Caleb McMillan of Washington.  We have results of WNFR round number 7 of 10, aggregate and world title leaders plus interviews with last night’s winners, Brody Cress, Saddle Bronc Rider of Wyoming and Coleman Proctor, Cherokee, a header in Team Roping.

This coverage of the 66th Annual Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, (WNFR) in Las Vegas, Nevada, is Supported by Wrangler Jeans & Shirts, the 4 Bears Casino & Lodge in New Town, North Dakota, and by Nelson Heart, supporting the western  way of life. 

World With a Champ provides daily coverage of the National Finals Rodeo (WNFR), the sport’s richest and most prestigious rodeo, showcasing the world’s best contestants and stock. Native cowboys and cowgirls are in contingency for the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association 2024 World Titles. The 10-day championship event is held at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Native American and First Nation Canadian contestants are featured win, lose or draw in our daily reports, including interviews with ProRodeos favorite stars.

Long live Cowboys and cowgirls! Long live Indians!

We have results of WNFR round number 6 of 10, aggregate and world title leaders plus interviews with last night’s winners, Bareback Bronc Rider of Texas, Rocker Steiner and Cherokee from Oklahoma Brenten Hall, Header Team Roping.The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) feature the best of 10 rounds of competition against the top 15 in the world in each of the 7 events.  The WNFR Champion or aggregate winner is duly rewarded with $86,391.00 for 1st, and pays down to 8th worth $8,150.00; it’s a definite factor in the exciting world title races.  

This coverage of the 66th Annual Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, (WNFR) in Las Vegas, Nevada, is Supported by Wrangler Jeans & Shirts, the 4 Bears Casino & Lodge in New Town, North Dakota, and by Nelson Heart, supporting the western  way of life. 

World With a Champ provides daily coverage of the National Finals Rodeo (WNFR), the sport’s richest and most prestigious rodeo, showcasing the world’s best contestants and stock. Native cowboys and cowgirls are in contingency for the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association 2024 World Titles. The 10-day championship event is held at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Native American and First Nation Canadian contestants are featured win, lose or draw in our daily reports, including interviews with ProRodeos favorite stars.

Long live Cowboys and cowgirls! Long live Indians!

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) are celebrating 20 years of Tough Enough to Wear Pink night in an attempt to raise breast cancer awareness and find a cure, ProRodeo is the charter sport to do so. We have results of round number 5 of 10, interviews with its winners, Tlingit Native Alaskan Jacob Lees, Bareback Bronc Rider and Texas Tie Down Roper, Joel Harris.

This coverage of the 66th Annual Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, (WNFR) in Las Vegas, Nevada, is Supported by Wrangler Jeans & Shirts, the 4 Bears Casino & Lodge in New Town, North Dakota, and by Nelson Heart, supporting the western  way of life. 

Long live Cowboys and cowgirls! Long live Indians!

In the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) and the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) a dollar is a point towards the world championships in the 7 standard events. Two considerations are in play, the year-long season to be in the top 15 of each event to qualify for the other consideration, the Wrangler NFR. Championships are won and lost considering the 10 rounds of competition with 12.5 million dollars at stake in prize money in the city of lights.  To beat the top 15 in your discipline of ProRodeo in a round at the WNFR is special.  NV1 Radio Network is pleased to share the results of Round 4 of 10 and interviews with its winners, Mandan Hidatsa, Arikira, JC Yeahquo of Manderee, North Dakota with Buddy Hawkins of Texas and Saddle Bronc Riding 2X World Champion Ryder Wright.

This coverage of the 66th Annual Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, (WNFR) in Las Vegas, Nevada, is Supported by Wrangler Jeans & Shirts, the 4 Bears Casino & Lodge in New Town, North Dakota, and by Nelson Heart, supporting the western  way of life.  I

Long live Cowboys and cowgirls! Long live Indians!

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) and the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) original National Finals Rodeo was in Dallas, Texas in 1959, it moved to Las Angeles, California for two years, back to Dallas for a couple of years and then found a home in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma until 1984. In 1985, a Cherokee man named Clem McSpadden, the General Manager of the NFR and a contingency of forward thinkers including Benny Binion of Binion’s Horseshoe Casino determined a new home for the NFR would be good in Las Vegas, Nevada.  We celebrate that move to the city of light 39 years ago with the results from Round 3 of 10, and interviews with winners, Steer Wrestler Will Lummas of Mississippi and Team Ropers Dustin Egusquiza from Florida and Levi Lord of South Dakota, USA.  
This coverage of the 66th Annual Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, (WNFR) in Las Vegas, Nevada, is Supported by Wrangler Jeans & Shirts, the 4 Bears Casino & Lodge in New Town, North Dakota, and by Nelson Heart, supporting the western  way of life. 

Long live Cowboys and cowgirls! Long live Indians!