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  • Changing of the editorial guard

    Changing of the editorial guard

    After Editor in Chief Jonathan Thompson leaves, High Country News will be led by Jodi Peterson, Ray Ring and Sarah Gilman; former intern Michael Moss wins a Pulitzer.

    by Paul Larmer and Jodi Peterson, May 09, 2010

  • Dear friends

    Editor John Mecklin to step down, Jonathan Thompson to step up; visitors; clarification on Rebecca Solnit interview.

    by Paul Larmer and Jodi Peterson, Nov 12, 2007

  • Men with boots

    The transformation of once-scrappy mining towns like Silverton, Colo., and Superior, Ariz., into trendy tourist havens is bound to leave the locals with mixed feelings and some nostalgia.

    by Jonathan Thompson, Feb 18, 2008
  • So long, Paonia

    So long, Paonia

    Jonathan Thompson, High Country News's former editor-in-chief, is moving to Germany with his family.

    by Jonathan Thompson, Jun 20, 2010

  • Dear friends

    Welcome, Lillian Jane Lawrence (Laura Paskus’ daughter); Jonathan Thompson new HCN editor; HCN intern program; William Kent of Moab dies; photo caption correction

    by Jodi Peterson, Feb 20, 2006

  • Heard around the West

    Avalanches galore in the San Juan Mountains; a monstrous monster home in Jackson; "inattention blindness" on the highway; nice millionaires join the Yellowstone Club; exotic career day advice in Albuquerque; dog survives eagle snatching

    by Betsy Marston, Feb 21, 2005

  • Of feral dogs, and feral Westerners

    Westerners like to romanticize our wide-open spaces and wild wolves, but in rural areas, our real mascot is the ubiquitous feral dog

    by Jonathan Thompson, May 28, 2007

  • Gunning with the in-laws

    Jonathan Thompson learns to love guns – and to fear them even more than he did before.

    by Jonathan Thompson, Sep 03, 2007

  • Dear friends

    Jonathan Thompson wins awards for Silverton paper; visitors; Luna Leopold dies; clarification; corrections

    by Jodi Peterson, Apr 03, 2006

  • Norton Departs

    Interior Secretary Gale Norton’s decision to resign prompts a look at Interior’s conservative counterrevolution during her tenure, along with its unintended consequences

    by Paul Larmer, Apr 03, 2006
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