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  • Heard around the West

    Mark Wattles' 50,000-sq.-ft. Oregon mansion; bee power in Colorado; snail ranching in Oregon; repelling geese with grape spray; Sen. Craig defends Bobby Unser's wilderness trespassing; Valentine's Day "boudoir in the sky" in LA.

    by Betsy Marston, Feb 17, 1997

  • Pictures and politics`

    A review of "Stone Canyons of the Colorado Plateau" cites beautiful photographs by Jack Dykinga and intriguing text by Charles Bowden.

    by Jared Farmer, Mar 03, 1997

  • Heard around the West

    USFS computers vs. face-to-face communication; "Boyfriend in a Box"; Perfect Match dating service; Colo. elementary school students on love and marriage; "Ranger Barbie"; having a gun but not being rude in Tacoma, Wash.; wacky news in Denver's Westword.

    by Betsy Marston, Mar 03, 1997

  • Heard around the West

    Help wanted in Vail; snowboarders are different; "state snake" loses in Idaho; cattle outnumber humans in Mont.; in Utah horse accidents kill people; dog owners miffed; dog argues against political slander; interesting road signs; Helen Chenoweth on guns

    by Betsy Marston, Mar 31, 1997

  • Out of the grave

    A legendary Colorado journal, the "Mountain Gazette," is being resurrected in Breckenridge, Colo., after two decades of dormancy.

    by J T Thomas, Feb 12, 2001

  • Montana shock jock stokes the fires of fear

    In Kalispell, Mont., "shock jock" John Stokes owns radio station KGEZ and uses it as a platform for his virulent, far-right attacks on environmentalism and other issues.

    by Mark Matthews, Jun 18, 2001

  • Keeping an eye on The Planet

    Almost entirely student-run, Western Washington University's environmental magazine, "The Planet," uses local and regional stories to address national issues.

    by Laurel Jones, Sep 10, 2001

  • High Country News: Friend or foe?

    HCN's associate publisher tries to explain why the paper sometimes prints Writers on the Range columns that readers - and even staff - find wrong-headed or foolish.

    by Greg Hanscom, Oct 22, 2001

  • Freedom of the press is eroding before our eyes

    Independent, family-owned newspapers are disappearing down the gullets of huge corporations, and American democracy is directly threatened by the loss of a diversity of voices.

    by Stephen Lyons, Nov 11, 2002

  • Ed Marston to the West: Grow up!

    A profile of Ed Marston, the outgoing publisher of High Country News, describes his path from East Coast physics professor to a small-town Colorado environmentalist publisher unusually sympathetic to ranchers

    by Lisa Jones, Nov 25, 2002
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