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  • Secretly funded Montana sportsmen dive into political fray

    Secretly funded Montana sportsmen dive into political fray

    The group Montana Hunters and Anglers Action is wielding its cash to help pro-conservation candidates win elections.

    by Gabriel Furshong, May 28, 2012
  • Selling what's priceless is the nuttiest idea of all

    Selling what's priceless is the nuttiest idea of all

    Some Western legislators want to sell off our public lands -- an idea that is not only impractical, but contrary to the desires of most Westerners.

    by Jeff Welsch, May 09, 2012

  • Will the real Mr. Pombo please stand up?

    California Republican Rep. Richard Pombo made his mark blasting the Endangered Species Act, but now, he says, he’s learning to compromise on environmental issues

    by Matt Weiser, Jul 25, 2005
  • An Obama-Huntsman ticket would get my vote

    An Obama-Huntsman ticket would get my vote

    It might be a radical pairing, but if Huntsman ran as Obama's vice president, he'd get this writer's vote.

    by Ray Ring, Jan 19, 2012

  • The green Republican: back from the dead?

    Worried about falling poll numbers, some Republicans, led by Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, are resisting some of the Bush administration’s more far-reaching attacks on environmental protection

    by Jon Margolis, Sep 04, 2006

  • Why did Norton really leave Interior?

    If outgoing Interior Secretary Gale Norton didn’t receive a push out the door, she certainly deserved one after her involvement in the sleazy Jack Abramoff scandal

    by Jon Margolis, Aug 07, 2006

  • We’re in a land of Lincoln

    For better and for worse, the West of today was created by Abraham Lincoln and the early Republican Party.

    by Ed Quillen, Mar 03, 2008
  • Western elections wrap-up

    Western elections wrap-up

    High Country News examines the results of what everyone agrees was a "very weird election."

    by Jonathan Thompson , Nov 21, 2010

  • Duke City dustup

    The nation may be intrigued by the contest between incumbent Republican Rep. Heather Wilson and New Mexico Attorney General Patricia Madrid, but the New Mexicans who will actually vote in the election seem fairly disinterested.

    by Laura Paskus, Sep 18, 2006

  • Fractures on the right

    National pundits say the nation’s political parties are moving toward the extremes, but in the West, Republicans – unhappy with some far-right politicians – seem to be heading back to the middle.

    by Ray Ring, Sep 18, 2006
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