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  • Thomas McGuane’s lonely freaks

    The powerful short stories in Thomas McGuane’s Gallatin Canyon prove him to be the New West’s answer to Flannery O’Connor.

    by Annie Dawid, Apr 02, 2007

  • Zine Roundup: Gone fishing

    A 38-year-old female deckhand who calls herself Moe Bowstern created the zine called Xtra Tuf to explore the turbulent culture of the fishing industry

    by Rebecca Clarren, Oct 02, 2006

  • A brief, interpretive look at the Indian Wars

    Michael Blake’s new nonfiction book, Indian Yell, fails to live up to its ambitious subtitle, “The Heart of an American Insurgency,” with its quick tour of 12 battles between the U.S. Cavalry and American Indians.

    by Jared Blackley, Apr 30, 2007
  • The Natural West

    The Natural West

    Readers offer up their images of The Natural West in this first in a series of contests that help kick off High Country News' 40th anniversary celebration.

    by Cindy Wehling, Apr 02, 2010

  • Revenge of the old-timers: The beavers are back

    The sight of a beaver swimming past a barbecue leads to speculation on the role the animal played in the settling of the West, and the current conflicted views New Westerners have about living with wildlife

    by Bill Croke, Jun 21, 2004

  • Heard around the West

    DS? cows are getting smarter about breaking out of the ranch; Bison in Yellowstone were felled by toxic gases; Coloradans have had an early spring thaw which in Crested Butte has revealed copious dog poop; Yale prof tells a capacity crowd at Univer

    by Betsy Marston, Apr 12, 2004

  • In search of political dialogue

    Our theory that newcomers would, over time, change the political landscape to one more progressive in outlook, needs revision

    by Paul Larmer, Apr 12, 2004

  • The One-Party West

    With the Interior West almost exclusively Republican territory, "Democrats for the West," a coalition of leaders, have issued a challenge to fellow Democrats to create sustainable Democratic majorities

    by Daniel Kemmis, Apr 12, 2004

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