High Country News

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
I say: Good riddance to bad billboards

Wyoming’s billboards are ugly, and probably outdated, too

by Bill Croke, Jun 13, 2005
War on The West: The sequel

Life is going get even harder for Interior Secretary Ken Salazar as modern-day Sagebrush Rebels try to re-ignite a “War on the West.”

by Paul Larmer, Jan 26, 2011
The trouble with guns

Maybe it's true that guns don't kill people, but people using guns can sure do damage.

by Diane Sylvain, Jan 18, 2011
Ronald Reagan: The accidental environmentalist

Former president's poor economic record had environmental benefits.

by Ed Quillen, Jan 09, 2011
Stay in the Hunt

Jim Posewitz believes hunters can help save the planet with their clear-sighted, on-the-ground conservation ethic.

by Nathaniel Hoffman, Mar 17, 2008
What's wrong with the EPA?

David Schoenbrod explains why the nation’s environmental laws are not being properly implemented in Saving Our Environment From Washington: How Congress Grabs Power, Shirks Responsibility and Shortchanges the People

by Laura Paskus, Oct 02, 2006
Online: Web watchdog

Dave Frazier started the online Boise Guardian in order to keep an eye on local government and rile his fellow citizens

by Laura Paskus, Oct 02, 2006
High Country Views: Winning the West '10

Jonathan Thompson breaks down the 2010 midterm elections in the West.

by Cally Carswell, Oct 21, 2010
Can the West become the new South?

Boosters of a Western primary hope it could give the Interior West a greater voice in the politics of Washington, D.C.

by Jonathan Thompson and Paul Krza, Oct 30, 2006