You are here: home

Did you not find what you were looking for? Try the Advanced Search to refine your search.

Search results

RSS Subscribe to an always-updated RSS feed.

22 items matching your search terms.
Filter the results.
Item type
















New items since



Sort by relevance · date (newest first) · alphabetically

  • A patient

    Kathleen Tsosie, who has devoted her life to helping others, now faces the frightening possibility that her breast cancer has returned.

    by Florence Williams, May 26, 2008

  • A well

    Glenda Rangel and her family grew up drinking from and swimming in water tanks dangerously polluted with uranium.

    by Florence Williams, May 26, 2008

  • An activist

    Nellie Sandoval, the mother of scientist Stefanie Raymond-Whish, has become an outspoken activist as a result of her own struggle with breast cancer.

    by Florence Williams, May 26, 2008

  • Avian flu: Don’t fear the flocks yet

    The writer cautions us not to become alarmists about bird flu

    by Pepper Trail, Nov 21, 2005

  • Conservative legislator takes on Wal-Mart

    Idaho’s Republican Speaker of the House, Rep. Bruce Newcomb, wants to force Wal-Mart to either provide health insurance for its Idaho employees or reimburse the state for providing Medicaid coverage

    by Dan Popkey, Sep 19, 2005

  • Don't blame prairie dogs, they’re doing the best they can

    Pat Walsh, who defends prairie dogs against the latest news that the "pets" might communicate monkey pox.

    by Patricia Walsh, Jul 07, 2003

  • Fish farms take to the high seas

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Department is plotting a massive expansion of the U.S. fish-farming industry – but concerns are high among Indian tribes, health advocates and environmentalists

    by Rebecca Clarren, Apr 26, 2004

  • Give a child the gift of a strenuous life

    The writer gives a cheer for helping kids appreciate a strenuous life

    by Mike Beagle, Dec 20, 2004

  • In our rush to protect America, we secretly put Americans at risk

    The writer supports the claims of "downwinders" near the Hanford Nuclear Reservation who are finally getting their day in court

    by Rebecca Clarren, May 16, 2005

  • Let’s not succumb to the temptation of biopharming

    Patricia Walsh weighs the benefits of biopharming and finds the costs are greater.

    by Patricia Walsh, Jun 02, 2003
Next 10 items » [1] 2 3

Email Newsletter

The West in your Inbox

Follow Us

Follow us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Follow our RSS feeds!
Comments Most Commented Most Emailed
  1. In the field with a Montana couple hunting wolves | Amid bitter controversy over allowing hunters and ...
  2. Seeking balance in Oregon's timber country | Can logging towns and old-growth forests both thri...
  3. How right-wing emigrants conquered North Idaho | Conservative transplants largely from California h...
  4. (Still) getting the lead out | When will hunters stop poisoning condors with ammu...
  5. Rants from the hill: Trapping the bees | What to do when 50,000 honeybees hive up inside th...
  1. Don't mess with the Forest Service | How a determined and feisty Forest Service held of...
  2. Sacrificial Land: Will renewable energy devour the Mojave Desert? | An unlikely group of activists is championing a ne...
  3. How right-wing emigrants conquered North Idaho | Conservative transplants largely from California h...
  4. The Forest Service battles placer mining with an obscure law | A little-known 1955 law gives the Forest Service a...
  5. Trappers catch a lot more than wolves | Mountain lions, eagles, bobcats, geese and domesti...
Subscriber Alert
HCN Classifieds
 
© 2013 High Country News, all rights reserved. | privacy policy | terms of use | powered by Plone | site by Groundwire | design by Ryan Foster

HCN Logo High Country News in your inbox!


Sign up now to receive our weekly email newsletter!

• The best weekly collection of Western environmental news

• An at-a-glance look at our latest news and analysis


This box was designed to only appear once. It uses a "cookie" (a small file stored on your computer) to remember that it has shown the box to you.

If you are seeing this box appear multiple times, then something is not allowing the cookie to be stored properly. Browsers can be set to not allow cookies, and some people choose to disallow cookies for security reasons. If your browser is setup this way, please consider adding "www.hcn.org" as an exception to your no-cookies rule. For information about how to do this, just search the Web for "browser cookie exceptions."

If you're sure this isn't the problem, then it could be related to how your browser has stored information from our site in previous visits. Browsers often "cache" images, text and other website content in order to make them appear faster if you ever go back. Sometimes the browser's cache can be corrupted or become outdated. The simplest fix for this is to try reloading the page. If that doesn't fix the problem, it may be necessary to clear your temporary items from your browser. Again, a web search will provide you with lots of options and instructions.

Either way, we're sorry to hear that this box is getting in the way of your enjoyment of the HCN website. If you continue to have trouble, please contact our Subscriber Services team.