Culture & Communities
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Current
The West’s Big Data colonies
New "company towns" are born in the rural West -- for Facebook, Google and the like.
by Marshall Swearingen, May 27, 2013 -
Book Reviews
Listening to the secret heart: a review of The Last Shepherd
In "The Last Shepherd," Martin Etchart tells a story of a Basque sheep herding family’s secrets
by Phyllis Barber, May 27, 2013 -
Book Reviews
Sippings of memory: a review of "100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do"
"100 Tricks Every Boy Can Do," Kim Stafford’s memoir of his brother’s suicide, is more heartwarming than depressing
by Charles Finn, May 27, 2013 -
Dear Friends
Subscriber Warning
How to avoid unauthorized offers for HCN subscriptions and renewals.
by Mike Maxwell and Jodi Peterson, May 27, 2013 -
Writers on the Range
All it takes is somebody with conviction
Praising a Montana politician for backing a bill that would help prepare communities for some of the worst social impacts of oil and gas drilling.
by Brian Kahn, May 23, 2013 -
Writers on the Range
Hispanics flex some environmental muscle
How New Mexico's Hispanics helped create a new national monument-- Río Grande del Norte.
by Ernie Atencio, May 21, 2013 -
Feature
How right-wing emigrants conquered North Idaho
Conservative transplants largely from California have taken over Kootenai County -- have they gone too far?
by Sierra Crane-Murdoch, May 20, 2013 -
Writers on the Range
A lesson from a pig called Eddie
The author learns to eat meat responsibly
by Lori Bell, May 16, 2013 -
Book Reviews
Book review: "Canvas of Clay: Seven Centuries of Hopi Ceramic Art"
A review of Canvas of Clay: Seven Centuries of Hopi Ceramic Art, by Edwin L. Wade and Allan Cooke
by staff, May 13, 2013 -
Dear Friends
Reflected glory
A Pulitzer Prize for Lisa Song, former HCN intern; visitors come by our office; journalists and HCN contributors Debra Weyermann and Kathie Durbin have died.
by Jodi Peterson, May 13, 2013 -
Book Reviews
A tireless documenter of Native America: A review of "Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher"
Timothy Egan on the life and work of photographer Edward Curtis
by Lee E. Cart, May 13, 2013 -
Book Reviews
The artist and his patron: A review of "The Inventor and the Tycoon"
Edward Ball unravels the strange partnership between railroad tycoon Leland Stanford and photographer Eadweard Muybridge
by Brittany Shoot, May 13, 2013 -
Editor's Note
A hard right in Idaho
An HCN editor reflects on the many changes around Coeur d'Alene.
by Ray Ring, May 13, 2013 -
Multimedia
The gray area: a conversation with artist Renee Couture
An Oregon artist reinterprets the region's timber wars.
by Sierra Crane-Murdoch, May 10, 2013 -
Current
A new collaboration has Idaho ranchers and the BLM fighting fire together
Conflicts began after the BLM banned ranchers from fighting fire on public land. But a surprising solution has emerged.
by Emily Guerin, May 08, 2013






