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  • Book Reviews

    That waving wheat is nothing but a clearcut

    "Grassland" by Richard Manning is reviewed.

  • News

    Sleepy St. George wakes up to hate crimes

    An arsonist burns a bookstore in St. George, Utah, in what the gay owners say must be a hate crime.

  • Related Stories

    All of us feel we don't have the impact, the ability to make changes we had 20 years ago - Bonnie Whalen

    Bonnie Whalen, a ranch-raised computer supervisor who works for the Forest Service in Elko, Nev., talks about the changes in her community.

  • News

    Public lands for needy ski resorts

    National Forest Supervisor Sonny LaSalle offers a controversial solution to Summit County's housing shortage by suggesting ski areas build low-cost housing on Forest Service land.

  • News

    From sawing logs to serving cappuccino?

    The company town of Port Gamble, Wash., faces a future as a tourist town when its only sawmill closes.

  • News

    Looking for a quiet, old neighborhood?

    State-owned lots with Native American ruins on them may be sold to provide money for Utah schools.

  • Uncommon Westerners

    Inside the glitter

    An exhibit of photographs and interviews by Kit Miller takes an indepth look at the people who work in Nevada's casinos.

  • Book Reviews

    Inventing the Southwest

    An exhibit called "Inventing the Southwest: The Fred Harvey Company and Native American Art," goes on display in Phoenix, Ariz.

  • Related Stories

    Rocks, invective, and generosity

    A profile of rancher Eugene Hussey reveals a man who has often had trouble with authority.

  • Heard Around the West

    Heard around the West

    Cows poisoned; antler poaching; brucellosis logo in Yellowstone; overheated black-footed ferrets die; beef fudge recipe; prison near Norwood, Colo., school; salvage logging protest; "drive-through' Ph.D.; Harry Merlo's successor; recreation bulldozing.

  • Book Reviews

    Inside the glitter

    Photojournalist Kit Miller explores the lives of Nevada's casino workers in photos and interviews in an exhibit called Inside the Glitter.

  • News

    Another judge says no

    Undaunted by a third federal court ruling against the University of Arizona's plan to build its large telescope on Mount Graham, Arizona Rep. Jim Kolbe drafts legislation to let the construction proceed.

  • News

    DIA hears from some critics

    At an air summit meeting in Grand Junction, Colo., representatives at Denver International Airport hear a litany of complaints from Western Slope regional airport managers.

  • Heard Around the West

    Heard around the West

    Greens spend little time in sports, Shirley MacLaine bucks karma, Utah Rep. Jim Hansen turns chicken, Lake Powell is full of s--, blimps over Grand Canyon, former Idaho Sen. James McClure lobbies for ESA, SUWA accused of overreacting, Navajos' blue jeans

  • News

    A pothunter is nailed at last

    Notorious pothunter Earl Shumway is convicted of looting Anasazi burial sites in Utah.

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