Culture & Communities
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Conversation
First impressions: an Easterner's new life in the West, in pictures
Photographer Andrew Cullen used Instagram to document his summer 2012 move from Maine to Colorado, capturing Western scenes of surprise, wonder, and delight.
by Andrew Cullen, Oct 02, 2012 -
Multimedia
Rantcast: the desert shoe tree
Michael Branch takes his daughters to a tree near their Nevada home, where people leave shoes telling stories.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Sep 30, 2012 -
Essays
Storm on Lava Creek: A season in Yellowstone
The power of a thunderstorm thrills a newcomer to Yellowstone National Park.
by Lauren Koshere, Sep 27, 2012 -
Current
One Sagebrush Rebellion flickers out -- or does it?
Wayne Hage's 20-year court battle over ranching on public lands comes to a close, but his son continues to tussle with the feds.
by Jodi Peterson, Sep 20, 2012 -
Writers on the Range
Childhood's end
A writer watches his kids grow up into a world he can never protect them from.
by Auden Schendler, Sep 20, 2012 -
Dear Friends
See you in October
HCN wins awards, new staff, visitors, a correction
by Jodi Peterson, Sep 16, 2012 -
Letters
History through a wide-angle lens
by Kathleen Dexter Penasco, Sep 16, 2012 -
Book Reviews
Home improvement: A review of Sugarhouse
A hilarious memoir of home renovation, road trips, and redemption by writer Matthew Batt.
by Jenny Shank, Sep 16, 2012 -
Book Reviews
Song of loss and redemption: A review of Theft
In Colorado essayist BK Loren's first novel, the loss of nature is linked to the loss of a loved one, and grief becomes a territory to be explored.
by Emily Wortman-Wunder, Sep 16, 2012 -
Essays
Gathering strength from the Continental Divide
A summer in the Rocky Mountains helps a child learn to stand up against the bullies in her life.
by Jane Koerner, Sep 13, 2012 -
Current
In rural California, a Liberian family finds an agricultural refuge
Guinda, California is home to an unusual multi-ethnic community with a rich African-American farming tradition.
by Lauren Markham, Sep 07, 2012 -
Writers on the Range
Don't ever forget Cecil Garland
Remembering the quiet activist who fought hard to preserve Montana's 240,000-acre Scapegoat wilderness
by Gabriel Furshong, Sep 04, 2012 -
Letters
Mother nature's hot heyday
by J. Culler, Sep 02, 2012 -
Book Reviews
A parent lost and found: A review of Descanso for My Father: Fragments of a Life
Harrrison Candelaria Fletcher tries to trace his family history -- particularly the life of his father, who died when he was almost two, in his new book.
by Jenny Shank, Sep 02, 2012 -
Dear Friends
High Country News hires an associate designer
HCN welcomes Andy Cullen, our new associate designer; more late-summer visitors come to Paonia.
by Cindy Wehling and Jodi Peterson for the staff, Sep 02, 2012






