Culture & Communities
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Essays
On being wrong
A writer looks back ruefully at what went wrong with a one-time utopian, back-to-the-land community in Oregon.
by Alison Clement, Aug 18, 1997 -
Essays
How the writer learned that he is not very spiritual
A stroll through Sedona, Ariz., the West's New Age center, shows that enlightenment is there for the finding - if you have enough money.
by Stephen J. Lyons, Aug 18, 1997 -
Essays
The West may not be literary, but it's littered with reading matter
A cross-country bicycle trip through the West reveals quirky and sometimes enigmatic road signs everywhere.
by Douglas Warren Johnson, Aug 18, 1997 -
News
Bad blood over good sheep
Lyle McNeal, founder of Utah State University's Navajo Sheep Project, comes to a crisis with the university and files suit against it over the future of his project to save the Churro sheep.
by Emily Miller, Aug 18, 1997 -
Feature
The West that was, and the West that can be
A close look at the history of the West reveals that human beings have meddled with and sometimes changed the landscape for as long as they have lived on the continent.
by Dan Flores, Aug 18, 1997 -
Book Reviews
Riches and Regrets
Patricia Stokowski's book, "Riches and Regrets: Betting on Gambling in Two Colorado Mountain Towns," explores how casino gambling brought money but destroyed community in Central City, Colo., and Black Hawk, Colo.
by Ed Quillen, Jul 07, 1997 -
Book Reviews
The Bear Essential
The free magazine, "The Bear Essential," is holding its first annual Edward Abbey short fiction contest, deadline Sept. 2.
by Staff, Jul 07, 1997 -
News
Petroglyphs and pavement collide
N.M. Sen. Pete Domenici and Indian leaders are in a stand-off over road building in Petroglyph National Monument.
by Jamie Murray, Jul 07, 1997 -
News
A lot is at stake in Supreme Court case
Bernardine Suitum, 80, sues Tahoe Regional Planning Agency over her desire to develop a lot she owns in Incline Village, Nev.
by Jon Christensen, Jul 07, 1997 -
Feature
Taxing the wrong side of the tracks
Wyoming's peculiar tax system means that the poorest families help carry the wealthier mineral industries.
by Hugh Jackson, Jul 07, 1997 -
Feature
Sensory deprivation on the High Plains
An Appalachian transplant seeks community in Wyoming coal towns Gillette and Wright.
by Jeffery Smith, Jul 07, 1997 -
Related Stories
A Wyoming coal town comes of age
The coal mining town of Wright, Wyo., braces for another boom.
by Paul Krza, Jul 07, 1997 -
Related Stories
Wyoming is "open for business'
A timeline demonstrates the ebb and flow of Wyoming's promotional schemes and dreams for development.
by Paul Krza, Jul 07, 1997 -
Feature
While the New West booms, Wyoming mines, drills ... and languishes
The state of Wyoming remains stuck in the Old West and trapped by its myths and boom-and-bust cycles, while outside its boundaries the New West comes to life.
by Paul Krza, Jul 07, 1997 -
News
Did ranchers fire a university president?
The firing of New Mexico State University President J. Michael Orenduff may have been at the behest of ranching interests.
by Peter Chilson, Jun 23, 1997






