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My Crazy Brother
Ray Ring takes a personal, painful look at the West’s suicidal tendencies, as shown in the life and death of his brother, John.
by Ray Ring, Mar 31, 2008 -
Wyoming’s day in the spin
Ed Quillen looks behind the recent brouhaha of Wyoming’s Democratic caucuses, and speculates on Hillary Clinton’s response to Barack Obama’s victory in the state.
by Ed Quillen, Mar 31, 2008 -
Native Intelligence
Lili Singer is in love with California’s native plants and wants to share that love with other people.
by Erika Schickel, Mar 31, 2008 -
3:10 to Baghdad
In the desert outside of Yuma, Ariz., the United States military prepares for overseas combat.
by Christine Hoekenga, Mar 31, 2008 -
Conservation easement conundrums
New York transplant Erin Toll helps Colorado crack down on conservation easement abuses.
by Jennie Lay, Mar 31, 2008 -
Two weeks in the West
A good time to buy a McMansion – cheap; lawmakers wrangle over development; “eco-terrorism” in suburbia; EPA head honcho in trouble; cleaning up dirty Western air – and a few dirty Western politicians.
by Sarah Gilman and Jodi Peterson, Mar 31, 2008 -
Breaking the silence of suicide
It may seem like a considerable departure for High Country News to write about mental illness and suicide, but as Ray Ring’s deeply personal lead story shows, both tragedies are rooted in the West.
by Jonathan Thompson, Mar 31, 2008 -
Heard Around the West
Karen Claver delivers the mail in remote, rural northern Montana; The Duane B. Hagadone Heliport Blues; neighbor vs. neighbor over Arizona “pop-ups”; and New York’s famous Moondance Diner moves to Wyoming, blizzards and all.
by Betsy Marston, Mar 03, 2008 -
Staying put
These days, Ana Maria Spagna travels only in her imagination, as she and her partner, Laurie, stay home and care for their elderly, dying and much-loved cat, Daisy.
by Ana Maria Spagna, Mar 03, 2008 -
Remembering Rrrrrip City!
The essays in Matt Love’s anthology Red Hot and Rollin’ take a lively and nostalgic look at Oregon in 1977, the year the Portland Trailblazers won their one and only NBA championship.
by Michelle Nijhuis, Mar 03, 2008 -
Men, machines, memories
In Five Skies, novelist Ron Carlson tells the terse and occasionally poetic stories of three emotionally damaged men working in Idaho for the summer.
by T.K. Dalton, Mar 03, 2008 -
We’re in a land of Lincoln
For better and for worse, the West of today was created by Abraham Lincoln and the early Republican Party.
by Ed Quillen, Mar 03, 2008 -
Heard Around the West
Jackson Hole needs a brand-new slogan; trees vs. solar power in environmentalist California; trees vs. the view in Lake Tahoe; Arizona’s “extreme commuters”; drunk driver protects his beer; Barry McCahill loves SUVs even though he doesn’t drive one.
by Betsy Marston, Feb 18, 2008 -
Following the tracks
Catherine Fink recalls long adolescent days spent wandering along Colorado railroad tracks, singing at the top of her lungs and discovering the world.
by Catherine Fink, Feb 18, 2008 -
Death of a mine
Utah’s Lisbon Valley Mine was supposed to be a hugely profitable copper producer; instead, it went belly-up in just two years.
by Jodi Peterson, Feb 18, 2008 -
The short life of Lisbon Valley
A brief timeline traces the brief history of Utah’s Lisbon Valley Mine.
by Jodi Peterson, Feb 18, 2008 -
A Rico renaissance
The tiny mountain town of Rico, Colo., finds its post-mining economy threatened by a possible mining resurgence.
by Marty Durlin, Feb 18, 2008 -
Mining the West
A potpourri of maps and graphics illustrates the complex nature of hardrock mining in the West today.
by Evelyn Schlatter and Francisco Tharp, Feb 18, 2008 -
Power from the underground
Geothermal power heats up in Reno, Nev., as the West begins to pay more attention to its underground energy resources.
by James Yearling, Feb 18, 2008 -
Two weeks in the West
HCN looks at the various problems of Western wildlife, including Northern Rockies wolves, porcupines, fishers, pikas, and more; and Rocky Mountain National Park tests elk for chronic wasting disease and also gives out birth control.
by Ray Ring, Feb 18, 2008
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