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Zine Roundup: Sweet simplicity
Since 1992, Dan Price has been publishing a hand-drawn, illustrated zine called Moonlight Chronicles from his tiny, hobbit-style home in a meadow in Joseph, Ore.
by Rebecca Clarren, Oct 02, 2006 -
Undaunted muckraker
Navajo Times reporter Marley Shebala is a fiercely determined journalist whose investigative reporting has helped bring down two tribal presidents
by Dan Kraker, Oct 02, 2006 -
'They both do not exist'
Quote by Wyoming Attorney General Patrick Crank
by Staff, Oct 02, 2006 -
Give us your poor, your uninsured...
Many Westerners live in poverty, but even more lack health insurance
by Staff, Oct 02, 2006 -
The longevity of place and race
Life expectancy in the West
by Staff, Oct 02, 2006 -
Free will flounders in the courts
Judges throw out some libertarian ballot measures
by Staff, Oct 02, 2006 -
Take that nuke waste and shove it
Skull Valley Goshute Tribe’s nuclear-waste storage plan rejected
by Staff, Oct 02, 2006 -
Half a Roan for gas, and half for everyone else
Nobody’s happy with BLM’s Roan Plateau plan
by Staff, Oct 02, 2006 -
It's shady in the Interior
Interior Department blasted by its own watchdog
by Staff, Oct 02, 2006 -
Roadless returns!
Judge reinstates Clinton roadless rule
by Staff, Oct 02, 2006 -
Running on empty in Sin City
Although many rural Nevadans are unhappy with Las Vegas’ plans for a giant groundwater project, the six other states that rely on water from the Colorado River are hoping the Nevada project goes ahead.
by Matt Jenkins, Sep 18, 2006 -
Unpaved with good intentions
A new breed of land trusts seeks not merely to preserve undeveloped landscape, but to keep it in agricultural use – particularly in organic farming.
by Seth Zuckerman, Sep 18, 2006 -
Duke City dustup
The nation may be intrigued by the contest between incumbent Republican Rep. Heather Wilson and New Mexico Attorney General Patricia Madrid, but the New Mexicans who will actually vote in the election seem fairly disinterested.
by Laura Paskus, Sep 18, 2006 -
Ballot box hangover
Even as Oregon tries to deal with the chaos of Measure 37, which overturned the state’s old land-use regulations, "The Big Look," an attempt to revive and re-create planning laws, is quietly under way.
by Randy Stapilus, Sep 18, 2006 -
Will Montanans reject their bagman?
Even Montanans critical of Sen. Conrad Burns admit he’s a genius at bringing home the pork – a fact that may make it harder for his Democratic challenger, Jon Tester, in the November election.
by Ray Ring, Sep 18, 2006 -
Fractures on the right
National pundits say the nation’s political parties are moving toward the extremes, but in the West, Republicans – unhappy with some far-right politicians – seem to be heading back to the middle.
by Ray Ring, Sep 18, 2006 -
Energy workers, union members protest drilling
In Wyoming, oil and gas workers and the Wyoming AFL-CIO have joined environmentalists, ranchers and homeowners in protesting the sale of energy leases in the Wyoming Range of Bridger-Teton National Forest
by Allison Gerfin, Jun 26, 2006 -
Raising the bar for lawyers
Washington has become the third state to require that would-be lawyers taking the bar exam know more than a little about Indian law.
by Eve Rickert, Sep 17, 2007 -
Cutting trees to save the forest
Chris Kelly’s environmental group, The Conservation Fund, is carefully logging its own redwood trees in order to save forests and salmon in Northern California.
by Matt Jenkins, Sep 17, 2007 -
Border restoration’s odd couple
In southwestern Arizona, the U.S. Border Patrol is working with Cocopah Indians and environmentalists to restore a degraded, crime-ridden wetland called Hunters Hole.
by Morgan Heim, Sep 03, 2007
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