Results for keyword: Communities in Transition
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You can’t hurry love in the rural West
The writer says you can’t hurry love in the rural West
by Joshua Zaffos, Mar 15, 2004 -
I can’t figure out what gays have to do with my marriage
The writer Roberts tries to figure out what gays have to do with his marriage
by Bill Roberts, Mar 08, 2004 -
For Western myths, see newcomers on horseback
The writer celebrates the interaction of Western myths and newcomers to the region
by John Clayton, Mar 01, 2004 -
The West’s Biggest Bully
Radio shock jock John Stokes wants to scare environmentalists away from Montana’s Flathead County, but his bullying tactics have led instead to increased unity among his opponents and quiet conservation progress
by Ray Ring, Sep 15, 2003 -
The Devil’s Highway was a road to God’s Country
Dave Frey calls old Route 666 a road to God’s Country.
by Dave Frey, Sep 01, 2003 -
When good tax-evaders go bad
In "Lone Patriot: The Short Career of an American Militiaman," Jane Kramer profiles wannabe-Patriot John Pitner, who was commander in chief of the Washington State Militia until his group began to unravel and the FBI arrested him.
by Stephen J. Lyons, Aug 05, 2002 -
Ranching the changing times
Bad economic times lead the writer to turn his ranching career into a "sell-out" occupation: the ranch-recreation business.
by Tony Malmberg, May 27, 2002 -
The Old West went that-a-way
Encouraged by an East Coast editor, the writer gives her outspoken opinion of the "Real West," and the editor turns it down.
by Mary Sojourner, May 13, 2002 -
Property rights reined in
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled April 23 that property owners at Lake Tahoe are not entitled to compensation for a moratorium in 1981 on new building that was created to protect Lake Tahoe's blue waters from erosion runoff.
by Matt Jenkins, May 13, 2002 -
'Re-inhabitation' revisited
The environmental and community challenges brought to Washington's Olympic Peninsula by runaway sprawl and development have some 're-inhabiting locals' almost nostalgic for the clear-cut timber companies of 30 years ago.
by Tim McNulty, Nov 06, 2000
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