Results for keyword: Communities
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From the ground up
The Crested Butte News, a successful independent newspaper in a small Rocky Mountain town, has come full circle and is once again owned by a chain
by M. John Fayhee, Oct 02, 2006 -
A pilgrim with a battered Nikon
Albuquerque photojournalist Jaelyn deMaria has devoted the last few years to documenting the pilgrims who come to the shrine of Monte Cristo Rey on the United States-Mexico border near El Paso.
by Lee Ross, 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 -
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 -
The Fourth Wave
With uranium prices rising, speculators are looking anew at busted mining towns like Jeffrey City, Wyo., but locals have learned to be skeptical
by Samuel Western, Sep 04, 2006 -
Will I ever become a local?
The writer hopes to become a hiking, biking, skiing local
by Cathy Houdek, Aug 28, 2006 -
Nine reasons why a river is good for the soul
A writer on a river trip through canyon country muses on things like sand, rapids, ruins and time, as well as the joy that comes from being outside in the company of family and friends
by Paul Miller, Aug 21, 2006 -
Tribes tackle taggers
Rural Indian communities such as Colorado’s Ute Mountain Ute Reservation are seeing a disturbing rise in urban-style gangs and gang-related violence
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Aug 21, 2006 -
'There was just some hard hittin' going on'
Matt Jenkins visits the annual Combine Demolition Derby in the tiny farming town of Lind, Wash.
by Matt Jenkins, Aug 07, 2006 -
Booming anger
A weekly newspaper publisher in Pinedale, Wyo., is angry at what the natural-gas boom is doing to his town
by Ron Shaul, Jul 31, 2006
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