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Rural folks find common ground at a vet's office in Western Colorado.
A vast army of determined volunteers were the force behind Obama’s success in Colorado.
In rural western Colorado, a vet tends to pets and their humans. Michelle Nijhuis reads her essay, along with slides by JT Thomas.
Paying homage to those imprisoned at Mancos Camp, Colo., during World War II.
The Pinedale Anticline Working Group was supposed to give citizens input on the local oil and gas boom, but it hasn’t worked out as planned.
Controversial forestry scientist Tom Bonnicksen believes increased logging is necessary to fight global warming.
Ranchers and environmentalists in Wyoming are still squabbling over wolves as the animal bounces on and off the endangered species list.
California is enthusiastic about creating “water banks” to help the state’s cities weather future droughts.
In some Western states, including Colorado, prison inmates are taking the place of immigrant farmworkers.
Jeffrey Lockwood believes that the modern West could use an infusion of old-fashioned Cowboy Mythology.
Republican leaders, now holding the reins in Western politics, are better equipped to meet the challenges faced in the West and in the nation, according to the writer
Disappearing habitat and an increase in hunting quotas based on politics and guesswork are threatening the stability of mountain lion populations in the West.
Our theory that newcomers would, over time, change the political landscape to one more progressive in outlook, needs revision
