Results for keyword: jobs
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Who will work in the West’s future company towns?
As the cost of housing and fuel skyrockets, Bill Croke wonders who – besides immigrants – will be willing to fry the hamburgers and clean the toilets of towns like Cody, Wyo.
by Bill Croke, Feb 19, 2008 -
Whatever we do about illegal immigration, somebody suffers
Philip Cafaro takes a thoughtful look at the impacts of illegal immigration on Colorado’s construction trade.
by Philip Cafaro, Jan 28, 2008 -
Educating the economy
Western communities such as Lander, Wyo., are suddenly working hard to lure new colleges to town
by Rebecca Huntington, Apr 30, 2007 -
Down but not out in Missoula, Montana
Kathryn Socie works two jobs and still can’t afford to buy a house in Missoula, but she believes that her life in Montana is well worth the sacrifice it takes.
by Kathryn Socie, Mar 26, 2007 -
Our Green Mountain
A writer recalls the adventures he had had in Quincy, Calif., 20 years ago, when he was the youthful editor of a small-town independent paper called the Green Mountain Gazette
by Jaime O'Neill, Oct 02, 2006 -
Big yellow taxi — in Duke City
Yellow Cab is anthropology professor Robert Leonard’s poetic account of his after-dark journeys as a cab driver in Albuquerque
by N.P. Thompson, Oct 02, 2006 -
Contradiction
Once in the U.S., immigrants find themselves in a land of contradictions, facing an uncertain welcome, sometimes even from other Latinos
by Jonathan Thompson, May 15, 2006 -
Abandonment
Small Mexican farming towns such as Francisco Villa in Sonora are emptied of their young men when the lack of good-paying local jobs sends them north of the border
by Michael Marizco, May 15, 2006 -
Sheepherders flock to better-paying jobs
Wyoming lawmakers are trying to pass a law to prevent sheepherders from quitting their jobs without notice in search of better-paying employment
by Emma Brown, Dec 12, 2005 -
Speaking up for rural Oregonians: Judge Laura Pryor
Judge Laura Pryor of Gilliam County, Ore., has led the charge to create the Eastern Oregon Rural Alliance to help eastern Oregon’s small rural communities
by Rebecca Clarren, Aug 02, 2004
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