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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
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Philip Cafaro takes a thoughtful look at the impacts of
illegal immigration on Colorado’s construction
trade.
by Philip Cafaro,
Jan 28, 2008
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Western communities such as Lander, Wyo., are suddenly
working hard to lure new colleges to town
by Rebecca Huntington,
Apr 30, 2007
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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