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How right-wing emigrants conquered North Idaho
Conservative transplants largely from California have taken over Kootenai County -- have they gone too far?
by Sierra Crane-Murdoch, May 20, 2013 -
In the field with a Montana couple hunting wolves
Amid bitter controversy over allowing hunters and trappers to reduce wolf populations, a Montana couple is dedicated to their hunt.
by Neil LaRubbio, May 17, 2013 -
A lesson from a pig called Eddie
The author learns to eat meat responsibly
by Lori Bell, May 16, 2013 -
Of sense and salinity: A swim in the Great Salt Lake
Open-water swimmers revive historical swimming routes in Utah's dead sea
by Kate Greene, May 15, 2013 -
It's time to see exactly how the sausage gets made
"Ag-gag" farm protection laws are the wrong way to go for the meat industry
by Ari LeVaux, May 14, 2013 -
Book review: "Canvas of Clay: Seven Centuries of Hopi Ceramic Art"
A review of Canvas of Clay: Seven Centuries of Hopi Ceramic Art, by Edwin L. Wade and Allan Cooke
by staff, May 13, 2013 -
Sycamore Canyon: an essay
An expectant couple goes rock climbing.
by Craig Reinbold, May 13, 2013 -
Reflected glory
A Pulitzer Prize for Lisa Song, former HCN intern; visitors come by our office; journalists and HCN contributors Debra Weyermann and Kathie Durbin have died.
by Jodi Peterson, May 13, 2013 -
Another water-short year in the Southwest is taking its toll
Generous spring snow storms were a momentary, if welcome, distraction from the region's real weather story: drought.
by Cally Carswell, May 13, 2013 -
A tireless documenter of Native America: A review of "Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher"
Timothy Egan on the life and work of photographer Edward Curtis
by Lee E. Cart, May 13, 2013 -
Other voices: the debate on wolf hunting from both sides
Perspectives on wolf hunting from conservationists and hunt proponents.
by Staff, May 13, 2013 -
The Latest: Pumping Arizona's rivers dry?
The state water board gives the go-ahead to a groundwater pumping project that could harm the San Pedro River
by Emily Guerin, May 13, 2013 -
The artist and his patron: A review of "The Inventor and the Tycoon"
Edward Ball unravels the strange partnership between railroad tycoon Leland Stanford and photographer Eadweard Muybridge
by Brittany Shoot, May 13, 2013 -
BLM teams with researchers to protect midget faded rattlesnake
Biologists and federal officials hope to direct booming oil, gas and wind development away from the rare reptile in southwest Wyoming and northwest Colorado
by Marian Lyman Kirst, May 13, 2013 -
How technology detected a huge mine landslide before it happened
Employees at a Kennecott copper mine outside Salt Lake City knew an April 10 landslide was coming
by Marshall Swearingen, May 13, 2013 -
A hard right in Idaho
An HCN editor reflects on the many changes around Coeur d'Alene.
by Ray Ring, May 13, 2013 -
The gray area: a conversation with artist Renee Couture
An Oregon artist reinterprets the region's timber wars.
by Sierra Crane-Murdoch, May 10, 2013 -
Winter: an encore edition
The author celebrates the (temporary) return of winter in Montana
by Charles Finn, May 09, 2013 -
A new collaboration has Idaho ranchers and the BLM fighting fire together
Conflicts began after the BLM banned ranchers from fighting fire on public land. But a surprising solution has emerged.
by Emily Guerin, May 08, 2013 -
A fine day in the classroom
On helping rural third-graders examine the remains of a mastodon
by Sharman Apt Russell, May 08, 2013
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