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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 -
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 GOAT Blog
Grizzlies back from the brink?
Now there’s a plan in case they are delisted
by Sarah Jane Keller, May 10, 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 -
Heard around the West
The coming Hairpocalypse
And other oddities from Heard Around the West.
by Betsy Marston, May 09, 2013 -
Winter: an encore edition
The author celebrates the (temporary) return of winter in Montana
by Charles Finn, May 09, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
Drones are not just for killing
An excuse to watch some cool videos, filmed from unmanned aircraft.
by Jonathan Thompson, May 08, 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 -
The GOAT Blog
Big Data colonizes the West
How Internet data centers are reshaping Western communities
by Marshall Swearingen, May 08, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
Colorado likely to adopt tough new rural renewable energy requirements
Astronomical rate increases unlikely to follow
by Sarah Gilman, May 07, 2013 -
Frontier anxiety for the 21st century
The West has outgrown its early focus on extraction; its identity now is the legacy of public lands.
by Michael Dax, May 07, 2013 -
Seeking balance in Oregon's timber country
Can logging towns and old-growth forests both thrive in the Northwest?
by Nathan Rice, May 06, 2013 -
The GOAT Blog
Navajos double-down on coal
Urban utilities want out of the coal business. The nation’s biggest tribe wants in.
by Emily Guerin, May 06, 2013






