http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16937 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. No publisher Kathryn Socie Socio-economics Kathryn Socie Missoula Montana socio-economics cost of living real estate housing prices employment wages jobs Western boomtowns communities affordable housing 2010-02-05T09:43:01Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16913 Linda Hasselstrom muses sadly over the closing of a 118-year-old drugstore in downtown Cheyenne, Wyo. No publisher Linda Hasselstrom Communities in transition Roedel Drugstore Cheyenne Wyoming neighborhood businesses ma-and-pa stores shops big box stores Wal-Mart pharmacies communities Cheyenne Frontier Days sustainable economies socio-economics small towns growth development corner drug stores 2010-02-05T09:42:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/322/16313 The author takes a disconcerting journey with a repo-man friend to repossess a car somewhere in Navajo Country No publisher Ben Ikenson Native Americans Reservations Socio-Economics Repo man repossession Gary Autry Ben Ikenson unusual jobs economy repossessing cars Albuquerque New Mexico American Recovery Association life stories unusual jobs Navajo Reservation socio-economics credit borrowing lending money difficult 2010-02-05T09:33:52Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/314/16037 As the West’s privately owned timberlands go up for sale, small towns like Glenwood, Wash., are working to buy local forests and manage them for the good of the community No publisher Jane Braxton Little Communities Land Use And Planning Logging Communities Glenwood Washington Jay McLaughlin Shade Tree Inn logging communities small towns socio-economics loggers Cascade Mountains Mount Adams privately owned timberlands forests real estate land sales timber companies Peter Stein Lyme Timber Com 2010-02-05T08:56:30Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/311/15939 Westerners need to prepare for the next economic bust by saving money from today’s energy boom, just as black bears store calories in the form of fat in order to get through the winter No publisher Paul Larmer Communities Socio-Economics Oil and Gas Energy industry boom and bust oil and gas development economics socio-economics land rush gold rush Ray Ring bears hyperphagia hibernation lessons from nature Juan Carlos Boue California budget crisis severance tax boomtowns state budgets 2010-02-05T08:31:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/304/15715 The military’s plan to close Cannon Air Force Base is being fought by nearby Clovis, N.M., a community that, like many in the West, has become spectacularly dependent on a single industry No publisher Paul Larmer Military; Military Bases And Other Lands Communities in Transition Paonia Colorado Clovis New Mexico Cannon AFB socio-economics rural communities small towns economies industry coal mining economic dependence Western towns U.S. military base closures 2010-02-05T09:25:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/303/15700 In The United States of Wal-Mart, John Dicker offers a viciously funny but intelligently nuanced understanding of the Wal-Mart phenomenon No publisher Tony Barboza Socio-Economics Wal-Mart big-box stores discount stores land use zoning neighborhoods chain stores small towns socio-economics 2010-02-05T09:25:52Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/302/15667 In Leadville: The Struggle to Revive an American Town, Gillian Klucas describes the history and the current environmental and economic struggles of the old mining town of Leadville, Colo. No publisher Jessica Clement Mining Pollution Communities in Transition Gillian Klucas Leadville Colorado Doc Smith mining pollution mine waste Environmental Protection Agency Arkansas River Old West Colorado history small towns socio-economics 2010-02-05T09:25:40Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/299/15544 The U.S. Treasury Department has given $50 million in tax credits to Ecotrust to help depressed Northwestern timber towns carry out sustainable logging No publisher Michael Milstein Logging Communities Ecotrust New Markets Tax Credit timber towns logging communities socio-economics sustainable forestry stream restoration salmon Bettina von Hagen Grant Munro Pacific Northwest small towns 2010-02-05T09:24:56Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/297/15497 In The River Has Never Divided Us, Jefferson Morganthaler studies the hard-working people of La Junta de los Rios, a river basin along the U.S.-Mexican border No publisher Staff Socio-Economics Jefferson Morganthaler La Junta de los Rios Rio Grande Rio Cochas Texas Mexico Border Patrol farmers socio-economics Hispanics 2010-02-05T09:24:40Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/295/15424 Only resident of Monowi, Neb., loves it, but other Great Plains towns struggle to attract people; "no intelligent life out here" is right; no plastic surgery for Hollywood pets; Glenwood Springs, Colo., cops catch Denver bad guy; "low-cow" Internet in Hot No publisher Betsy Marston Humor Western odd news Elsie Eiler Monowi Nebraska Great Plains population small towns socio-economics Ellsworth Kansas Crosby North Dakota Lincoln Atwood Iowa free land prairie life Backpacker magazine SUVs off-road veh 2010-02-05T09:24:18Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/294/15384 In State of the World 2005, the Worldwatch Institute takes a hard look at important issues from nuclear weapons proliferation to renewable energy No publisher Staff Politics Socio-Economics Worldwatch Institute politics globalization nuclear weapons proliferation renewable energy water conservation. terrorism contemporary culture consumerism socio-economics world problems corporations industry 2010-02-05T09:24:04Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/294/15382 Annie Proulx’s new collection of short stories, Bad Dirt, celebrates and skewers the colorful characters of rural Wyoming No publisher Stephen J. Lyons Western Culture Annie Proulx Wyoming Western communities rural life cowboys short stories contemporary fiction humor socio-economics 2010-02-05T09:24:03Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/293/15347 In The Last Refuge: Patriotism, Politics, and the Environment in an Age of Terror, David Orr takes a hard look at our extract-and-consume lifestye, and examines the ways in which it makes us vulnerable No publisher Staff Politics Socio-Economics terrorism contemporary culture consumerism socio-economics patriotism corporations industry 2010-02-05T09:23:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/282/14985 Towns like Wamsutter, Wyo., may never be quaint and charming, but they can lay claim to their own rough beauty once a real community takes root No publisher Paul Larmer Western Culture Wamsutter Wyoming Paonia Colorado aesthetics Western culture Red Desert landscapes socio-economics oil and gas industry 2010-02-05T09:21:04Z News Article