A black physician wheatpastes gigantic photographs outdoors to celebrate the tribe and human experience.
Items by Sarah Gilman
Colorado's Front Range and Western Slope communities and farms have always wrangled over the water produced high in the Rocky Mountains.
Drillers again sniffing around Montana's not-actually-fully protected Rocky Mountain Front
No matter how bad you want to control it, information finds a way
As Yellowstone's grizzlies spread into the Centennial Mountains, some fear conflicts will arise with the century-old federal Sheep Experiment Station, which summers its flocks in bear habitat on the Idaho-Montana border.
Photographers and artists -- and scientists, too -- discover that a terrible
beauty can be found in ravaged industrial regions.
A century-old federal sheep research field station in the Northern Rockies may become a major problem for wildlife
A few significant things happened in the West while you had your face buried in the green bean casserole. Oh wait, was that me?
High Country News skips an issue; visitors; HCN founder Tom Bell is honored; correction.
Arizona sheriff's shocking legacy should force meaningful change in U.S. immigration debate
Even the most poisoned places hold redemptive power
Sarahlee Lawrence and Amy Ridout are part of a wave of young farmers determined to remake the American food system.
Arizona's loved-to-death Fossil Creek experienced a record-breaking summer season
The Obama administration's electrical transmission permitting agencies are cooperating to speed grid updates and fast track clean energy projects, as demand for power grows.
As the West's housing boom fades, natural resource extraction surges, and a defunct housing development on the east side of Colorado Springs, Colo., may soon face drilling by Ultra Petroleum.
A joint investigation by NPR and the Center for Public Integrity reveals some interesting things about the region
Federal court reinstates Clinton Roadless Rule (for now, at least)
Art Director Cindy Wehling takes a break, and Kris Scott and Shaun Gibson take over the reins; visitors; corrections and clarifications.
Will pot crackdowns lead to war between Western communities and the Department of Justice?
...toward the removal of four dams on the Klamath River
High Country News lists some of the new and intriguing books of the coming fall season.
California lawmakers push through tweaks to the state's "mini-NEPA"
What can we learn from a summer of headline-grabbing attacks?
Western jobless rates are still high, even as the national economy appears to be slumping again.
EPA proposes new rules for fracking
If marijuana becomes fully legal and taxable, it won't be the first time authorities have learned that it's easier - and more profitable - to manage vice than to try to eliminate it.
A foundational question for any environmental reporting worth its salt
Utah religious, business and political leaders suggest an immigration compromise, but the state's lawmakers are terrified of being caught voting for "amnesty."
Reform still distant but the debate seems at least a little more human
A cougar roams downtown El Paso, and a faraway writer watching on YouTube re-encounters wildness.
- The White Sands discovery only confirms what Indigenous people have said all along
- Wildfire smoke pushes migrating birds hundreds of miles out of their way
- How tribal leaders want Chuck Sams to lead the Park Service
- Hmong Americans in Northern California fight wildfire — and distrust
- The Gadsden flag is a symbol. But whose?
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