With the state planning to spend $24 million on relocation, residents of Camp Hope aspire to self determination and continued community.
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Conflicting visions in central Idaho force tough decisions over logging and prescribed burning.
‘The pandemic elevated the fact that farmworkers are killing themselves to keep our food system intact.’
The city’s eyeing changes to its natural gas contract to fund climate ambitions.
The latest COVID-19 relief bill provides a ‘down payment’ for crisis response programs.
Traditional sources of funding are dwindling, and some believe park visitors should step up.
The $33.5 billion plan seeks to restore salmon while funding new energy projects and compensating farmers.
President Biden’s leasing pause signals a major shift in federal land policy.
‘The people here made the plant. What we did is something that was needed.’
As the state cuts funding for public services, cities and counties are figuring out how to go it alone.
History and the growing power of right-wing extremism point to a volatile future for the West during the Biden presidency.
Former EPA program leader shares ideas for federal action in the Biden administration.
William Perry Pendley’s illegal stint as agency head undoes a first-of-its-kind land designation in Montana.
‘I’ve always felt like this was something to do in case the world doesn’t end.’
‘Not all is lost.’
November’s election will test how protests shift political power.
How High Country News evolved.
With Congress gridlocked and courts restrained, public opinion confronts authoritarian tactics.
Los empacadores de fruta de Washington buscan victorias de largo plazo con las huelgas de la pandemia.
As extinction and climate crises loom, the Great American Outdoors Act and recreation industry continue to rely on oil money.
Washington fruit packers seek lasting gains from pandemic strikes.
As laborers for the Big Four meatpackers fall ill, small slaughterhouses see unprecedented demand.
A sudden drop in revenue shows how thin margins threaten small town hospitals.
Plant-based burger ads offer a new twist on the cowboy icon while perpetuating industrial food culture.
As mental health services and addiction recovery groups move online, a resilient community adapts to COVID-19.
In the West, nearly 100,000 people over 65 years old live in counties without a hospital bed.
After two decades of rock, the Seattle-born tribute band can still pack the house.
Sociologist Justin Farrell explores the ways wealth shapes Teton County and the Western U.S.
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