The global metals bust deepens.
Items by Jonathan Thompson
My grandmother and the Depression, past and present
Over the years, Westerners have come up with a lot of wacky schemes to get more water.
Westerners shouldn’t panic about the recent economic meltdown; our region has always cycled from boom to bust and back again.
Drilling may be on decline, but lingerie sales look good.
McInnis says he could beat Udall (but more importantly ... )
New evidence that Jews fled to the Southwest during the Inquisition
When religion tries to dominate culture and politics, it hurts all three, as seen in the battle over the rights of gay Americans.
Change is coming to this corner of Colorado. It's yellow.
The urgency of the politicians' response to our economic troubles contrasts with the way we’re ignoring the greater crisis of climate change.
Jonathan Thompson sees Western support for McCain and Palin as likely to erode because of genuinely maverick Western Republicans.
Why the gun-totin', drill-happy Sarah Palin won't win the West.
Despite the growing threat of Western wildfire, most of us are still pretending it will go away if we just ignore it.
Stadium political-fest gets a couple of New Mexicans fired up
Mark Udall on the big stage.
Led by vets against the war, a huge protest finally gets noticed at the DNC.
Sportsmen say their vote is up for grabs.
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer makes an appearance at the big tent to see the bloggers.
Montana Governor gets prominent place on convention agenda
Yes. Even High Country News editors fall under the spell of celebrities from time to time.
Democrats' voices on energy drowned out by ... protesters.
HCN does the Convention on the cheap.
It's not all about parties and rallies.
There are nuggets of substance buried in the Convention circus. But is anyone listening?
When the convention comes to Denver, it feels a bit like another Western city.
The High Country News team has landed in Denver. Stay tuned for more under-the-radar coverage from the Democratic National Convention.
Tune in to HCN.org Aug. 25-28 for unconventional coverage from Denver
A desert village called Big Water and a troubled ski resort near the hardscrabble town of Beaver are two unlikely places in Utah where entrepreneurs plan to build exclusive resorts for the ultra-rich.
High Country News photographer Morgan Heim joins the International League of Conservation Photographers to document the gasfields and the wildlands around Pinedale, Wyo.
Some moderate Western Republicans, tired of being penned up behind rigid ideological fences, are rebelling against the hard-line elements of their party.
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