A staggering percentage of stops by county deputies targeted Asian-American residents.
Items by Theo Whitcomb
After suing the Canadian corporation for negligence, the tribe was recently awarded $595,000.
A new report shows Southern Oregon’s largest homeless shelter is led by a conversion-therapy proponent.
But the Canadian company gets a win for its other, nearby operation at Copper World.
While the region has a small cache of tellurium, politics and economics are in the way.
The Western U.S. is experiencing its worst drought since 800 A.D.
Approximately $68 million will be delivered to more than 100 projects across the country — many of which are based in the West.
Law enforcement takes center stage in Siskiyou County’s fight over who can, and can’t, use land and water.
The eliminated policy was designed to keep the public in the loop about new cell towers.
A new analysis suggests that over half of communities in the West lack the capacity to take advantage of infrastructure bill funding. Now what?
A 4/20 roundup of the industry’s trials, triumphs and political conundrums.
5 years after its discovery, the amphibian is now protected from a geothermal development.
An interview with an ecologist studying the West’s emerging, and rarely researched, industry.
At 50 years, the Clean water Act has had success. But there are key sources of water pollution yet to be addressed.
More than a beverage, beer helps tell the history of the Northwest.
The COVID-19 Digital Archive documents life during a global pandemic.
Oregon’s horse racing authority acknowledged the Oregon Department of Justice’s opinion, but the Flying Lark isn’t folding just yet.
Years after animal cruelty legislation passes, the pork industry tries one last time to stop it.
Central California can’t continue to farm at its current industrial scale. As land is fallowed, what could take its place?
The conservation success story is an example of what decades of work can accomplish.
Using horse-racing laws, a shadowy state agency and a billionaire push for a private casino that threatens tribes’ self-sufficiency.
Water managers announce new measures to deal with dwindling water supply.
Agribusiness and its proponents say repairs will benefit disadvantaged towns. Those residents disagree.
The report leaves the door open for new leases on public land. What does that mean for the West?
Here are 11 stats on why that matters.
A bid to benefit agribusiness has stalled again, leaving the Hoopa Valley Tribe hopeful that the next contract follows the law.
Yurij Rudensky of the Brennan Center breaks down the politics — and potential issues — Western states face in this year’s redistricting process.
Wary of local authorities, a community forms an ad-hoc firefighting force to defend its property.
For a largely unorganized sector, expanded voting access would be a huge win.
As California mulls water storage, a new study adds nuance to cold-water conservation.
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