Magazine

October 3, 2016

As Election Day looms, High Country News takes a look at Trump's disruptive effect. From mobilizing undocumented immigrants to unsettling Mormon Country, Trump's rhetoric is permanently recoloring Western politics.

Feature

In Arizona’s shift toward purple, a backlash to Trump hastens the pace

Democrats hope increased Latino turnout will upset Republican dominance in the state.

Elizabeth Shogren Sept. 29, 2016 From the print edition

Sidebar

Dark money is re-shaping Arizona’s energy fights

The 2010 Citizens United decision is affecting elections on the ground.

Elizabeth Shogren Oct. 3, 2016 From the print edition

Current

How the West’s populist politics play out at the ballot box

Voter-driven ballot initiatives are a powerful force during the Western election season.

Joshua Zaffos Oct. 3, 2016 From the print edition

This election season’s unexpected power players: undocumented immigrants

Donald Trump’s rhetoric is sparking a movement to mobilize Hispanic voters.

Paige Blankenbuehler Oct. 3, 2016 From the print edition

Why Utah’s Mormons waffle on this year’s GOP candidate

Trump sparks a conflict between morality and political belief.

Sarah Tory Oct. 3, 2016 From the print edition

Meet Denise Juneau, who hopes to be the first Native American woman in Congress

Indian Country votes will help determine whether this seat flips to blue.

Tay Wiles Oct. 3, 2016 From the print edition

The Western races to watch

Democrats hope to nab vulnerable Republican seats.

Anna V. Smith Oct. 3, 2016 From the print edition

Lies and damn lies: What to believe on the campaign trail

HCN sorts truth from fiction on the campaign trail.

Anna V. Smith Oct. 3, 2016 From the print edition

Groundwater without borders, detention for profit and a new generation of farms

HCN.org news in brief.

Staff Oct. 3, 2016 From the print edition

Editor's Note

Trump and the West

Brian Calvert Oct. 3, 2016 From the print edition

Multimedia

Winners of the 2016 HCN reader photography contest

Audience and editor favorites from our national parks.

Staff Photos Oct. 3, 2016 From the print edition

Book Reviews

See these photos of ‘the new settlers’

In the 1960s, a counterculture revolution brought a new wave of migration Westward.

Anna V. Smith Photos Oct. 3, 2016 From the print edition

Inside Wyoming’s rough, tough underground

Boom and bust cycles shape the fates of Wyoming’s young people.

Nathan Martin Oct. 3, 2016 From the print edition

Writers on the Range

Remembering a ‘free man’ who died at the Grand Canyon

A transient outdoorsman, he only wanted to be in the mountains or down some canyon.

Michael Wolcott Opinion Essay Oct. 3, 2016 From the print edition

What it takes to save an imperiled fish

The impressive effort to restore the Arctic grayling in a Yellowstone National Park stream.

Ted Williams Opinion Oct. 3, 2016 From the print edition

Heard Around the West

Geologic vandalism, the return of the Blob and Glacier’s top dog

Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.

Ben Goldfarb Oct. 3, 2016 From the print edition

Dear Friends

Visits from students and an issue break

Lyndsey Gilpin Oct. 3, 2016 From the print edition

Letters

Resistance is not futile

Thomas Minckley Oct. 3, 2016 From the print edition

Don’t embrace invasives

Doug Johnson Oct. 3, 2016 From the print edition

Stopping the downward spiral

Bruce Amundson Oct. 3, 2016 From the print edition

Consider the connections

Merrill Collett Oct. 3, 2016 From the print edition

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