How a rural clinic sparked a small-town addiction crisis.
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February 20, 2017
In this issue, we investigate how the tentacles of a national opioid and heroin epidemic have reached the rural West. To help tell that story, Assistant Editor Paige Blankenbuehler reported in tiny Craig, Colorado, where she uncovered a private practice that spurred a complicated drug crisis that continues to outpace the available resources for addicts, the health care community and law enforcement.
Feature
Current
In an era of political gridlock, Congress loses a leader who got things done for the West.
Could unpredictable seasons trick elk into staying on hunting grounds?
Utah’s delegation tries to roll back protections, riling a conservation-minded outdoors cohort.
HCN.org news in brief.
The charges include criminal conspiracy and trespass.
In the meantime, states tighten their belts.
Editor's Note
Uncommon Westerners
Quetzal finds a sense of place in East Los Angeles.
Essays
Observation transforms our bodies and minds.
Book Reviews
A collection of photographs capture nature’s rhythms.
Data and poetry converge in an experimental forest.
Writers on the Range
Donald Trump’s proposed border wall would devastate migrating animals.
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
After nearly a decade at HCN, Tammy York says goodbye.
Letters
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