The people living through western Colorado’s energy boom and bust over the last five years are still bewildered. Most say it was a period of heady euphoria followed by thousands of personal tragedies that stunned the region. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.7/download-entire-issue
Grand Junction ran a high gold fever
Posted inApril 15, 1985: Peaches and apples roar back
A Montana rancher struggles against stripmines and an unravelling rural fabric
Since the late 1800s when Patty Kluver’s ancestors and thousands of other pioneer families established ranches across the West, there have been few real changes in that way of life. Now the region is convulsed by change. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.7/download-entire-issue
Posted inApril 15, 1985: Peaches and apples roar back
Peaches and apples roar back
In the wake of the collapse of the early 1980s oil shale boom in and around Palisade, Colo., fruitgrowing is one of the few games in town. (To read the full text, click on the “View a PDF from the original” link below, or download a PDF of the entire issue: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.7/download-entire-issue) This article appeared […]
Posted inApril 1, 1985: A New Mexico uranium town wonders how far it will fall
Three states sue DOE on the nuclear dump issue
Washington has sued the U.S. Department of Energy over the federal government’s proposed study of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation for siting of a high-level nuclear waste repository, adding to actions by Nevada and Texas against similar proposals for those states. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.6/download-entire-issue
Posted inApril 1, 1985: A New Mexico uranium town wonders how far it will fall
Indians and environmentalists drift apart
The Navajo Tribe’s decision to build another mammoth coal-fired plant in the Four Corners area is a hard blow to what has been a natural alliance. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.6/download-entire-issue
Posted inApril 1, 1985: A New Mexico uranium town wonders how far it will fall
A New Mexico uranium town wonders how far it will fall
Grants Pass, N.M., was a thriving town built on the uranium boom that peaked in 1980. But in the wake of the uranium bust, businesses are hurting and unemployment has hit 25 percent. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.6/download-entire-issue
Posted inMarch 18, 1985: A busted Wyoming mining town remains haunted by 550 lost jobs
Utahns try to bury Canyonlands dump
The Department of Energy has run into stiff opposition to its plans for siting the nation’s first high-level nuclear waste dump at the Davis and Lavender Canyon sites a mile from Canyonlands National Park. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.5/download-entire-issue
Posted inMarch 18, 1985: A busted Wyoming mining town remains haunted by 550 lost jobs
Critics say U.S. Steel is running its Provo, Utah, mill into the ground
Although U.S. Steel denies it, the firm is shutting down the immense Geneva mill step by step, even as it wrings millions in profits out of it and the workers it plans to layoff. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.5/download-entire-issue
Posted inMarch 18, 1985: A busted Wyoming mining town remains haunted by 550 lost jobs
A busted Wyoming mining town remains haunted by 550 lost jobs
Lander, Wyo., is still reeling from U.S. Steel’s decision last April to permanently close its Atlantic City iron ore mine. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.5/download-entire-issue
Posted inMarch 4, 1985: The West as military target
Good dog, bad dog
If dogs were totally incompatible with wilderness living, our ancestors wouldn’t have bothered having them around back in the days before concrete and the Gross National Product. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.4/download-entire-issue
Posted inMarch 4, 1985: The West as military target
Look at the forest as well as the trees
A court decision could force the Forest Service to do comprehensive, cumulative studies on the effects of roads built into roadless areas. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.4/download-entire-issue
Posted inMarch 4, 1985: The West as military target
A concentration camp was Wyoming’s third largest city
During World War II, 11,000 American and Japanese-born men, women and children were detained at Heart Mountain. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.4/download-entire-issue
Posted inMarch 4, 1985: The West as military target
The West is being drafted
The Navy and Air Force are planning to convert 8,500 square miles of public air space in Nevada into a supersonic jet training area. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.4/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 18, 1985: The boom is back in southwestern Wyoming
A proposed 35-million-acre land swap is shrouded in confusion
Some conservationists think the land swap is designed to benefit mining and drilling companies. But industry, perhaps because it’s been burned by earlier administration initiatives, is not speaking strongly in support. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.3/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 18, 1985: The boom is back in southwestern Wyoming
Rock Springs has travelled the boom-bust road before
The existence of Rock Springs, Wyo., is dependent upon economic waves, tied largely to the presence (or in the case of busts, the absence) of large corporations. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.3/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 18, 1985: The boom is back in southwestern Wyoming
The boom is back in southwestern Wyoming
Exxon has announced plans to double the size of its giant Shute Creek gas processing plant already under construction, possibly needing a workforce of 5,000 people. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.3/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 18, 1985: The boom is back in southwestern Wyoming
1984 Index
See a list of all High Country News articles published in 1984, categorized by subject. Click link to view PDF. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline 1984 Index.
Posted inFebruary 4, 1985: Uranium mines and mills may have caused birth defects among Navajo Indians
Two western forces clash at Jackson Lake
The frailness of Jackson Dam brings two sacred Western forces into conflict: agricultural water rights versus one of America’s most beautiful and popular national parks. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.2/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 4, 1985: Uranium mines and mills may have caused birth defects among Navajo Indians
A Western Colorado uranium town is beset by radioactivity and the economy
Layoffs at Umetco Minerals Corp.’s uranium mine in Uravan, Colo., may close the operation before high radiation levels and waste disposal problems do. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.2/download-entire-issue
Posted inFebruary 4, 1985: Uranium mines and mills may have caused birth defects among Navajo Indians
Uranium mines and mills may have caused birth defects among Navajo Indians
Down the dusty back roads of the Navajo Nation, scientists are tracking an invisible killer which may be responsible for the maiming of hundreds of Navajo children. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/17.2/download-entire-issue