Locals worry what this could mean for a region dominated by agritourism.
Banning concentrated feedlots is on the ballot in Sonoma
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Is your community ready for a wildfire?
Local governments throughout the West are investing in wildfire defense. Here’s how to know if yours is one of them.
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After historic floods, the safety net failed small farmers
Climate disasters are killing the largest subset of California farms. Government programs are too.
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The vision of Little Shell
How Ayabe-way-we-tung guided his tribe in the midst of colonization.
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Indigenous celebration of Hanford remembers the site before nuclear contamination
At the fourth annual Hanford Journey, Yakama Nation youth, elders and scientists share stories about a land that is a part of them.
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The inequity of heat
Extreme heat doesn’t discriminate; the ability to escape it does.
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How do you protect wildlife from sprawl?
A fast-growing Utah exurb gets serious about migration corridors.
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A silicon revival in the West
Is the region ready to produce the world’s most advanced technology?
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How New Mexico made child care free for most families
The state, long known for its challenges with child wellbeing, is now a leader in early childhood education.
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What the tundra provides
Picking blueberries fills more than just a bucket.
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Can words help us out of climate despair and toward repair?
How naming the climate struggle matters.
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‘There are no rules when it comes to art’
#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.
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Tear it down
Turning retired industrial landscapes into open space.
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Fur-class travel, wonderful whippets, delinquent donkeys and a white buffalo
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
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Memories of summer road trips
Did you get out there yet?
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Letters to the Editor, August 2024
Comments from readers.
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Indigenous people deserve gushy romance novels
‘The Truth According to Ember’ is a summer rom-com about Native people learning to be their authentic selves.
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California’s Park Fire rekindles trauma from previous blazes
‘The PTSD is horrible.’
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When the dams come down, what happens to barge traffic?
Farmers and transportation experts are figuring out how to transport goods if the lower Snake River dams are removed.