Reports and testimony argue for stricter oversight of private facilities.
New Mexico
Posted inJune 25, 2018: Little Weed, Big Problem
The wonder of White Sands
A photographer lovingly documents New Mexico’s desert national monument.
Posted inAugust 6, 2018: What Are We Doing Here?
In the Southwest, ‘drought’ doesn’t tell the whole story
Why ‘aridification’ is a better term for our new, more parched reality.
Posted inMay 28, 2018: The River of Lost Souls
White Sands National … Park?
A bill could establish New Mexico’s second national park within a missile range.
Posted inJune 11, 2018: Reclaiming the Klamath
Tribal nations hold some of the best water rights in the West
But to use them, tribes often must negotiate settlements that need federal approval.
Posted inMay 14, 2018: Death in the Alpine
How do we honor New Mexico’s colorful past
… without celebrating colonialism’s violence?
Posted inApril 30, 2018: Celebrity Scofflaw
This acequia life
The irrigation of the land defines our West in ways I can hardly explain.
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Competition fosters computer skills in New Mexico schools
Rural students learn how to code by participating in a supercomputing challenge.
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The New Mexico towns where less connectivity is more
Communities are embracing faster internet but rejecting better cellphone reception.
Posted inApril 30, 2018: Celebrity Scofflaw
How a rural electric co-op connected a community
By expanding into broadband, Kit Carson Co-op provides high-speed internet to thousands.
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In small towns, a way to make remote work, work
A ‘micro’ economic development program bolsters a community of telecommuters.
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Natural gas wells make poor neighbors
Without a rule to prevent waste, living close to industry is difficult and dangerous.
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The Cold War’s nuclear legacy still leaches
Washington’s Hanford site is a lesson for politicians considering new nuclear weapons.
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What to plant as spring approaches
It’s time to peruse seed catalogues and plan for the gardening months of summer.
Posted inMarch 5, 2018: Drilling Chaco
Resistance to drilling grows on the Navajo Nation
Indigenous activists try to quell a rising tide of oil and gas exploration in Chaco Canyon.
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When the victors re-write history
A holistic understanding of Southwestern peoples brings the GenÃzaros to light.
Posted inFebruary 5, 2018: Caught Between Crises
Saints and sinners in the Southwest
A new book explores the dark characters that make the wide-open West their home.
Posted inFebruary 5, 2018: Caught Between Crises
When elk get iced; Raw water craze; Nudes in Utah
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Posted inFebruary 5, 2018: Caught Between Crises
A tale of two housing crises, rural and urban
How one Indigenous family is navigating two very different housing problems.
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Utah’s approach to public lands won’t work
New Mexico exemplifies the risk of managing lands at the whim of local interests.