A New Mexico principal ponders a tougher approach to keep frequently absent students in school.
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ĀWest Obsessed: The fate of rural food and farms
The staff of High Country News tackles tough questions about small-town agriculture.
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How independent libraries are transforming some New Mexico towns
In Rio Arriba County, a community fix for a book deficit.
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Wildfires spark where growth is sprawling
Nationally, nearly a third of homes built since 2000 are in wildland areas.
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Digitally disconnected
How rural students struggle to find internet access, and what one small college is doing about it.
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Native schools move forward by looking to the past
How a New Mexico network is building a new generation of native schools.
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Malheur occupation impacts linger throughout the West
Sagebrush Rebellion flareups cooled off after Bundy arrests but the standoffās effects ripple out.
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A guide to borderland education programs
A number of universities, especially those in border states, have programs that examine the influx of people who bring change to their new homes.
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How do you beat hunger and food waste? Try compost
Reunity turns restaurant scraps into soilāāāand connects Santa Fe with rural farms in the process.
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Ranch Diaries: Two years into Triangle P Cattle, weāre coming into our own
My childhood cowgirl dreams and family traditions are settling in and coming to fruition.
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New Mexican farmers struggle to stay on the land
Can a tax break keep New Mexicoās struggling farmers from selling out?
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Northern New Mexicoās fight against food insecurity
In the regionās most impoverished rural areas, food pantries fill gaps of grocery stores.
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Training programs teach farmers to do more with less
Can blackberries and tilapia help New Mexicoās small farmers thrive?
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Meet the Westās oldest climate correspondent
Anna Mae Wright has spent seven decades recording the weather.
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Rural hospitals pool their resources to survive
A group of ten New Mexico hospitals is making a go of it in tough times.
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Telemedicine shrinks the Westās vast health desert
In New Mexico, an experiment in treating stroke victims at a distance.
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The Fish and Wildlife Serviceās endangered species triage
Buried in petitions to list new species, the Fish and Wildlife Service proposes a system for prioritizing who gets help first.
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In Northern New Mexico, a piƱon-nut culture is vanishing
A warming climate hits piƱon pines ā and the community that harvests them.
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West Obsessed: Genetics and the plight of Mexican wolves
Turf wars and management missteps have hurt the recovery of Arizona and New Mexicoās remaining wolf packs, leaving them dangerously inbred.
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A different type of addiction
In Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, alcohol claims more lives than other drugs, but now an alternative treatment program could help.