The trial over a 2014 showdown raises issues about the right to bear arms and assemble.
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Bundy supporter gets 68 years
In April, a jury found Gregory Burleson guilty for his part in the 2014 armed standoff at Cliven Bundy’s ranch.
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Bundy Ranch ‘gunmen’ face retrial in Las Vegas
New evidence links defendants to other anti-government gatherings in the West.
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What Joe Arpaio represents in today’s American West
The embattled lawman faces charges of criminal contempt.
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Fires sweep the Southwest
In an unseasonably hot and dry West, an intense fire season takes shape.
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West Obsessed: Crimes against non-humanity
High Country News staffers discuss human-wildlife killings and conflicts.
Posted inMay 29, 2017: The Cost of a Comeback
Meet Nevada’s cow cops
Where crime scene investigators ride the range.
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A New Mexico electricity co-op declares its independence
A co-op leaves its power provider, whose reliance on coal kept prices too high.
Posted inMay 15, 2017: Prison Town
Latest: Mexican wolves are about to get wild
An appeal court ruling allows wolves more room to roam in New Mexico.
Posted inMay 1, 2017: Change Comes to Short Creek
An end to Tucson’s growth wars
A conservation plan puts science ahead of politics.
Posted inMay 1, 2017: Change Comes to Short Creek
What happens when the church comes for your kids?
Former FLDS members fight for their families and homes.
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Invade, steal water: The plant spreading in Utah’s wetlands
Battling a nonnative reed to protect Great Salt Lake bird habitat.
Posted inMarch 6, 2017: Uncomfortable Corners
Raptors in flight
Enduring relationships begin with encounters.
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Wait — this land is my land?
A Southerner revels in the access of Western federal lands.
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When crossing the border is your daily commute
A day in the life of agricultural laborers whose work and lives straddle the Arizona-Mexican border.
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The many questions of Gold Butte
Familiar questions around roads, heritage and water rights resurface as Nevadans make sense of their new monument.
Posted inFebruary 20, 2017: Overdosed
The winding beauty of Southwest deserts
A collection of photographs capture nature’s rhythms.
Posted inFebruary 6, 2017: River of Healing
The Grand Canyon, like you’ve never seen it
An artist’s connection to the landscape through her paintings.
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Seeking ancient lives in harsh lands
A review of “The Lost World of the Old Ones,” a voyage through Southwestern archaeology.
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Bears Ears: Correcting an off-base argument
In the debate over a national monument, don’t be swayed by myths.