A resort capitalizes on a nearby Yavapai-Apache religious site despite having no meaningful relationship with the tribe.
Communities
Members of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians, the newest federally recognized tribe, will have guaranteed access to health care when their new medical center opens.
In 2019, two gold-mining giants joined forces, with huge consequences for the Northern Nevada community and economy.
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community shows how eelgrass and aquaculture can coexist in Puget Sound.
The Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe will receive significantly less funds to assist in economy after the end of coal.
Social media has helped undo centuries of colonial disconnection, but Native communities need a much better platform.
The communities dealing with the carcinogenic water worry and aren’t kept well informed.
In Phoenix, a new heat office hopes to prevent more people from dying of extreme heat.
Record-breaking drought along the Wasatch Front forces tough decisions about water supply.
The author of ‘Farm Fresh Broadband’ draws on history to chart a better future for rural internet access.
An illustration of a complex ecosystem that could exist again.
The Lava Ridge Wind Farm in Idaho would more than double the state’s wind energy output, but at what cost?
On the Wind River Indian Reservation, two animals slip between the cracks of what is wild and what isn’t.
In the San Luis Valley, the communal and egalitarian resource offers a way of life.
When Earth MRI began surveying, residents grew concerned about the prospect of mining.
‘As a unified voice, we are unstoppable — and we can manage the river better.’
A high schooler’s photo essay documents what it’s like to go through intense change in a place that never changes.
In October 1871, a frenzied mob was responsible for one of the largest lynching in Western U.S. history.
‘These legal systems are not set up for Indigenous people at all.’
Wary of local authorities, a community forms an ad-hoc firefighting force to defend its property.
The hidden history of Santa Monica’s Black coastal enclaves.
A resettlement agency in Twin Falls, Idaho, prepares for newcomers.
Headwaters Economics shines a light on record-breaking costs in the West.
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