After a skier complains, Montana Snowbowl refuses to sell him tickets; wacky words of Arizona politicians
Heard Around the West
Heard Around the West is a longstanding High Country News column that captures obscure and absurd tidbits and stories from around the region. Email the editor of Heard, Betsy Marston, with photos and news tips: betsym at hcn.org.
Jackson Hole moves to Asia, and a border security newspaper
Of testosterone-fueled idiots, rule-breaking officials, and laws for a good life
Gun photos with Santa, dueling grizzlies
Texans smuggle in big-antlered deer to mix with their herds, an avocado thief; Peruvian sheep terrorists
Who needs the outdoors anyway? Also, how to sell your husband
Plus a wild wolf encounter and imposter journalism
Human population control for wildlife, and the proud homeless of Moab
Offshore jobs return to Idaho; bear-attracting neighbors meet the Lake Tahoe Wall of Shame
RVs and phone books, for example
A politically incorrect gun raffle, a howling wolf hunt, and how to compost yourself
And the manliness of mining
And "the hottest event of the year that no one will attend"
Cops in Montana test a new pursuit vehicle. Wyoming carjackers forget how to drive
Wyoming interpretive center opens to promote learning from Japanese internment experience.
California wineries hope to log 2,000 acres of redwoods to grow more grapes. Bottle of pinot to go with that clearcut?
A parade goes awry, and snow blocks resupply trains
Mutton-busting takes off across the country
Watch where you pee in Olympic National Park
Ferocious animals in Washington state and ferocious xenophobes in Arizona
- Tribes call out Oregon’s reckless gaming regulation
- Electric vehicles drive up demand for ‘green metals’
- Land-grab universities
- Conservation groups want to buy land to protect it. One problem: It’s often illegal
- Humble suckers: Pacific lamprey have survived 5 mass extinctions but are now under threat
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