She had three dogs at her feet, and her girlfriend sat beside her on a motel lobby couch. The two cats were at a kennel. Their VW van was full of climbing gear, and their motel room had a couple changes of clothes. “I’ve been thinking a lot about impermanence,” Ashley Woods told me. That […]
David Frey
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The persistence of a golden time in the West
In the evening a strange thing happened; the 20 families became one family, the children were the children of all. The loss of a home became one loss, and the golden time in the West was one dream. — John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath Long before Tom Joad and his family set out for […]
Posted inJanuary 22, 2007: Salmon Justice
Man Camp
Energy companies turn to portable dormitories during housing crunch
Posted inSeptember 15, 2003: The West's Biggest Bully
The Devil’s Highway was a road to God’s Country
Changing the number won’t change the fortunes of small towns strung across the dusty Southwest … where the future offers little more hope than dry thunderclouds promise rain.
Posted inNovember 19, 2001: Bringing back the bosque
Resort counties push for legal workers
Proposal from Colorado resort towns would expand guest-worker program
Posted inDecember 6, 1999: Peggy Godfrey's long, strange trip
An angry, compassionate memorial to a mysterious tragedy
A new book reconstructs and analyzes all that led up to the deadly firestorm on Storm King Mountain where 14 firefighters died.
Posted inNovember 29, 1993: Butte, Montana, seeks a new life
California developer gets warm Colorado welcome
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline California developer gets warm Colorado welcome.
Posted inNovember 15, 1993: The decline and fall of salmon
Two “miners” may be seeking to shaft into U.S. Treasury
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Two “miners” may be seeking to shaft into U.S. Treasury.
Posted inNovember 1, 1993: Sunbelt confrontation
Colorado gets tougher on oil firms
Colorado Director of Natural Resources, Ken Salazar, attempts to tighten regulations for oil and gas drilling in eastern Colorado, despite farmers’ criticism that reforms fall short. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Colorado gets tougher on oil […]
Posted inSeptember 20, 1993: Triumph, Idaho, to EPA: Get out
Gould group gears up
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Gould group gears up.