Busting out When High Country News moved into its new quarters in early 1992 (New Year’s Day, to be exact), we assumed the 3,600 square-foot building would serve us forever. After all, we had come out of 1,000 square feet. But when the architect who designed the building happened to be in Paonia, we asked […]
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Posted inApril 14, 1997: Beauty and the Beast
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Plaudits for the Poppers Frank and Deborah Popper are the mom-and-pop Darth Vaders of the Great Plains. The scholars from New Jersey coined “Buffalo Commons” to describe the turn they want the depopulated region to take. Harsh feelings against the Rutgers University-based pair will not be softened by the American Geographical Society, which recently awarded […]
Posted inDecember 9, 1996: Motorheads: The new, noisy, organized force in the West
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Let the waters flow As the days grow shorter and darkness comes earlier, we look for signs that winter isn’t really closing in. Octogenarian David Brower helped us out the other day with a cheery phone call at dusk from California. He had surprising news: The club’s board had just voted unanimously to support emptying […]
Posted inAugust 22, 1994: Whose fault? A Utah canyon turns deadly
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Energy efficient The U.S. Department of Energy has decided that High Country News walks its talk. HCN is one of seven recipients of the agency’s National Energy Awards. The newspaper was selected because its retrofitted building – once a feed and auto parts store – demonstrated admirable energy efficiency. The building was designed by architect […]
Posted inAugust 8, 1994: Glitz and growth take a major hit in Santa Fe
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Ray Ring and company High Country News now has an Editor Emeritus, an Editor, an Associate Editor and, as of July 6, a Senior Editor. This last is Ray Ring, who has spent the past 10 years or so writing novels and free-lance newspaper and magazine articles in Tucson, Arizona. Altogether, Ray has lived and […]
Posted inJuly 25, 1994: 'Unranchers' reach for West's state lands
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Fires on the hillside The town of Paonia, where High Country News has its office, decided not to set off fireworks July 4th – nature was already providing a spectacular display. Lightning without rain had turned tinder-dry juniper hillsides above the town into fast-moving blazes, some spouting flames up to 80 feet tall. Although firefighters […]
Posted inMay 2, 1994: A struggle for the last grass
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Odds and ends The Grand Canyon Community Library writes to say: “Our library burned to the ground on March 18. We are in dire need of donations if anyone has books they no longer need.” The library can be reached at P.O. Box 518, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023-0518. Subscribers Rick and Lindsay Silverman and son […]
Posted inSeptember 5, 1994: Can planning rein in a stampede?
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End of summer visitors Matt Huston and Sherry Smith of Seattle visited while on their way from a Telluride wedding to the Maroon Bells Wilderness. Unfortunately, it was a Sunday, so we got only a note: “It was good to see you weren’t working and that you take days off.” Jack Laughlin, an engineer who […]