A cultural debate leaves the presidency in limbo.
Wyatt Orme
Posted inDecember 22, 2014: The Dust Detectives
Holiday publishing break
Welcome new employees, and farewell Martin Litton
Posted inDecember 8, 2014: The Great Salmon Compromise
Contemporary photographs of 19th century art
Review of “Karl Bodmer’s America Revisited” by Robert Lindholm.
Posted inDecember 8, 2014: The Great Salmon Compromise
The Latest: Illegal marijuana grows busted in Colorado
The Forest Service seized more than 100,000 plants on public lands.
Posted inArticles
Should the president of the Navajo Nation speak Navajo?
A play-by-play of an election that poses big questions about fluency.
Posted inOctober 27, 2014: Defuse the West
Review of “The Color of Being Born” by Michael Cadieux
Paintings that depict the precarious relationship between humankind and the natural world.
Posted inArticles
From the Tipi to the Tesla
Activist Winona LaDuke on environmental justice and foregoing unclean technology.
Posted inOctober 13, 2014: Charles Bowden's Fury
The Latest: Wyoming’s wolf delisting thrown out
A U.S. District Court hands management back to the feds.
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Navajo language threatens candidate’s presidential bid
Chris Deschene faces disqualification over lack of fluency.
Posted inSeptember 15, 2014: Books & Essays
Photographs of America’s pronghorn antelope
Review of “A Pronghorn Year” by Dick Kettlewell.
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Rural and small town employment still lags
Metro areas are bouncing back from the Great Recession more quickly.
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Two political elites prevail in Navajo primary melee
Shirley and Deschene pull ahead of 15 other candidates.
Posted inSeptember 1, 2014: Lost in the Woods
The Latest: Southern Utes make another energy investment
Backstory The Southern Ute Indian Tribe has suffered plenty of historical setbacks; today, however, its 1,400 members are collectively worth billions. In the 1970s, the tribe began taking control of energy profits from its southwestern Colorado reservation, home to one of the country’s richest gas fields. In the 1990s, it formed its own energy company, […]
Posted inGoat
How much money is a healthy ecosystem worth?
For the 95,000 or so people in and around Bellingham, Washington, the water bill they pay every other month includes a charge called the “watershed acquisition fee.” It’s currently $24.81 per bill, and the city uses this money to strategically purchase land to protect Lake Whatcom and its watershed—the source of the city’s water supply. […]
Posted inAugust 18, 2014: Alaska's Uncertain Food Future
The Latest: Wild Mexican wolf pups born in Sierra Madre
The species still struggles on both sides of the border.
Posted inAugust 4, 2014: Idaho's Sewer System
What the West will feel like in 2100
Scenarios for how our cities will change with the climate.
Posted inGoat
What diabetic grizzlies can tell us about human obesity
Sept. 2, 2015 update: It has been announced that one of the authors of this study manipulated data, and the study has now been retracted. Here is the retraction note: This article has been retracted at the request of the authors. Amgen requested the retraction as an outcome of an internal review where it was determined that […]
Posted inAugust 4, 2014: Idaho's Sewer System
New kids in town
Well, they’re not exactly kids, but HCN is pleased to welcome two new interns to our Paonia, Colorado, office for six months of journalism boot camp. And we’re also delighted that Krista Langlois, our extraordinary editorial fellow, is staying for another six months. Growing up in Toronto, new editorial intern Sarah Tory devoured books on […]