A former coal mining town takes measured approach to economic recovery.
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A vision for the Navajo Nation in one farm’s sustainability
Local businesses keep jobs and money circulating within their communities.
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Navajo small businesses help stabilize booms and busts
To build a sustained community, the Navajo Nation experiments with entrepreneurs.
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The Park Service needs to do more to connect
The agency has worked so hard to attract white, outdoorsy men that it has trouble going further.
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Dear progressives, don’t give up on the small-town West
Political advice from a Democrat who ran and lost his own campaign for mayor.
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From ‘hallway’ to artery, a town rebuilds Main Street
Booms and busts withered Farmington, New Mexico, but new initiatives could revitalize it.
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The changing politics of woods work
Cash-strapped agencies use private contractors to the detriment of local communities.
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When federal health care falls short, tribes improvise
A growing number of tribes manage their own clinics and behavioral programs.
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A water-bottling plant creates a rift in Montana
Opponents say a proposal is tilting Flathead Valley development toward corporate interests.
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Can Utah’s centrists provide refuge for the disillusioned?
A new party called United Utah says that it is ‘Practical Not Partisan.’
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In New Mexico, demographic shifts have helped job growth
An influx of immigrants is preventing economic stagnation in the Borderlands.
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Latest: More pushback against coal export terminals
Proposed terminal in Longview, Washington, denied key water permit.
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In rural New Mexico, a new brewery creates momentum
Truth or Consequences looks for ways to attract a new generation of entrepreneurs.
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Infographic: Where in the West young people are moving
Some counties in the region buck the aging trend.
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Why save the small town?
Cities may seem inevitable, but rural communities are finding ways to hang on.
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Northern California tribes face down massive wildfires
Some evacuees return home as clean-up begins and resources are stretched thin.
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A glimpse of a family in the shifting West
A Montana family balances raising small children with the challenges of modern-day ranching.
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Thousands find refuge from Northern California fires
Fast-moving wildfires have burned over 200,000 acres and killed at least 31 people.
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One race may tip Washington’s state Senate from red to blue
Campaign donations are flowing at record pace for a state Senate seat in the high-tech suburbs of Seattle.
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In the wake of great tragedy, how do you find solace?
In an effort to move forward from another mass shooting, we’d like to hear from you.