Holding board meetings and meeting the challenges.
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Posted inOctober 2025: Limits to Growth
A season of grizzlies and get-togethers
We’ve filled our time with gatherings and awards.
Posted in2025
HCN and Report for America launch environmental reporting partnership
High Country News and Report for America are seeking local and statewide newsrooms to build an environmental reporting network for the Western U.S.
Posted inSeptember 2025: Who Controls Our Food?
What makes a community activist optimistic
After 85 years, Luis Torres still has answers to our many challenges.
Posted inJuly 2025: Seeds as Sustenance
Out and about in the West
HCN hosted several events throughout the region and welcomes a new design director.
Posted inJune 2025: The Promised Land
HCN welcomes our newest board member
… and reporters attend the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 2025 conference.
Posted inIssues
The people supporting our work
Your help allows us to support you, and new editorial fellows have joined the team.
Posted inIssues
After 35 years, farewell to an indefatigable art director
Cindy Wehling leaves an unmatched legacy of art and design, writ large across hundreds of issues of High Country News.
Posted inIssues
What are you reading?
When finding news consumption difficult, connect with community.
Posted inJanuary 2025: The West's Most Wanted
Can we find common ground?
Readers respond to a previous column.
Posted inDecember 2024: Land as Reparations
Finding common ground in divisive times
HCN will continue bringing the West together and defending the places within the region.
Posted inNovember 2024: The Once and Future Prairie
Remembering a remarkable environmental journalist
Bob Jones’ pioneering reporting spanned the West and the world.
Posted inSeptember 2024: When Migrants Go Missing
HCN donors make the ink flow
75% of our revenue comes from readers. Thank you.
Posted inAugust 2024: In the Wake of the Floods
Memories of summer road trips
Did you get out there yet?
Posted inJune 2024: The Idea of Wilderness
New life landmarks and fond farewells
HCN welcomes good news among staffers and thanks a longtime board member who’s stepping away.
Posted inMay 2024: A River Returns
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