The Ranter remembers being struck down by love for Tonya Harding, the fallen ice skater.
History
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Interactive timeline: Livestock grazing in the West
Whether grazing on public land is a ‘right’ or a ‘privilege’ is one of the region’s most contentious issues. Here’s why.
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The neglected history that began in the Utah desert
Last year we observed the 70th anniversary of our atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Back then, we were told that the A-bomb shortened the war and saved lives. Americans are still told that, though the truth of this is questionable. What most of us don’t remember – or more likely never knew – is […]
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Potty-mouths have a long history in Western politics
Donald Trump is just the latest politician to resort to vulgar language.
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No, federal land transfers are not in the Constitution
Legal scholars debunk arguments about how founding documents support local control of all lands.
Posted inJanuary 25, 2016: The Forever War
A tale of two BLM mascots
Johnny Horizon and Seymour Antelope show the agency’s changing focus.
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Where private land meets public interest
A group of landowners on the Colorado-New Mexico border aim to conserve a contested landscape.
Posted inDecember 21, 2015: Secrets of the Deep
New clues to the past in Nevada’s desert fossils
Scientific inquiry is a process of constant revision. And revision is where the most intriguing discoveries happen.
Posted inDecember 7, 2015: Good Neighbors
High Country News: Branching out
The fourth in a series celebrating our 45th Anniversary.
Posted inDecember 7, 2015: Good Neighbors
The last stand of the West’s fire lookouts
Fire detection is becoming more technologically advanced, as the old-fashioned watchtower goes extinct.
Posted inNovember 23, 2015: Water Hustle
High Country News: The reopening
The third in a series celebrating our 45th anniversary.
Posted inNovember 9, 2015: The Campaign Against Coal
High Country News: Tragedy and transition
The second in a series celebrating our 45th anniversary
Posted inNovember 9, 2015: The Campaign Against Coal
The Greatest Generation at its worst
A review of ‘Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese American Internment in World War II,’ by Richard Reeves.
Posted inOctober 26, 2015: Clean Energy's Dirty Secret
High Country News: Origins
The first in a series celebrating our 45th anniversary
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A look back on 45 years of HCN
Continuing the tradition of in-depth, passionate coverage of the West’s defining issues.
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Advanced Placement history nixes ‘racial superiority’ from Manifest Destiny
Q&A: Historian Amy Greenberg says curriculum revisions miss a major part of the story.
Posted inAugust 17, 2015: Little Big Bird
The man behind the monumental aqueduct
Review of ‘Water to the Angels’ by Les Standiford.
Posted inAugust 17, 2015: Little Big Bird
Tombstone’s true grit
Review of ‘Epitaph: A Novel of the O.K. Corral’ by Mary Doria Russell.
Posted inAugust 3, 2015: Outflanked
It’s time to end Custer worship
A Montanan faces up to the West’s own history of racism.
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Old mines still plague Montana’s Clark Fork
Why one of the nation’s largest Superfund river sites can’t address pollution from abandoned mines.