The agency begins to deliver on promises to confront sexual harassment.
People & Places
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The long fight against Joe Arpaio will continue
How ‘America’s toughest sheriff’ galvanized a movement among Arizona Latinos.
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The actuality of the path of totality
What it feels like when the world goes cold and dark.
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Money-for-water programs work — but for how long?
In the Colorado River Basin, a pilot project wins over skeptical farmers and ranchers.
Posted inSeptember 18, 2017: No Hoax
A salmon festival portends struggles on the Klamath River
The Yurok Tribe has again halted fishing during the chinook’s fall run.
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Uranium pervades homes on and near Navajo Nation
EPA budget cuts threaten to slow a long-overdue cleanup.
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Lessons in the moon’s shadow
How the eclipse makes you understand space, and why we should pay attention to lesser wonders.
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Photos: An unexpectedly quiet eclipse viewing
In Lander, Wyoming, the promised eclipse hordes never materialized.
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How many golf trips is public funding for the arts worth?
Consider the saguaro cactus — and celebrate it with your tax dollars.
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The view of the eclipse from the lenses of our readers
A collection of photos submitted by the High Country News community.
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How the West experienced the solar eclipse
HCN readers watched from all over the country. Find out where.
Posted inAugust 21, 2017: Rooftop Revolution
What a doctor learns after a life’s work
A pediatrician reflects on his work in Navajo Nation.
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Hunting for feral figs
The gem-like fruit are best when found free in the urban wilds.
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In solar scuffle, big utilities meet their match
Solar advocates win a surprising victory in Nevada.
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West Obsessed: On finding our way in the Anthropocene
How to confront hard truths about climate change and ecocide.
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Forest Service confronts a popular hot springs’ overuse
Rangers tackle the conundrum of protecting loved-to-death wilderness.
Posted inJuly 24, 2017: Down the Dark Mountain
A young hunter moves past death threats from afar
The Apassingok family reflects on a formative kill of a whale and the social-media backlash.
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Why I obsess about the names of plants and animals
Naming things makes individuals out of a landscape of birds, trees and bumblebees.
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A far-right rally meets backlash in Seattle
Violent clashes in Virgina over displays of Nazism set the stage for conflict in Washington state.
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The days of $10 senior National Park passes are ending
And seniors are rushing to get one before they’re gone.