The solution to a basin-wide problem may fall to individual irrigators.
People & Places
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The boondoggle of Trump’s border wall
There’s no separating the land and people of the border region.
Posted inAugust 21, 2017: Rooftop Revolution
What would the rural West do without volunteer firefighters?
Small-town firefighters are often first responders to some of the biggest blazes.
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Why so many hate crime victims choose not to report
A Colorado study examines the experiences of victims.
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The political right and left are stuck in polarizing myths
Neighbors in a small Colorado town are splintered, but neither are correct.
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What they left behind: Items found in the Borderlands
Humanitarian groups track traces of migrants crossing the border.
Posted inAugust 7, 2017: Los Promotores
Death and dying are different in the West
The rugged individualist mentality of the region extends to medical aid in dying.
Posted inJuly 24, 2017: Down the Dark Mountain
So what if we’re doomed?
Climate chaos, mass extinction, the collapse of civilization: A guide to facing the ecocide.
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In remote Alaska, subsistence hunting helps villagers survive
Photos from Gambell, Alaska, help illustrate a different way of life.
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The quieter monument battles to watch
What local leaders are saying about lesser-known areas as review nears its end.
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The women confronting California’s farm conditions
Female farmworkers face sexual assault, pesticide exposure and low wages.
Posted inAugust 21, 2017: Rooftop Revolution
One grid to rule them all
And in the darkness, bind them: The West’s bid for one big electric grid.
Posted inJuly 24, 2017: Down the Dark Mountain
The teenage whaler’s tale
Internet death threats hound a young Alaskan after a successful hunt.
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You can’t slash health care and say it’s better off
The Senate discusses a bill that will further erode health services in Indian Country.
Posted inJuly 24, 2017: Down the Dark Mountain
What the anti-Shariah rallies point to
Islamophobia and Trumpism are bringing disparate right-wing groups together.
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Podcast: Eccentric communes go mainstream
Desert love, the original tiny houses and Joan Didion’s West.
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Grand Staircase-Escalante was set up to fail
How budget cuts, a divided staff and state politics hamstrung Utah’s biggest monument.
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Your guide to the solar eclipse
Totality, traffic, telescopes: How ready are you for the event of the century?
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Climate change could disrupt tribes’ religious practices
After years of religious persecution, tribes face changing natural world.
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Where will you view the solar eclipse?
Help us plot your destinations for the Aug. 21st event on our live map.