The Bozeman location is meant to be an emergency shelter. Other local organizations provide housing for families and domestic violence survivors, but HRDC’s shelter is the sole place where someone ...

Around the Colville Reservation, nearly everyone has vivid memories of fire. The blazes’ names — Devil’s Elbow, North Star, Tunk Block, Summit Hill, Cold Springs and Chewah — are recalled and recited ...

But now, the pressure is on for co-ops in Colorado to invest in renewable energy, following passage of state laws starting in 2019 that require utilities to slash their greenhouse gas emissions by 80% ...

Amid the disarray, High Country News set out to chart the first 60 days of this DOGE-induced disorder. We found the kind of bedlam that not only destabilizes the government and demolishes the services ...

Dagger fingernails and polished glass, swirls of blue ink wrapping muscled torsos, tough-guy biceps cradling newborn babes — the images capture quintessential New Mexican culture, one that boldly ...

During a moment in the car, I imagine when he was thoroughly appreciating all that city life can offer, he asked his auntie, “Do people go ugruk hunting here?” High Country News ’ weekly email ...

This article appeared in the May 2025 print edition of the magazine with the headline “Behavior change is society change.” ...

As Western mountain towns struggle with overtourism, Jackson Hole tries out a new plan to mitigate visitors’ impacts.

Alix Soliman is an environmental journalist based in Juneau, Alaska. She previously covered climate science from Washington, D.C., and worked at conservation nonprofits in California and Oregon. @alix ...

En 1968, los científicos Elmer Robinson y R.C. Robbins, del Instituto de Investigación de Stanford, elaboraron un estudio fundamental para la asociación comercial American Petroleum Institute, que ...

Murphy Woodhouse is the Mountain West News Bureau reporter at Boise State Public Radio, where he covers wildfire and other issues affecting the region. He grew up in Idaho, and came back in 2023 after ...

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