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Across the West, lawmakers are skipping over the will of voters and yanking fluoride.
Want fluoride in the water? Too bad. - High Country News
Across the West, lawmakers are skipping over the will of voters and yanking fluoride.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Across the West, lawmakers are skipping over the will of voters and yanking fluoride.
Aspen ‘eyes’ keep us accountable to the natural world
In times of crisis, their gaze is a summon from nature to take action.
In times of crisis, their gaze is a summon from nature to take action.
Aspen ‘eyes’ keep us accountable to the natural world
In times of crisis, their gaze is a summon from nature to take action.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Aspen ‘eyes’ keep us accountable to the natural world
In times of crisis, their gaze is a summon from nature to take action.
In times of crisis, their gaze is a summon from nature to take action.
Western economies falter under the Trump administration
Tariffs, layoffs and federal funding clawbacks stress budgets.
Tariffs, layoffs and federal funding clawbacks stress budgets.
Western economies falter under the Trump administration
Tariffs, layoffs and federal funding clawbacks stress budgets.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Western economies falter under the Trump administration
Tariffs, layoffs and federal funding clawbacks stress budgets.
Tariffs, layoffs and federal funding clawbacks stress budgets.
Years ago, the state’s largest utility rolled out a power outage program designed to reduce wildfires. Customers now experience thousands of outages a year.
For rural Californians, unreliable power has become the norm - High Country News
Years ago, the state’s largest utility rolled out a power outage program designed to reduce wildfires. Customers now experience thousands of outages a year.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Years ago, the state’s largest utility rolled out a power outage program designed to reduce wildfires. Customers now experience thousands of outages a year.
A Q&A with Amy Bowers Cordalis about her new book on the multigenerational effort towards dam removal.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A Q&A with Amy Bowers Cordalis about her new book on the multigenerational effort towards dam removal.
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A new bill poised to pass the Senate after clearing the House will govern how the federal government thins, burns and otherwise manages nearly 200 million acres of the nation’s forests.
Fix Our Forests Act divides environmental community - High Country News
But it’s a rare instance of bipartisan lawmaking and the biggest wildfire legislation in recent history.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A new bill poised to pass the Senate after clearing the House will govern how the federal government thins, burns and otherwise manages nearly 200 million acres of the nation’s forests.
For a moment, we are blinded by awe and can think of nothing other than our gratitude for being present to bear witness.
Coping techniques are in order - High Country News
Or, how to put yourself in the path of joy.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
For a moment, we are blinded by awe and can think of nothing other than our gratitude for being present to bear witness.
Amid all of Donald Trump’s haphazard policymaking and chaos-mongering, one part of his agenda has remained remarkably consistent throughout both terms: the quest for something he calls “energy dominance.”
The nation’s energy dominance falters - High Country News
Trump is killing clean energy, and it’s not even helping fossil fuels.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Amid all of Donald Trump’s haphazard policymaking and chaos-mongering, one part of his agenda has remained remarkably consistent throughout both terms: the quest for something he calls “energy dominance.”
A heavy music festival in Blackfeet Nation this summer was abut more than just music – it was a protective ceremony to shelter Indigenous youth from suicidal distress.
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Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation - High Country News
In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A heavy music festival in Blackfeet Nation this summer was abut more than just music – it was a protective ceremony to shelter Indigenous youth from suicidal distress.
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Leaving parks open during a government shutdown neglects the mandate of future enjoyment.
Interior is failing to conserve national parks - High Country News
Leaving parks open during a shutdown neglects the mandate of future enjoyment.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Leaving parks open during a government shutdown neglects the mandate of future enjoyment.
For one journalist, moving out of the U.S. offers a new perspective on how ICE raids and gun violence have devastated her former home in Colorado.
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ICE raids in Colorado highlight how violent the U.S. has become - High Country News
After migrating to Canada, a journalist reckons with the grief and gratitude of having left.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
For one journalist, moving out of the U.S. offers a new perspective on how ICE raids and gun violence have devastated her former home in Colorado.
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BLM lease sales planned for next summer land along migration paths. Public comments accepted through Nov. 17.
Proposed Wyoming oil and gas leases overlap wildlife corridors - High Country News
BLM lease sales planned for next summer land along migration paths. Public comments accepted through Nov. 17.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
BLM lease sales planned for next summer land along migration paths. Public comments accepted through Nov. 17.
This is not only a climate emergency. It is a cultural one.
Truly grasp what Typhoon Halong did to western Alaska - High Country News
This is not only a climate emergency. It is a cultural one.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This is not only a climate emergency. It is a cultural one.
Amy Bowers Cordalis’ new book, The Water Remembers, weaves together memoir, historical narrative nonfiction, legal battles and family to tell the story of the largest dam removal project in history.
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‘It’s a story of hope’: Reflections on undamming the Klamath - High Country News
A Q&A with Amy Bowers Cordalis about her new book on the multigenerational effort towards dam removal.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Amy Bowers Cordalis’ new book, The Water Remembers, weaves together memoir, historical narrative nonfiction, legal battles and family to tell the story of the largest dam removal project in history.
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Residents in wildfire-prone rural California endure thousands of unannounced power outages every year; regulators and utilities have done relatively little to ease the burden.
For rural Californians, unreliable power has become the norm - High Country News
Years ago, the state’s largest utility rolled out a power outage program designed to reduce wildfires. Customers now experience thousands of outages a year.
www.hcn.org
November 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Residents in wildfire-prone rural California endure thousands of unannounced power outages every year; regulators and utilities have done relatively little to ease the burden.
Coping techniques are in order - High Country News
Or, how to put yourself in the path of joy.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
When a large-scale restoration effort was halted by feds, history could not be forced back into the archives.
The first film made in Idaho was headed back to the big screen. Then DOGE intervened - High Country News
When a large-scale restoration effort was halted by feds, history could not be forced back into the archives.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
When a large-scale restoration effort was halted by feds, history could not be forced back into the archives.
In her new book, Michelle Gurule reveals her experience as a sugar baby and just how little has changed about the industry in the last century.
Denver’s storied tradition of sex work, then and now - High Country News
In her new book, Michelle Gurule reveals her experience as a sugar baby and just how little has changed about the industry in the last century.
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November 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In her new book, Michelle Gurule reveals her experience as a sugar baby and just how little has changed about the industry in the last century.
Hosts with the most - High Country News
Holding board meetings and meeting the challenges.
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November 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Rural Californians living without power.
Coho salmon finding new life.
Indigenous youth finding joy in heavy metal.
The November issue of High Country News captures a West in flux — and in motion.
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Coho salmon finding new life.
Indigenous youth finding joy in heavy metal.
The November issue of High Country News captures a West in flux — and in motion.
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November 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Rural Californians living without power.
Coho salmon finding new life.
Indigenous youth finding joy in heavy metal.
The November issue of High Country News captures a West in flux — and in motion.
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Coho salmon finding new life.
Indigenous youth finding joy in heavy metal.
The November issue of High Country News captures a West in flux — and in motion.
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I wanted my photographs to dive below the sheen of spectacle, the scintillating surface of America, but I was constantly taken myself by the glitter of it all.
The strange loneliness of Charlie Kirk’s funeral - High Country News
Photos and reflections from the memorial in the Phoenix suburbs.
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October 31, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I wanted my photographs to dive below the sheen of spectacle, the scintillating surface of America, but I was constantly taken myself by the glitter of it all.
A rare instance of bipartisan lawmaking and the biggest wildfire legislation in recent history.
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Fix Our Forests Act divides environmental community - High Country News
But it’s a rare instance of bipartisan lawmaking and the biggest wildfire legislation in recent history.
www.hcn.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A rare instance of bipartisan lawmaking and the biggest wildfire legislation in recent history.
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Across the West, lawmakers are skipping over the will of voters and yanking fluoride.
Want fluoride in the water? Too bad. - High Country News
Across the West, lawmakers are skipping over the will of voters and yanking fluoride.
buff.ly
October 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Across the West, lawmakers are skipping over the will of voters and yanking fluoride.
Trump’s energy dominance bid is failing.
The nation’s energy dominance falters - High Country News
Trump is killing clean energy, and it’s not even helping fossil fuels.
buff.ly
October 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Trump’s energy dominance bid is failing.