Convention dictates that we stay busy and hurl ourselves headlong toward the future, but there is good reason to press pause now and then.

To better understand the on-the-ground impacts, High Country News reporters and editors spoke with the leaders of intertribal coalitions, commissions and Native-run community organizations across the ...

Not all the West’s fire- and death-defying stunts involve tortoises: A human being was caught on police drone footage juggling flaming torches while balancing on a unicycle and impeding traffic near ...

For the last 25 years, 58 million acres of American forest have had no new roads, no logging equipment, and no reason to appear on anyone’s industrial map. This year that is changing — and much faster ...

On Monday, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management posted an announcement seeking online public comment on the proposed reversal ...

Danielle Prokop covers the environment and local government for Source NM. Her coverage has delved into climate crisis on the Rio Grande, water litigation and health impacts from ...

Martha Pskowski covers climate change and the environment in Texas from her base in El Paso. She was previously an environmental reporter at the El Paso Times. She began her career as a freelance ...

A planned 1.3-mile wall across Mount Cristo Rey has drawn opposition from environmentalists and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Las Cruces.

It was morning, and the wide Las Vegas Strip was empty. Neon signs glittered quietly as Matthew Livelsberger cruised a silver Tesla Cybertruck down the palm tree-lined boulevard. It was around 8 a.m.

Thank you so much for the excellent article by Laureli Ivanoff (“ Iditarod idol ,” March 2026). Every word was rich and meaningful. Care is soft, in tune, perceptive, understanding, responsive. We can ...

History will judge the Trump administration harshly for elevating oil and gas at the expense of everything else.

That’s why High Country News is teaming up with local and national partners to create a West-wide corps of environmental reporters to work in local newsrooms: the Western Environmental Reporting ...