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% ...

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 ...

Pay for presence’ aims to compensate ranchers for predator-related losses, but Western states might not be able to afford it.

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 ...

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 ...

Gabriela Campos, born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is a photojournalist who documents the people and traditions of the Southwest. She’s on staff at the Santa Fe New Mexican, and her work is ...

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

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 ...

Don J. Usner is an author and photographer who documents the culture he inherited and his upbringing in the northern New Mexico communities of Embudo, Los Alamos and Chimayó. High Country News ’ ...

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 ...