HCN has covered the lands, wildlife and communities of the Western U.S. for more than 50 years. Get to know the West better by signing up to receive HCN’s on-the-ground reporting and investigations in ...

Using detailed, vernacular sentences that hew closely to her characters’ perspectives, The Crazies unravels a NIMBY phenomenon that is happening across the West as the U.S. pushes to decarbonize, ...

Amy Gamerman’s new book examines attempts to block the energy transition in Montana’s Crazy Mountains.

Workers are pushing for improved training and safety standards to help avoid falls, electrocution and equipment failure.

General election voter turnout, 2020 to 2024, as of Nov. 15, 2024. Colorado has consistently had the highest voter turnout among Western states. Californians, including hundreds of thousands of ...

They’re among the region’s most despised species, but some tribes, researchers and landowners are racing to save them.

Shaun Griswold, a citizen of the Pueblo of Laguna with Jemez and Zuni ancestry, gives everyone a lot to consider in this Fourth of July perspective piece about the meaning of truth and what it’s like ...

HCN has covered the lands, wildlife and communities of the Western U.S. for more than 50 years. Get to know the West better by signing up to receive HCN’s on-the-ground reporting and investigations in ...

On that mid-October day last year, the Episcopal Church in Wyoming returned close to 200 cultural items to the Northern Arapaho Tribe. For over 80 years, the church was the steward of the collection, ...

With climate change bringing larger, more frequent and more destructive fires, resource advisors are needed to guide firefighters in areas where large wildfires have been uncommon, including ...

In September, a coal mine reopened in Utah’s Coal Country. But the mine’s owner, Wolverine Fuels, can’t find enough people to fill the estimated 350 jobs needed to staff it.

HCN has covered the lands, wildlife and communities of the Western U.S. for more than 50 years. Get to know the West better by signing up to receive HCN’s on-the-ground reporting and investigations in ...