On their own, wolves walk into Washington state

By Mitch Friedman

In 2008, Canadian wolves didn’t wait for an invitation from biologists to move them into Washington state. Instead, they trotted…

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Must water be enhanced and encased in plastic?

By Marjorie “Slim” Woodruff

If someone told me 10 years ago that people would willingly pay over $5 for a one-gallon container of water,…

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Southeast county in Utah has a radioactive target on its back

By Zak Podmore

In the early 1980s, southeast Utah was targeted as a potential dump site for high-level nuclear waste, the kind that…

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What reporting on three city councils teaches me

By Marty Durlin

For the past year and a half, I’ve been reporting weekly on municipal government in three rural Western Colorado towns….

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Old growth Ponderosa pine on public land that would be transferred to private ownership in proposed Valle Seco land trade, photo courtesy of Colorado Wild Public Lands

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