Jane Goodall told us never give up
In her “Last Words” interview that was broadcast after her death, Jane Goodall talked about her calm in the face…
The Lee-Curtis proposal would bring OHV traffic into the wildness and quiet of Cathedral Valley in Capitol Reef National Park. Photo courtesy Stephen Trimble
MoreCoal gets a boost as renewables are gutted
A few years back, my friend Norm told me that when he was growing up in northern New Mexico in…
MoreCoal continues its precipitous decline
The coal mining industry reacted with outrage when the Bureau of Land Management recently announced plans to stop issuing new…
MoreOne person who cares can change a student’s life
By the time she took the dais at the Arapaho Charter High School graduation this spring, Principal Katie Law was…
Katie Law hands out a diploma, Katie Klingsporn image
MoreA dogged reporter covers our roiling world
Usually seen with a camera slung around his neck, Allen Best edits a one-man online journalism shop he calls Big…
Allen Best at work
MoreFarmington, a city in need of a jolt
The good news these days about Farmington, New Mexico, is that the air looks clear. That’s a huge change. For…
Blue skies over the closed San Juan Generating Station, Mike Eisenfeld photo
MoreThe “energy gap” nobody wants to tussle with
Many Western states have declared they will achieve all-renewable electrical goals in just two decades. Call me naïve, but haven’t…
Clouds over a windmill farm near Oakley, Kansas
MoreComing soon, the Apocalypse, maybe
Just about every video game, young adult novel and buzz-worthy streaming series agree that we need to prepare for a…
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MoreWant to farm? Get a cash register
In 1991, when Lee Bradley started farming near Paonia in the North Fork Valley of Colorado, he was hired to…
Image credit: P.j. Briscoe
MoreWyoming may be too much like America used to be
May 31 By Bruce Palmer If you’re hankering for a true Western vacation, come to the Cowboy State, where we…
Grand Tetons at the end of a Wyoming Road, photograph by Leslie Cross, courtesy of Unsplash
MoreOne State Still Craves Coal
“It seems a shame that the state isn’t onboard with its Western neighbors to help decarbonize the grid.”
Photo by AJ Nash
MoreWyoming Needs to Bite the Bullet
“Sundance, Wyoming, is considering axing its entire police force because they can’t pay for it.”
Photograph by Aubrey Odom, courtesy of Unsplash
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