In small towns, bookstores are thriving
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“I love to spend my day in a bookstore,” said Amy Sweet. She lives in Red Lodge, Montana, and was…
beartooth books, Red Lodge, Montana, John Clayton
MoreRosa Parks gives a talk in my small town
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It was 2 p.m. on a recent Sunday in the western Colorado town of Paonia, population 1,500, not an ideal…
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MoreRushing water closes a highway in Western Colorado
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The small towns of Paonia and Hotchkiss in western Colorado are seeing fewer tourists this spring. Exceptionally high runoff blew…
Bear Creek digs a big ditch across Highway 133, Patti Kaech photo, May 15
MoreWant to farm? Get a cash register
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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
MoreLooking back to when water was plentiful
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During his 50 years in rural western Colorado, Jamie Jacobson has seen a lot of flooding. While caretaking a farm…
MoreIf the Water Goes, the Desert Moves in
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“Without water, you’ve got nothing around here.”
Photograph by David Marston
MoreALMOST 70 WHEN THE VIRUS ENDED HIS JOB
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Brezonick knows that the huge furnaces that burn coal are closing fast. “I don’t think coal will recover and society has turned against it,”
Photograph by Matt Brezonick
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