Sign up to receive High Country News’ email newsletters and get on-the-ground reporting and investigations delivered to your inbox each week. In 2021, President Joe ...
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.
In recent years, U.S. Supreme Court decisions have undercut federal agencies’ ability to curb pollution and fight climate change. Several cases decided in 2024 continued this trend, systematically ...
The Yakama Nation contends that the project, which threatens ceremonial sites and wildlife habitat, is unlawful.
High Country News talked to Book Club founder Kinsale Drake (Diné), a poet whose book The Sky Was Once a Dark Blanket won the National Poetry Series, about the need for literary community, elevating ...
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