High Country News

High Country News is the nation's leading source of reporting on the Western United States. Through in-depth reporting, High Country News covers the West’s social, political and ecological issues.

High Country News

Know the West.

Seeking refuge

RECENT STORIES AT HCN.ORG

LETTERS • High Country News is dedicated to independent journalism, informed debate and discourse in the public interest. We welcome letters through digital media and the post. Send us a letter, find us on social media, or email us at editor@hcn.org.

‘This is about power’ • Indigenous immigrants face unique threats under a second Trump administration.

Risks of the road • Unhoused people are more likely to die from transportation-related injuries.

Captive

The looming end of coal • Department of Energy grants are helping eastern Utah prepare for power plant closures.

The climate fight endures • Local governments in the West plan to continue the energy transition despite the Trump administration’s opposition.

Back from the brink • Researchers have translocated black abalone in an effort to save the species.

Be part of the group.

Thank you, readers! • Your generous and dedicated support makes these pages possible.

What are you reading?

Did you know?

Draped in History • Artist Papay Solomon paints his fellow refugees in the layers of their past and present.

A Fight We Can Win • A Marine veteran transforms a legacy of violence into a campaign for restoration.

Lit up • A wildfire journalist steps behind the drip torch.

Mothering in the age of wildfire • Rachel Richardson’s new poetry collection explores both fear and a newfound sense of agency.

Unapologetically Indigenous • On strengthening roots in a new place.

Heard Around the West • Tips about Western oddities are appreciated and often shared in this column. Write heard@hcn.org.

#IAM THE WEST • BEATA TSOSIE (SHE/THEY) (SANTA CLARA PUEBLO)