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Readers’ favorite stories from the West
From wildlife and wildfire to public lands and Indigenous affairs, a roundup of 2022’s most-read articles.
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A heat wave is about to hit the Southwest
Consider sharing your experience with us.
Posted inFebruary 1, 2022: Essential
A community space for far-flung friends
We want to hear from you!
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The stories that resonated with readers in 2021
From climate change to the West’s housing crisis, see the most-read stories from the past year.
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Stories we wish we’d written
A look at some of the journalism from 2021 that inspired us, made us feel seen, and, sometimes, even made us cry.
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A Q&A with Nick Martin, HCN’s new editor on the Indigenous Affairs Desk
A member of the Sappony Tribe, Martin joins High Country News from The New Republic, where he previously covered Indian Country.
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‘Land-grab universities’ wins IRE award
The award from Investigative Reporters and Editors marks the second major honor for the project.
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High Country News welcomes Jennifer Sahn as editor-in-chief
Sahn will lead coverage of the Western United States as the magazine heads into its second half-century.
Posted in2021
Q&A: Meet Brandon Yadageri Moreno, HCN’s first climate justice fellow
The application deadline for the second-ever climate justice fellowship at HCN is March 31.
Posted in2021
‘Land-grab universities’ wins Polk Award for Education Reporting
The project ‘sparked public conversations about the debts universities owe to Indigenous nations.’
Posted inJanuary 1, 2021: No Place Like Home
Reflecting on HCN in the 1990s
Monuments, growth and the Marstons marked this era of the magazine.
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11 stories that rose above the news cycle in 2020
A pandemic, social unrest, an election. In this topsy-turvy year, impactful reporting topped our most-read stories.
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See HCN’s best illustrations from 2020
Artists elevated our journalism with surprising aesthetics and creativity.
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Working together for a better future
A roundup of some of our favorite “What Works” pieces from this challenging year.
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Our favorite photos from a remarkable year
In 2020, visual journalists were still able to create powerful images despite social unrest and a pandemic.
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High Country News associate editor wins AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award
Maya Kapoor won a silver in magazine writing for a feature story about the federally threatened Yaqui catfish.
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When times are stressful, the animals of HCN are here to help
Take a mental health break and indulge in some photos of our favorite nonhumans.
Posted inOctober 1, 2020: Democracy's Frayed Western Front
HCN mourns the passing of Norman Harry
Leader of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe was known for his lack of pretense.