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Creating a Clean Energy Fund could help distribute corporate profits into local communities.

Carbon County is getting 456 small nuclear reactors and a giant gas plant for data center complexes. buff.ly/uwLbnTZ

Today we lost Walter Koenig. Some thoughts about a fine actor and genuinely nice guy....

My friends, can you please offer prayers and send some good energy to the Navajo Nation Reservation and surrounding communities. Pilamaya — thank you 🙏🏾 🪶✨

Senate consideration could begin as soon as November 9. Please contact your senators now and tell them to oppose S. 5653 as written. Protect NEPA, the Clean Water Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act.

Critics say this is a test case for privatizing public lands. buff.ly/iOq9nxV

The longest-running study on breeding ducks has given Montana state biologists the highest-resolution dataset to aid in the bird’s survival. buff.ly/lrG8SAY

ChatGPT and other chatbots are the latest new technology to lead to wilderness rescues.

#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.

Origin stories from an unsettled region. buff.ly/KlSNihp

An appeals court hearing could determine whether feds reconsider Endangered Species Act protections for wolves across the West.

Review of HAZE by Katherine Kerr www.patreon.com/christymarx/...

Record fires, floods and weather whiplash makes for a region of extremes.

Mishaps and mayhem from around the region. buff.ly/5PF3Te9

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Finding a four-leaf clover feels like a moment of improbable luck; having a dog is a long, sustained luck you don’t recognize until you realize how extraordinary the ordinary days have been.

In the aftermath of drought, wildfire and floods in northern New Mexico, residents who rely on a centuries-old irrigation system are concerned about water quality. buff.ly/jKsjG5N

Coming to you live from the What Can Be Done Town Hall. We're building co-governance, calling out how billionaire influence is rigging our elections and our economy, and organizing our communities to fight back. Thank you @onepennsylvania for having me and partnering with me on this first one.

Colorado’s vote next month on whether to amend the state Constitution by codifying the right to hunt and fish has intensified debate among hunters,

Wildfires across the West have renewed concerns over the fate of water quality in the aftermath. Fire retardants used to slow the spread of a blaze add to the worries.

Some populations of scarlet monkeyflowers can evolve fast enough to save themselves from climate change-induced drought. This is the first time researchers have documented evolutionary “self-rescue” in the wild.

The administration that continues to cover up for pedophiles simply cannot be trusted with the care of hundreds of unaccompanied children with no oversight and no transparency

Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.

Despite multiple complaints — and videos — of physical abuse and mistreatment of students, Arkansas' Delta Institute continues to receive public funds. It is just one of hundreds of private schools taking state money with little oversight. (Published July with @arktimes.bsky.social)

The longest-running study on breeding ducks has given Montana state biologists the highest-resolution dataset to aid in the bird’s survival.

After a 71-day protest, the last of the 100-plus-year-old trees was cut down southeast of Tucson.

Experts say good education is about relationships – and a constitutional amendment doesn’t hurt. buff.ly/fISW4zO

Climate change is increasing the frequency of the blooms. Here’s what you need to know.

NEW: Oregon’s top housing official failed to report her husband’s involvement with projects that her agency funds. She disclosed this only after we asked. “In a perfect world, we wouldn’t need ProPublica for this kind of thing,” a former official said.

It has been 118 years since the Supreme Court ruled the federal government owes tribes water, but Native American communities in northern Arizona are still fighting for their rights to the Colorado River. (Published June)

Some stories refuse to stay in the past. Our October issue is out and we’re resurrecting 3️⃣ stories from the archives that offer some surprising context for the West we’re living in now. buff.ly/9H0SmkF

When thousands of these birds roost together, some consider it a nuisance. But can we learn to live with them? buff.ly/OoKtJPt

Pitkin County, Colorado, will take over management of the Maroon Bells scenic area, following Forest Service budget cuts and staffing cuts.

Our response to the State Department using Smokey last night.

When people thought infrastructure could solve the arid West’s water problems. buff.ly/5UgYj2d

Alaska officials accused American Samoans caught in a unique legal limbo of illegally voting but finally dropped those charges this month, shares Bolts Magazine. buff.ly/P1R7vBP

Experts say good education is about relationships – and a constitutional amendment doesn’t hurt.

Doug Burgum was once seen as a conservationist. Reality shows otherwise. buff.ly/AY3SEou

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A Montana rancher wonders what is lost in her urge to share her Western life online. buff.ly/W21Rlhx

At a Colorado cold lab, scientists race to better understand hail in a warming world.

Alaska officials accused American Samoans caught in a unique legal limbo of illegally voting but finally dropped those charges this month.

Amid a record-breaking year of Western bear conflict, the historically tolerant Red Lodge community is grappling with opposing views on how to live with the species — and if a 'fed bear' really should be a 'dead bear.'

A student with disabilities was awarded about $10,500 from Florida’s voucher program to pay for private school. But her mother ended up returning the money after struggling to find a private school that would accept her daughter.

USPS in Utah dumped 300 mail-in ballots into a parking lot garbage bin. USPS’s current defense? “Laziness.”

Oregon has given developers an unprecedented $1.4 billion, and the cost of developing each low-income apartment has nearly doubled since 2021. But the details of that spending are kept secret. Lawmakers say they want to change that.

Heirs to the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott explain their ancestors’ wisdom and how they defend it today. buff.ly/WW55v6S

Even with beauty and nature all around, the online worldbeckons.

NEW: Citing ProPublica’s reporting, leaders of Oregon’s House and Senate housing committees say they want to eliminate a law that exempts the detailed financials of subsidized housing projects from public disclosure requirements.