How The Bundy Trial Hits America's Widening Information Divide
The federal conspiracy trial against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy is hitting right at the heart of the country's divide over information and truth. Opening statements began this week in the case of...
View ArticleTrump Orders Largest National Monument Reduction In U.S. History
Updated at 9:30 p.m. ET On a visit to Utah on Monday, President Trump announced his proclamations dramatically shrinking the size of the state's two massive national monuments, Bears Ears and Grand...
View ArticleWas It 'Illegal' For Trump To Shrink Utah's Monuments? The Battle Begins
President Trump has dramatically scaled back two national land monuments in Utah. The administration and Republican leaders in Utah say taking the land out of the hands of the federal government will...
View ArticleWhy Fires Are Becoming California's New Reality
The destructive wildfires in Southern California are capping one of the worst fire seasons on record in the state. They come less than two months after thousands of homes burned and more than 40 people...
View ArticleCabela's Sale Sends Ripples of Anxiety Through Rural Nebraska Town
In Sidney, Neb., Cabela's corporate headquarters and flagship superstore sit up on a hill like a castle over the prairie. Pretty much everybody in town has deep ties to it. Melissa Norgard got her...
View ArticleJudge Dismisses Federal Case Against Cliven Bundy And Sons, Bars Retrial
Updated at 2:49 p.m. ET Less than one month after U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro declared a mistrial in the case against Cliven Bundy, his two sons, and a self-styled militiaman, Navarro has...
View ArticleDescending On A Montana Town, Neo-Nazi Trolls Test Where Free Speech Ends
In the pristine resort town of Whitefish, Mont., members of the small Jewish community believe that neo-Nazi online trolls have crossed a line. They went right past free speech rights, residents say,...
View ArticleIn Rural New Mexico, Ranchers Wage Their Battle Through The Courts
Ranchers across the West watched intently as the federal government prosecuted a Nevada ranching family for leading armed militia standoffs over cattle grazing on public land. Last month, the case...
View ArticleAfter A Deadly Shooting, School Moves On But The Trauma Remains
Walk the bustling halls of Aztec High School in northwest New Mexico and at first glance you might think nothing is wrong. Banners promote the Aztec Tigers girls' softball schedule. Students roughhouse...
View ArticleCalifornia County Faces Bitter Backlash Over Homeless Relocation Plans
Patrick Hogan has never been able to rebound after losing his home during the financial crash 10 years ago. He worked temp agency jobs. But $10 an hour jobs doesn't cut it in one of the most expensive...
View ArticleWhy The Iconic Marlboro Man Image Is Fading In The West
Terry Lewis has probably ridden every trail, gully and meadow you can find in the mountains around his boyhood home of Weed, N.M. "It's harder to get to know our country, if you don't do it on...
View ArticleConservative California Cities Revolt Against State's Anti-Trump Policies
At last count, nearly a dozen local governments in California have voted to oppose what is known as the state's "sanctuary law" — Senate Bill 54 — escalating tensions over the long-divisive issue of...
View ArticleAfter 3-Day Strike, University Of California's Service Workers Vow To Keep...
Updated at 7:40 p.m. ET Thousands of service workers marched on campuses across California on Wednesday, marking the final push of a planned three-day strike that began earlier this week. Custodians,...
View ArticleRanchers Sour On Trump Administration Over Proposal To Bring Back Grizzly Bears
Rancher Craig Verasjka enthusiastically voted for Donald Trump and his support for the president's interior secretary, Ryan Zinke, had been unwavering. Finally, he recalled thinking after the election,...
View ArticleThe New Housing Crisis: Shut Out Of The Market
Ten years after the housing collapse during the Great Recession, a new and different housing crisis has emerged. Back then, people were losing their homes as home values crashed and homeowners went...
View ArticleRural America Faces A Crisis In 'Adequate Housing'
Along the country roads that fan out from Ogallala, Neb., there are abandoned, weathered old farmhouses and collapsed barns, remnants of the hardscrabble settlers who first tapped the Ogallala aquifer...
View ArticleThe Smoke In Redding, Calif., Is So Thick You Can't See The Sun Most Days
Across California and the West, where dozens of large wildfires are burning, public health agencies are urging people to seal off their windows and doors, change filters in air conditioning units and...
View ArticleWill More Logging Save Western Forests From Wildfires?
In Redding, Calif., where the Carr Fire burned more than 200,000 acres and destroyed more than a thousand homes, there's a feeling of desperation. Something has to be done to clear the dense stands of...
View ArticleRediscovering Haystack Rock With An Assist From The 'Puffin Man'
When I was a kid, my family would take summer road trips to the Oregon Coast, where a favorite stop was always Haystack Rock on Cannon Beach. The 250-foot-high, grassy behemoth of an outcropping just...
View ArticleIs Rent Control An Answer To California's Housing Crisis?
You can add Robert Rodriguez to a growing list of Angelenos living right on the brink of homelessness. Rodriguez shares his story, talking softly, as he leans on his walker outside his old apartment....
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