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How the New Mexico whiptail became a gay icon

Mon, 11/27/2023 - 01:00
All members of the lizard species are female and reproduce asexually through a process called parthenogenesis.
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First direct cash assistance program exclusively for Indigenous parents launched

Wed, 11/22/2023 - 01:00
The Nest, a Washington nonprofit program, seeks to serve Native people during and after pregnancy.
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Recover the redwoods landscape

Tue, 11/21/2023 - 01:00
Not only do the great trees offer resilience to climate change and shelter abundant biodiversity, but they are magic.
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Has Montana solved its housing crisis?

Mon, 11/20/2023 - 01:00
A spate of new state laws will spur housing development. Will anyone be able to afford what’s getting built?
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A sausage fusing Chinese and Mexican cultures is spicing up Tucson

Thu, 11/16/2023 - 01:00
The Chinese Chorizo Festival is excavating buried histories of immigrant solidarity.
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Wildfires are thawing the tundra

Wed, 11/15/2023 - 01:00
Researchers discovered recently burned areas emit more methane gas than the rest of the landscape.
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Report finds Arizona 911 dispatchers fail to help lost migrants

Tue, 11/14/2023 - 03:00
Pima County emergency services engage in ‘unconstitutional and abusive practices’ on the border, a humanitarian group says.
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The era of the Black Western has arrived. Is it here to stay?

Fri, 11/10/2023 - 01:00
The miniseries, ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves,’ doesn’t fully live up to its potential to showcase a multifaceted Black identity.
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Another gunky, toxic season for Utah waters

Thu, 11/09/2023 - 01:00
Harmful algae blooms, fueled by warming temperatures and nutrient runoff, plague the state.
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New Mexico’s displaced coal miners have gotten the shaft on severance pay

Tue, 11/07/2023 - 01:00
The state’s just transition plans promised by the Energy Transition Act haven’t panned out for many workers.
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Pro skier Lily Bradley disrupts mountain culture in new queer ski film

Thu, 11/02/2023 - 01:00
In ‘People Like Us,’ LGBTQ+ skiers take center stage.
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Eating the ecosystem

Wed, 11/01/2023 - 01:00
It’s possible to eat your way to a more sustainable future.
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Gold Ring

Wed, 11/01/2023 - 01:00
A poem by Cecily Parks.
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Letters to the editor, November 2023

Wed, 11/01/2023 - 01:00
Comments from readers.
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Beauty is always bigger than the pain

Wed, 11/01/2023 - 01:00
A writer finds what she needs on a snowy walk through a cherished and familiar landscape.
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Eating the ecosystem

Wed, 11/01/2023 - 01:00
It’s possible to eat your way to a more sustainable future.
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The climate crisis is pushing Washington’s prisons to the brink

Wed, 11/01/2023 - 01:00
Why not let people out?
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California’s Central Valley chinook are getting lost on their way home

Wed, 11/01/2023 - 01:00
The culprit is a tactic designed to save them – one that could decrease the species’ resilience in the long run.
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‘It’s my way of remembering who I am and why I do what I do’

Wed, 11/01/2023 - 01:00
#iamthewest: Giving voice to the people that make up communities in the region.
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Kasigluk endures the many challenges of thawing permafrost

Wed, 11/01/2023 - 01:00
Residents of the Alaska village maintain community in the face of climate change.
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