Accurate data is hard to come by, but one poll suggests many supported progressive priorities and liberal candidates.

People experiencing homelessness are more likely to die from transportation-related injuries than the general population.

Amid mounting drought, changing federal leadership and stalled state negotiations, new federal proposals aim to chart a forward path.

In July 2014, a few hours south of Farmington, “Indian rolling” in Albuquerque left two dead. “Anti-Indianism in New Mexico has a particular flavor,” said Melanie Yazzie. In 1880, an intoxicated ...

I’ve often thought of jeans as “sky pants,” trousers woven from cotton clouds. Jeans are the wild blue yonder above the ...

Daniel O’Neil is a freelance journalist who reports on forestry and other environmental issues in Oregon and Washington through words and photos. He lives on the north Oregon coast. Sign up to receive ...

They couldn’t afford land there, though, so in the late 1980s, they bought a starter home near Lake Arrowhead, in another part of the mountains. They already knew that racism was alive and thriving in ...

The fire — the largest in New Mexico’s history — burned 341,725 acres, and it’s been a significant blow to the remote agricultural communities affected by it and an already precarious way of life.

Carolina Hotchandani is the author of The Book Eaters, the 2023 Perugia Press Prize winner. She is an Assistant Professor of English in Omaha, Nebraska. Sign up to receive High Country News ’ email ...

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