But while Andrews and thousands of Angelinos were racing to evacuate, other people saw a financial opportunity. Using ...

Early heat followed by late frost — a pattern on the rise due to climate change — can eliminate a harvest within hours.

In small towns across the West, residents are paying hundreds of dollars for a service that others get for free. They say the U.S. Postal Service has ignored their pleas for help.

A century-old Oregon water law lets one wealthy region turn the desert green while water-starved ag fallows commercial crops.

This article appeared in the June 2026 print edition of the magazine with the headline “#IAMTHEWEST.” ...

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With good healthcare getting harder to access in the rural West, it’s getting more difficult to start a family, care for elders, or consider retiring in these communities. Yet we stay, because we love ...

In the tide pools of Oregon, a writer becomes fascinated with the soft-bodied sea anemone, which makes a life an ever-changing habitat. The creature appears humble, but a deeper look reveals a complex ...

This article was originally published by ProPublica for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the North Dakota Monitor, and is republished with permission. Sign up for Dispatches to ...

This story was published in partnership with Public Domain. Last year, as Utah prepared to file a federal lawsuit aiming to take control of millions of acres of federal public land within its borders, ...

All the efforts to rewild a Northern California stream leads to salmon rewilding themselves.

A bison on the American Prairie Reserve in Montana. The BLM recently revoked grazing permits where the organization’s bison herd grazed on public lands in north-central Montana. Credit: Christopher ...