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Checking in with Montana’s youth climate activists • They won in court but have no interest in stopping there.
Young with heart • Alaska Native youth are paving the way on climate advocacy and conservation in the northernmost state.
There are no sidewalks here
Bird flu finds its way into Western wildlife • The deaths of two Washington cougars suggest the virus is more widespread than thought.
No helping hand here • How a Boise neighborhood association used zoning laws to try to halt a homeless shelter’s expansion.
Is a nuclear renaissance coming? • Data center power demand is sparking interest in new reactors.
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To Train a Horse • In the niche world of mustang training, volunteers sacrifice time, energy and money to help animals find homes. But can they convince enough people that they want to own a wild horse?
THE TOPAZ AFFAIR • How the discovery of a long-lost monument shattered trust between a Japanese American community and the museum built to preserve its history.
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The caretakers • Indigenous curators are helping to ensure that museum collections are handled, and expanded, appropriately.
The flaws in our democracy • Cherokee journalist Rebecca Nagle puts recent Supreme Court victories for tribes in context.
My house of spirits • Making a home is a journey across time and space.
Heard Around the West • Tips about Western oddities are appreciated and often shared in this column. Write heard@hcn.org.
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