Susan Shain, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org A nonprofit independent magazine of unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West. Tue, 12 Mar 2024 20:57:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Susan Shain, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org 32 32 229054741 What rural homelessness looks like https://www.hcn.org/articles/what-rural-homelessness-looks-like/ Wed, 13 Mar 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=323310

The lessons learned after spending months embedded with unhoused communities in Oregon.

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]]> 323310 Could building on public land address the housing crisis? https://www.hcn.org/articles/could-building-on-public-land-address-the-housing-crisis/ Thu, 07 Mar 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=323230

The West has a plethora of land and a shortage of houses. Some are wondering if a solution lies within.

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]]> 323230 See how bad your community’s air will be in 30 years https://www.hcn.org/articles/see-how-bad-your-communitys-air-will-be-in-30-years/ Mon, 19 Feb 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=322604

New data forecasts the nation’s future air quality, all the way down to individual addresses.

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]]> 322604 What happened to the Great American Outdoors Act? https://www.hcn.org/articles/what-happened-to-the-great-american-outdoors-act/ Tue, 13 Feb 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=322473 The South Platte River runs through Denver, Colorado. Once surrounded by warehouses, this section of the rivers hosts Confluence Park, which is known for recreation.

A historic public lands act passed in 2020. Here’s what it’s done so far.

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]]> 322473 What this winter’s snowfall says about the future of skiing https://www.hcn.org/articles/what-this-winters-snowfall-says-about-the-future-of-skiing/ Mon, 12 Feb 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=322275

A snow-obsessed meteorologist dishes on this year’s precipitation — and what it means for winters to come.

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]]> 322275 A day inside a one-room school in Montana https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-2/education-a-day-inside-a-one-room-school-in-montana/ Thu, 01 Feb 2024 02:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=321817

An old model of schooling still has promise in modern education.

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]]> 321817 Stories that made us green with envy in 2023 https://www.hcn.org/articles/news-stories-that-made-us-green-with-envy-in-2023/ Tue, 26 Dec 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/articles/news-stories-that-made-us-green-with-envy-in-2023/

A roundup of the articles we wish we’d written ourselves this past year.

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]]> 321343 Bozeman’s next mayor on housing, tattoos and the West https://www.hcn.org/articles/politics-bozemans-next-mayor-on-housing-tattoos-and-the-west/ Tue, 28 Nov 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/articles/politics-bozemans-next-mayor-on-housing-tattoos-and-the-west/ Joey Morrison, second from left, poses with fellow housing advocates in August. He went on to become one of two affordable housing advocates elected mayor of a Montana city this fall.

The 28-year-old mayor-elect, Joey Morrison, shares his plans for boosting community engagement and building neighborhoods for all Montanans.

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]]> 321592 Has Montana solved its housing crisis? https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-12/housing-has-montana-solved-its-housing-crisis/ Mon, 20 Nov 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/articles/housing-has-montana-solved-its-housing-crisis/ A subdivision in Bozeman, Montana, last winter.

A spate of new state laws will spur housing development. Will anyone be able to afford what’s getting built?

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]]> 321624 What Montana’s independent ranchers need to survive: customers https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-11/food-what-montanas-independent-ranchers-need-to-survive-customers/ Tue, 31 Oct 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/food-what-montanas-independent-ranchers-need-to-survive-customers/

Small-scale processing is on the rise, but ranchers still need buyers’ buy-in.

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