Students from Heritage University and Northwest Indian College were the first to document the presence of the spotted wing drosophila on the Yakama Nation Reservation — a first step to help eradicate ...

Now, you can also get access to private or public land for your next hunting, fishing or birdwatching adventure. Wyomingite Sam Seeton launched Infinite Outdoors, an app whose users pay for permission ...

In Doña Ana County, New Mexico, residents have long struggled to access clean water. Now, developers plan to spend $165 billion on a massive data center complex.

And British Columbia’s premier, David Eby, threatened to place tolls on commercial trucks traveling from the U.S. through B.C. to Alaska along the Alaska Highway. Doing so would further increase the ...

The Chinese immigrants who built the Transcontinental Railroad quietly endured racism and violence, fostering a complicated legacy for Chinese-Americans.

The Rio Grande’s flow, when it exists, is not nearly enough to supply the Mesilla Valley’s commercial farmers. To make up for the surface water deficit, pecan (and alfalfa) growers pump groundwater at ...

Firefighting veterans believe the management team overseeing fire crews played a key role in handing team members over to immigration authorities.

In this special issue, HCN partners with the Food & Environment Reporting Network to untangle the web of food production in the Western U.S., tracing it from the people who raise our food — the ...