High Country News

Know the West

Mission

To inform and inspire people to act on behalf of the West’s diverse natural and human communities.

About our journalism

High Country News is the nation’s leading source of reporting on the Western United States. We publish an award-winning magazine and a popular website, along with special reports and books. Through in-depth reporting, High Country News covers the West’s social, political and ecological issues. From Alaska and the Northern Rockies to the desert Southwest, the Great Plains to the West Coast, High Country News covers 12 Western states and hundreds of Indigenous communities. We are an essential magazine for people who care about this region.

Places Covered

Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming

Topics

Arts & Culture, Environment & Climate, Equity, Inequality & Justice, Rural Issues, Science

Reporting Types

Data-driven, Explanatory reporting, Investigative reporting, Newsrooms collaborations, Photography or film, Single subject, Storytelling

Languages

English

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Location

Paonia, CO, USA

Reach

Regional

Year Founded

1970