The Havasupai, Ute Mountain Ute tribes worry that a Utah uranium mill may foul groundwater as Trump administration boosts nuclear energy.

The mystery behind the eerie sounds coming from a hillside near the town of Weed in Siskiyou County, California, was finally solved, and the solution turned out to be “stranger and gentler than the ...

This article is co-published with Public Domain. On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order singling out the state of Alaska and its abundant stores of oil, gas and ...

On endings and new beginnings.

The 1922 Colorado River Compact divided the river into an Upper and Lower Basin and became part of the collection of laws, legal agreements and court decisions known as the Law of the River. Tribal ...

In Alaska, as elsewhere, intact ecosystems are essential for supporting communities — both human and non-human — in a changing climate. But as land along its sole Arctic highway changes from federal ...

Jennifer loved to praise her talented team and the work they did during this challenging time. She says she’s particularly proud of reviving HCN ’s online news operation, raising the quality of the ...

Standing Rock increased division in North Dakota between Indigenous communities and nearby non-Indigenous communities. Propaganda made it worse.

Western cattleman are poised to lose almost all opportunity to comment on oil and gas development underneath their property.

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FOR CENTURIES UPON CENTURIES, the people of the Pueblo of Sandia have lived in relationship with Sandia Mountain and the Rio Grande in what is now known as New Mexico. Even when our lives were at risk ...