INBOX: “this morning, High Country News staff announced our intention to form a wall-to-wall union.”

Green space vs. gentrification: who will win? Join @RakshaVasudevan, Abe Streep and Alfonso Espino, for a talk on infrastructure, green space and community hopes for contested land. Tune in Thursday, Jan. 18th at 10:30 am MST. 🎤 #NationalWesternCenter youtube.com/live/hYBMXIAYV…

UPDATE: thanks to everyone who has shown support for the @HCNUnion this week! Even though a majority of eligible employees expressed support for the union, High Country News leadership has chosen to force an election. This is disappointing & a waste of HCN’s limited resources.

This was disappointing, but we will succeed. But first, let’s do the vote thing! 🗳️

I LOVE High Country News, my supervisor subscribes, we are very disappointed the HCN bosses have not done right yet. Get your shit together High Country News bosses!!

Please sign this letter of support!

New: The Texas Tribune staffers are forming a union. Today, we asked management to voluntarily recognize us. texastribuneguild.org/mission

My latest for High Country News looks at the Northwestern Shoshone's restoration work at the Bear River Massacre site. Yesterday marks the 161st anniversary of the massacre, during which the U.S. army murdered an estimated 400 Shoshone people. hcn.org/issues/56.2/so…

For High Country News, I selfishly asked the founder of OpenSnow about snow, skiing, and the winters to come. His responses were fascinating! hcn.org/articles/what-…

“Unions are the natural, necessary voice of labor, a way to give everybody a seat at the table as we work together to create a better future, for HCN and for the West.” Congratulations to the amazing HCN Union, who just won their election! hcnunion.org/2024/02/23/pre… #UnionStrong

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Who is most at risk for natural disasters in the West? Natalia Mesa dug into FEMA's National Risk Index for High Country News and found it's the "unnatural hazards" that actually play a part. #infographics hcn.org/articles/disas…

Check out our latest issue, blooming with stories from Josephine Woolington Miles W. Griffis Natalia Mesa Emily Withnall Caroline Pre-order Salt Lakes Tracey Sarah Trent Kenji C. Liu Geri Doran @RakshaVasudevan The Land Desk and this incredible cover by Alex Boersma. hcn.org/issues/56-3/

We're looking for our next director of philanthropy High Country News. Looking for, among other things, someone who can make a strong case for funding independent journalism in the West. 💪 Is that you? classifieds.hcn.org/denver/employm…

In today’s Los Angeles Times: I ran down the last 32 coal plants still operating in the American West, and tried to figure out how they’ve avoided shutdown. Check it out: latimes.com/environment/ne…

Support the powerful journalism of High Country News with your gift of $5 today. We are halfway to our goal of 500 new donors by June 15th. ow.ly/SkUb50Sa1lR

Opportunity knocks! High Country News is hiring three editorial fellows: a Virginia Spencer Davis fellow (to cover rural communities and agriculture), an Indigenous affairs fellow & a science and climate fellow. Learn more an apply by going here: hcn.org/about/jobs/. Pls RT.

After the ICE and border patrol raids in Bakersfield this week while we were all distracted with the fires, I thought it might be good to share the faces and voices of the people who pick our food, and where they’re from.