Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Watch this week’s Halito from High Country News where Community Outreach Manager Michael rounds up some of our news stories from this past week. “Halito” is the Choctaw greeting for hello.
A deadly disease stalks deer and elk. Do predators help or hurt?
Christine Peterson
19 minute read
hcn.org/issues/55.4/north-wildlife-a-deadly-disease-stalks-deer-and-elk-do-predators-help-or-hurt
Navigating the new health-care deserts
Caroline Tracey
8 minute read (use this, rounded to the minute)
hcn.org/issues/55.4/south-public-health-navigating-the-new-health-care-deserts
A thriving community keeps mushing traditions alive in southwest Alaska
Katie Basile and Laureli Ivanoff
A thriving community keeps sled-dog traditions alive in southwest Alaska.
5 minute read (use this, rounded to the minute)
hcn.org/issues/55.4/north-communities-a-thriving-community-keeps-mushing-traditions-alive-in-southwest-alaska
High Country News is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) independent media organization that covers environmental news and other important issues and stories that define the Western U.S. Through insightful, in-depth journalism, it strives to inform and inspire people to act on behalf of the West's diverse natural and human communities.
Watch this week’s Halito from High Country News where Community Outreach Manager Michael rounds up some of our news stories from this past week. “Halito” is the Choctaw greeting for hello.
A deadly disease stalks deer and elk. Do predators help or hurt?
Christine Peterson
19 minute read
hcn.org/issues/55.4/north-wildlife-a-deadly-disease-stalks-deer-and-elk-do-predators-help-or-hurt
Navigating the new health-care deserts
Caroline Tracey
8 minute read (use this, rounded to the minute)
hcn.org/issues/55.4/south-public-health-navigating-the-new-health-care-deserts
A thriving community keeps mushing traditions alive in southwest Alaska
Katie Basile and Laureli Ivanoff
A thriving community keeps sled-dog traditions alive in southwest Alaska.
5 minute read (use this, rounded to the minute)
hcn.org/issues/55.4/north-communities-a-thriving-community-keeps-mushing-traditions-alive-in-southwest-alaska
High Country News is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) independent media organization that covers environmental news and other important issues and stories that define the Western U.S. Through insightful, in-depth journalism, it strives to inform and inspire people to act on behalf of the West's diverse natural and human communities.
