Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Watch this week’s Halito from High Country News where Staff Writer Toastie rounds up some of our news stories from this past week. Toastie is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. “Halito” is the Choctaw greeting for hello.
Here’s what it takes to build Alaska’s highways of ice
By Victoria Peterson
5 minute read
hcn.org/articles/north-transportation-heres-what-it-takes-to-build-alaskas-highways-of-ice
Researchers solve one of the Borderlands’ biggest water puzzles
By Caroline Tracey
3 minute read
hcn.org/articles/south-water-researchers-solve-one-of-the-borderlands-biggest-water-puzzles
California’s power outages are a life-and-death issue
By Alice Wong
TK minute read
hcn.org/articles/ideas-social-justice-californias-power-outages-are-a-life-and-death-issue
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 Staff Writer Toastie rounds up some of our news stories from this past week. Toastie is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. “Halito” is the Choctaw greeting for hello.
Here’s what it takes to build Alaska’s highways of ice
By Victoria Peterson
5 minute read
hcn.org/articles/north-transportation-heres-what-it-takes-to-build-alaskas-highways-of-ice
Researchers solve one of the Borderlands’ biggest water puzzles
By Caroline Tracey
3 minute read
hcn.org/articles/south-water-researchers-solve-one-of-the-borderlands-biggest-water-puzzles
California’s power outages are a life-and-death issue
By Alice Wong
TK minute read
hcn.org/articles/ideas-social-justice-californias-power-outages-are-a-life-and-death-issue
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.
