Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Watch this week’s Halito from High Country News. Brian Oaster rounds up some of our news stories from this past week. Oaster is one of our editorial interns and a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. “Halito” is the Choctaw greeting for hello.
Bears Ears is back — but don’t celebrate just yet
By Nick Martin
hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-bears-ears-national-monument-bears-ears-is-back-but-dont-celebrate-just-yet
Black entrepreneurs built beach havens in California. Racism shut them down.
By Falene Nurse
hcn.org/articles/south-race-and-racism-black-entrepreneurs-built-beach-havens-in-california-racism-shut-them-down
Home after fire: A new housing model aims to give kids stability
By Sarah Sax
hcn.org/articles/north-wildfire-home-after-fire-a-new-housing-model-aims-to-give-kids-stability
The hidden fires
By Joe Wilkins
hcn.org/issues/53.11/ideas-essays-the-hidden-fires
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. Brian Oaster rounds up some of our news stories from this past week. Oaster is one of our editorial interns and a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. “Halito” is the Choctaw greeting for hello.
Bears Ears is back — but don’t celebrate just yet
By Nick Martin
hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-bears-ears-national-monument-bears-ears-is-back-but-dont-celebrate-just-yet
Black entrepreneurs built beach havens in California. Racism shut them down.
By Falene Nurse
hcn.org/articles/south-race-and-racism-black-entrepreneurs-built-beach-havens-in-california-racism-shut-them-down
Home after fire: A new housing model aims to give kids stability
By Sarah Sax
hcn.org/articles/north-wildfire-home-after-fire-a-new-housing-model-aims-to-give-kids-stability
The hidden fires
By Joe Wilkins
hcn.org/issues/53.11/ideas-essays-the-hidden-fires
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.
