Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks 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.
9 numbers that explain the BLM’s headquarters boomerang back to D.C.
hcn.org/articles/south-bureau-of-land-management-9-numbers-that-explain-the-blms-headquarters-boomerang-back-to-dc
How Texas’ restrictive abortion law puts pressure on clinics in Western states
hcn.org/articles/south-public-health-how-texas-new-law-restricting-abortion-puts-pressure-on-western-states-clinics
Indigenous college faculty and students lead the removal of racist panels in Colorado
hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-interview-indigenous-college-faculty-and-students-lead-the-removal-of-racist-panels-in-colorado
After the Palisades Tahoe name change, where is the Washoe Tribe looking next?
hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-interview-after-the-palisades-tahoe-name-change-where-is-the-washoe-tribe-looking-next
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.
9 numbers that explain the BLM’s headquarters boomerang back to D.C.
hcn.org/articles/south-bureau-of-land-management-9-numbers-that-explain-the-blms-headquarters-boomerang-back-to-dc
How Texas’ restrictive abortion law puts pressure on clinics in Western states
hcn.org/articles/south-public-health-how-texas-new-law-restricting-abortion-puts-pressure-on-western-states-clinics
Indigenous college faculty and students lead the removal of racist panels in Colorado
hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-interview-indigenous-college-faculty-and-students-lead-the-removal-of-racist-panels-in-colorado
After the Palisades Tahoe name change, where is the Washoe Tribe looking next?
hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-interview-after-the-palisades-tahoe-name-change-where-is-the-washoe-tribe-looking-next
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.
