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High Country News started with a simple yet powerful vision. In 1970, Wyoming rancher Tom Bell saw the environmental challenges of the West and decided to take a stand. From a gritty black-and-white tabloid, HCN has grown into a distinguished media voice, dedicated to providing comprehensive coverage and insights of the Western United States. High Country News is the nation’s leading source of news on the West. In award-winning, in-depth reporting, HCN covers the most-pressing social, political and ecological issues in our region. From Alaska and the Northern Rockies to the desert Southwest, the Great Plains to the West Coast, HCN covers 12 Western states and hundreds of Indigenous communities, representing an essential news source for people who care about the West.