Cannabis coverage lights up newsrooms in Colorado and Oregon
In 2013, two years before Oregon legalized the recreational use of marijuana, Portland’s Pulitzer Prize-winning alternative weekly newspaper, The Willamette Week, hired its first...
Why MJR Failed in 2015 and How It’s Moving Forward
“It was just a shitshow for the most part.”
That is how Madelyn Beck remembers November 6, 2014, the final night of editing on Montana...
A Meteorologist Speaks to Misconceptions of Fire, Weather and Climate
There's a common misconception that the severity of a fire season depends on the snowpack of the previous winter and spring. This is only...
Newspaper Challenges Montana Statute on Booking Photos
In Montana, a state recognized for its “right to know” laws, newspapers can usually count on access to booking photos of convicted felons; not...
Forest Service Burns Through Fire Budget, Reallocates Funding
To fight fires, the Forest Service receives a certain amount of money from Congress each year. Once it’s exceeded that budget, the agency pulls...