Tuesday, January 10, 2012

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Recent and archived news articles by Kirk Johnson of The New York Times.

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Frozen Dead Guy Days, a Festival in Colorado, Stays Put
Frozen Dead Guy Days, a Festival in Colorado, Stays Put

A mother of two bought the rights to Frozen Dead Guy Days, a festival in Nederland, Colo., inspired by a corpse that has been kept on ice for going on 20 years.

January 3, 2012
Crusaders Take Page, and Outfits, From Comics
Crusaders Take Page, and Outfits, From Comics

Self-cast crime fighters are on the march, but whether they are making the world safer or just weirder remains an open question.

December 26, 2011
Aurora, Colo., Tries to Outshine Its Bigger Neighbor

The city of Aurora, Colo., hopes that being the center of a new Congressional district will help propel it from being just a Denver suburb.

December 13, 2011
Rethinking the 'Timeless' Colorado Plateau

The looming forces of what is expected to be a drier and even more arid future have combined to create a place in motion, with more dust up and swirling.

December 12, 2011
For a Dustier West, Air Quality Is an Issue as Murky as the Sky

DENVER -- Oh say, can you see across the Grand Canyon? Not as well as you used to on some days. The question of how clean the air is in the American West has never been an easy one to answer, strange to say. And now scientists say it is getting harder, with implications that ripple out in surprising ways, from the kitchen faucets of Los Angeles to public health clinics in canyon-land Utah to the economics of tourism.

December 11, 2011
E.P.A. Says Hydraulic Fracturing Likely Marred Wyoming Water

The draft report represents a new scientific and political skirmish line over whether fracking, as it is more commonly known, poses a threat.

December 9, 2011
Colorado Judge Approves New Voter Districts

A new Congressional map opens a Republican seat to competition but largely preserves seats for incumbents of both parties.

December 6, 2011
At 84 Square Feet, Home Takes Tiny House Movement Tinier
At 84 Square Feet, Home Takes Tiny House Movement Tinier

Glenn Grassi is not sure whether the 84-square-foot home he built is shelter in the old-fashioned sense, or a work of art.

December 3, 2011
Wyoming Holds On to Its Pioneering Ways
Wyoming Holds On to Its Pioneering Ways

The state of Wyoming’s windblown, rural grain mixes mind-your-own-business cowboy libertarianism and fiscal penny-pinching.

November 25, 2011
Occupy Camp at Los Angeles City Hall Allowed to Stay, for Now

Officials in Los Angeles have offered protesters incentives to move their operations elsewhere.

November 23, 2011

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Going Down the Road

The Times’s Kirk Johnson and Tyler Hicks traveled to Wyoming in search of Absaroka, a territory that attempted in 1939 to become the 49th state.

The New Land Economy

In Montana, timber companies and environmentalists are teaming up to prevent forest lands from being sold to developers.

Living With Wildfire

Jesse McKinley and Kirk Johnson report on the growing wildfire risk as public lands have evolved into a real-estate amenity.

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