Westerners love all that financial support coming in from the agencies they profess to hate. They rely on the federal government for so much more than they often acknowledge.

Westerners are evolving; politicians aren’t keeping up,” writes Stephen Trimble in an op-ed. “And yet we keep re-electing these same officials. Maybe, just maybe, the Trumpian war on civil servants ...

As the solar system moved through this dust-rich region, Earth may have received an increased influx of interstellar particles.

Bernard DeVoto, the Utah-born writer and historian, wrote an essay titled “The West Against Itself” for Harper’s Magazine.

Understanding and living a lifestyle are two different things. For Robin Tarnas, a now-retired physician and recently a recipient of the local Unsung Hero Award, it is about embracing ...