Mainstream journalism
North Korea launches waste-filled balloons to taunt the South (Washington Post)
Biden visits Colorado town ravaged by wildfire, cites climate change (Washington Post)
Kendrick Castillo was about to graduate from high school. Then a classmate began shooting. (Washington Post)
Carhenge builder has the last laugh (Washington Post)
America's biggest motorcycle rally and the mirage of the violent gang apocalypse (The Week)
Fracking wastewater site proposed for Sioux County (Scottsbluff Star-Herald)
Farmers finish harvest for one who can't (Scottsbluff Star-Herald)
Books/literary journalism
Sanctuary and Exile: Cheap Land Colorado by Ted Conover (Boulder Weekly)
Native noir (Boulder Weekly)
Mapping our history of violence (Boulder Weekly)
The dark underbelly of Denver (Boulder Weekly)
Extracting stories from the industry of the American West (Boulder Weekly)
How to escape the office and never go back (Boulder Weekly)
A perceived madness better lost to time (Boulder Weekly)
So much loneliness so close to home (Boulder Weekly)
Death is for the birds (Boulder Weekly)
Cannabis journalism
Bottoming out: Adult-use cannabis prices nosedive in Massachusetts as market hits oversaturation point (Marijuana Business Daily)
Boom times are over: 10 years after Colorado legalized recreational marijuana (Marijuana Business Daily)
How cannabis vape companies are using technology to ensure consumer confidence and bolster sales (Marijuana Business Daily)
Cross-pollination could cost marijuana farmers several thousand dollars as hemp production expands nationwide (Marijuana Business Daily)
Colorado’s largest cannabis grower loses millions of dollars in early freeze; supply disruption expected (Marijuana Business Daily)
How Phylos Bioscience sent shockwaves through the cannabis industry with ‘Big Ag’ disclosure (Marijuana Business Daily)
At A Crossroads - Cover story on leader of the National Cannabis Industry Association (Marijuana Business Magazine)
Essays
I lived in Korea for 5 years. Here's what happened when I came home to Nebraska. (The Week)
On Reading Hunter S. Thompson’s “Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72” in 2017 (Catapult)
Basketball at Metcalf’s was part of growing up for many Scottsbluff boys (Scottsbluff Star-Herald)
Class of '66 taking donations for memorial of boys who died (Scottsbluff Star-Herald)
If You Ever Come to Western Nebraska (American West)
Fiction
Cyclones (The Literary Review)
The Herd (Per Contra)
Into the Soil (Pindeldyboz)