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Ugly, imperfect produce destined for the landfill is being upcycled by a California candy company, a Texas volunteer uses his Navy training to map the gaps in broadband and Pennsylvania has a new commission tasked with reversing its shrinking rural population.
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Rural educators say they need support to teach kids social issues, rural businesses can suffer when dollar stores come to town, prairie states like South Dakota are getting help to protect grasslands and a Minnesota town claims the oldest rural Pride Festival.
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Rural America’s job growth is up, but still hasn't recovered from the pandemic, about one in five rural Americans live in a town with a prison, rural women seeking birth control have a new option and dark skies beckon as summer arrives.
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Rural Americans get a lot more exposure to greenhouse gasses than money to combat it, Colorado is running out of funds to feed hungry school kids, and Nebraska is documenting Latino residents' journey to the Great Plains.
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Montanans may vote on a ballot initiative this November adding abortion protections to the state constitution, an Indiana school district is heralded for its gold-standard multilingual education program, and folks in Alaska's coastal communities are cutting carbon and saving money.
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Smokey Bear thought only "you" could prevent forest fires, but mushrooms may also help, a Native American community in Oregon is achieving healthcare sovereignty, and Colorado farmers hope fast-maturing, drought-tolerant seeds will better handle climate change.
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Americans are buying up rubber ducks ahead of Memorial Day, Nebraskans who want residential solar have a new lifeline, seven community colleges are working to provide students with a better experience, and Mississippi’s "Big Muddy" gets restoration help.
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Some small towns in North Dakota worry they’ll go to pot if marijuana is legalized, school vouchers are becoming a litmus test for Republicans, and Bennington, Vermont implements an innovative substance abuse recovery program.
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Bidding begins soon for Wyoming's elk antlers, Southeastern states gained population in the past year, small rural energy projects are losing out to bigger proposals, and a rural arts cooperative is filling the gap for schools in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
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The urban-rural death divide is widening for working-age Americans, many home internet connections established for rural students during COVID have been broken and a new federal rule aims to put the "public" back in public lands.
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Rural Wyoming needs more vocational teachers to sustain its workforce pipeline, Ohio environmental advocates fear harm from a proposal to open 40-thousand forest acres to fracking and rural communities build bike trail systems to promote nature, boost the economy.
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Housing advocates fear rural low-income folks who live in aging USDA housing could be forced out, small towns are eligible for grants to enhance civic participation and North Carolina's small and Black-owned farms are helped by new wind and solar revenues.
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Rural populations have bounced back for two years running, more jobs are causing growing pains in Montana, Colorado wants school kids to eat better and boost rural ag communities, and Saint George, South Carolina is "Puttin' on the Grits."
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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.
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A labeling change could pay off for small farmers and ranchers who raise livestock and poultry, pandemic-related rural job loss bounced back but progress has stalled and rural housing is scarce for younger generations as older homeowners stay put.
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California’s extreme swing from floods to drought has some thinking it’s time to turn rural farm parcels into floodplains, what’s known as Medicare Advantage is squeezing the finances of rural hospitals and Midwest regenerative farmers are rethinking chicken.
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Kentucky environmentalists tackle zombie mines, stereotypes of rural voters are debunked and despite a messy start, some say rural students bound for college should benefit from the simplified FAFSA.
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Hard times could be ahead for rural school districts that spent federal pandemic money on teacher salaries, a former Oregon lumber community drafts a climate-action plan and West Virginians may soon buy raw milk from squeaky-clean cows.
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Pesticides are featured in Idaho’s David vs. Goliath conflict, Congress needs to act if affordable internet programs are to continue in rural America and conservatives say candidates should support renewable energy to win over young voters.
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Agriculture built towns on America's high plains, but now might run them dry, a Texas drone experiment aims to improve healthcare in rural areas and U.S. growers of wool and cotton get federal money to improve climate-smart land practices.
- Visa fler