A farm tractor sits in a field at sunset in Iowa (Photo By Buddy Mays/Getty Images). Environmental justice is a significant and pressing issue that affects many rural communities across the United ...

A hack that caused a small Texas town’s water system to overflow in January has been linked to a shadowy Russian hacktivist group, the latest case of a U.S. public utility becoming a target of ...

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Rural Communities Can Benefit From Infrastructure Funds—if Rollout Is Done Right The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s nearly $1.8 trillion marks a profound boost in infrastructure ...

Rural America has an ugly reality: addiction, abuse, and untreated mental illness. Most of the adults in these communities are mentally unhealthy, and oftentimes do not have the resources to ...

Max Brosmer is used to spending his Saturdays starring on turf, not ice. So the starting quarterback for the University of Minnesota was recently a bit out of his element on a frozen lake three ...

Rural hospital closures picked up in 2023 and nearly 700 rural hospitals face continued risk of closing due to serious financial challenges, with some states facing critical conditions in the ...

Four small rural primary schools, including one with 13 pupils, will stay open for another academic year after plans to close them were postponed. Balnamore PS in County Antrim, Lack PS in County ...

I’ve lived in Ashland City all my life, and I want to see Ashland City, and rural places across the country, be places where folks want to live. But it’s 2024 and we still don’t have good ...

An egret pauses to eye a kayaker passing on the Edisto River, which runs through Colleton State Park near Canadys, SC. Opponents of an energy bill before the S.C. General Assembly say the bill ...