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Monday, May 20, 2013

Critic of crop insurance calls it bloated, but he doesn't expect Congress to reverse course

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One key to the new Farm Bill is expansion of crop insurance. We wrote about a recent study by Iowa...

Southern Great Plains' water is quickly drying up

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America's high plains, especially the southern part, continue to suffer from drought and over...

Appalachian roads are most deadly in U.S.

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Traffic deaths are  more likely  to occur on rural roads, and are  rising . Now, a new study concludes that the fatality rate in Appalachia...

Free workshop will focus on covering rural health

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The Association of Health Care Journalists is hosting a free workshop June 14 in Birmingham, Ala. that will focus on covering rural health...
Sunday, May 19, 2013

Researchers map geotagged 'tweets of hate'

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A group of academic geographers at Humboldt State University in California and the University of ...
Friday, May 17, 2013

Corruption more likely at isolated state capitals, which get less scrutiny from public and journalists

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State capitals located in more remote or rural areas tend to be more corrupt than ones that are les...

Political ads enrich TV stations, which do little political reporting and fatten themselves for sale

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Atlantic Wire graphic shows advertising buys for the past three presidential elections; Telev...

Safety-net hospitals in states that don't expand Medicaid won't lose funding in 2014 or 2015

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Safety-net hospitals, which rely on Medicaid to fund care for low-income, uninsured or vulnerable p...

Researchers urge government to find ways to encourage or help rural Americans get to college

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It's no secret that a higher percentage of urban dwellers have the means to attend college and ...

Frackers on federal land will have to disclose chemicals, but not if they are trade secrets

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Companies using hydraulic fracturing to drill for oil and gas on federal land will be required to p...
Thursday, May 16, 2013

Farmland prices fall in parts of Midwest, Southeast; price rises in Central Plains slow down

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The rise of agricultural land prices in the U.S. farm belt slowed considerably or even reversed i...

Appeals court says New York towns can ban fracking

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New York towns' bans on hydraulic fracturing have been upheld by an appeals court, which rule...

School drops graduation prayer when some students protest; weekly offers strong reporting, commentary

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For the first time in memory Lincoln County High School in Central Kentucky will not have a plann...

Study finds unemployed North Carolina workers don't want farm jobs, or don't last through season

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Much has been written about immigration reforms to allow aliens who are experienced farm and a...

Charleston's county easily leads W.Va. in meth-lab busts, much more than population would suggest

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The West Virginia county that lies near the center of the state and contains its capital has beco...

Oceana, W.Va., residents admit town has a drug problem, but say documentary went overboard

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OxyContin has created a nightmare of problems in Oceana, a town of 1,400 in southern West Virginia,...

Kansas may be the only state to close criminal records, even to the accused or victims

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Kansas residents who want to see records of criminal cases, even those pertaining to themselves, ...

Conference to look at past, present and future of newspapers

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Some of the most respected names in Kentucky journalism are gathering for a one-day conference to e...
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

House agriculture panel votes to let USDA create promotion program for organic farm products

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The House Agriculture Committee voted 29-17 Wednesday night to allow the U.S. Department of Agricul...

Senate farm bill heads to the floor; House version moving through key committee votes

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The Senate Agriculture Committee cleared a new five-year farm bill Tuesday by a speedy 15-5 vote, b...

Clinton tells Delta allies good policy needed for rural growth; easier to avoid partisanship at local level

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Former President Bill Clinton said he has high hopes for continued economic progress in the are...

In wake of Boston bombing, immigration bill now includes stricter monitoring of foreign students

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In response to the Boston Marathon bombing, the Senate panel looking at the proposed immigration...

Is Obama administration's pro-wind policy keeping it from fining wind farms for killing birds?

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Is the Obama administration biased in levying fines for deaths of protected birds? Some say that ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Mergers of rural and Catholic hospitals lead to doctrinal denial of some services, and to complaints

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The increased consolidation of hospitals often involves those owned by the Roman Catholic Church, a...

Some scientists say CO2 levels put the world in a new geological epoch: human-caused Anthropocene

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As carbon dioxide in the atmosphere hits a level not seen in millions of years, a new climate-chang...

Report gives state-by-state, county-by-county look at decline of Central Appalachian coal industry

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Central Appalachian journalists interested in the coal industry have a helpful new source of up...

Natural gas is booming in Pennsylvania, but state isn't reaping the rewards

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Most states charge natural-gas drilling companies fees or taxes based on how much gas comes out of ...

Controversial 'ag-gag' bill gets rare veto from Tennessee governor; similar bill dies in California

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam, who has only vetoed two bills since coming into office in 2011, vetoed ...

Unanimous high court backs Monsanto over farmer

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Agribusiness food giant Monsanto took on Indiana farmer Vernon Hugh Bowman  ( NPR  photo by Dan ...
Monday, May 13, 2013

Southern Ky. paper says guns are a normal way of life for children, but so is teaching safety rules

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Rural news media may be far from the debates in Congress, but their readers, listeners and viewers ...

Many rural Georgia counties short of lawyers, though profession in the state has a high unemployment rate

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Rural areas have struggled to attract lawyers, who often can't afford to pay their student debts on the compensation available in rural...

Tornado-devastated town banks on plan that it hopes will serve as model for other rural places

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One year after a tornado devastated West Liberty, Ky., the Appalachian foothills town is ready to...

Celebrating Mom: North Dakota woman credited with raising 69 children, still at it

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Yesterday was Mother's Day, a time of year to celebrate the women who raise children, with ma...

Coal firm denied permit for Appalachia, Va., mine

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Rarely are coal mining companies denied permits, but that was the case in Ison Rock Ridge in Sout...
Sunday, May 12, 2013

Senate, House farm bills both have sops to the South; meat lobbies crack egg-rule deal

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A new draft of the Senate farm bill gives concessions to pork and beef lobbies over proposed rule...
Friday, May 10, 2013

Population in non-metro counties (just one definition of 'rural') declines for first time on record

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After major population increases in non-metro counties in the 1980s and 1990s, and a moderate incre...

Mich. governor signs law letting board decide what wolves will be hunted, when and where

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Gray wolves in northern Michigan. (John Vucetich/Michigan Technological University) Gov. Rick ...

Disease with no cure threatens Fla. citrus industry

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A tree infected with citrus greening. (Jason Henry, NYT) Florida's citrus industry could ...

Farm workers claim racial bias, say Mexican immigrants are getting the jobs

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Farm workers, many of them African Americans, claim they can't get hired because the work i...
Thursday, May 09, 2013

Ky. governor expands Medicaid, says other states' rejections are 'based mainly on partisan politics'

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The Democratic governor of Kentucky, a state with many rural people, some of the nation's worst...

Unemployment rate drops in rural counties, but so does number of jobs

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Unemployment rates in rural America are falling, but the number of jobs is also declining, repo...

Letter carriers to collect food Saturday to promote Saturday delivery; some say few would miss it

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As the debate continues whether or not to cancel most Saturday mail delivery, letter carriers acr...