Friday, April 17, 2020

Quick hits: Amtrak gets $1 billion, some for rural; dispatches from rural hospitals, Appalachia; Ken Ward profiled

Here's a roundup of stories with rural resonance; if you do or see similar work that should be shared on The Rural Blog, email us at heather.chapman@uky.edu.

For rural Texas hospitals, beating coronavirus is personal: 'We feel responsible for one another.' Read more here.

Florida issues 32,000 laptops to rural school districts amid spread of covid-19. Read more here.

The submission deadline for the Society of Environmental Journalists' 2020 Awards is April 24. Read more here.

Ken Ward Jr.
Environment and Energy News profiles Tom and Pat Gish Award and MacArthur Foundation winner Ken Ward Jr. on covering coal with "sustained outrage." Read more here.

Profit over people: Inside an Appalachian struggle to save rural health care. Read more here.

"We Belong to Each Other": Appalachian youth build support amid the uncertainty of the pandemic. Read more here.

10 pioneer-era apple types thought extinct are found in the Western U.S. Read more here.

Amtrak is getting $1 billion in emergency funding from the coronavirus relief bill, and much of it will benefit routes running through rural areas. Read more here.

Pandemic hits Navajo Nation hard. Read more here.

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