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.
When a superintendent in a rural Michigan school district spoke up about systemic racism, some locals were supportive, but most of the response was hostile. Read more here.
Rural southwest Kansas has a growing population of Muslims, but the new Kansans are struggling to develop culturally relevant resources such as a cemetery and a mosque. Read more here.
In 2021, Republican lawmakers in Montana passed the nation's most extreme anti-vaccination law, banning all mandates, even for health-care workers. ProPublica takes a deep dive into the tragic fallout of that decision for a hospital as the Delta wave hit. Read more here.
Some farmers and ranchers destroy beaver dams on their property, believing they cause flooding and other damage. But a growing number of ranchers, scientists and others are coming to believe that beavers are not only helpful, but "furry weapons of climate resilience." Read more here.
The housing market is starting to cool off and prices are coming down. That's good news for rural areas near cities: high housing prices are a major reason people move to more rural areas, but the influx of city-dwellers makes rural housing scarcer and more expensive. Read more here.
A new report exposes key gaps in pesticide regulation enforcement and its impact on farmers. Read more here.
Funding from the climate-and-tax bill aims to bring more renewable-energy jobs to rural Appalachia. Read more here.
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