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Saturday, June 07, 2008

In New Hampshire, a death touches and teaches

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New Hampshire is a small state, where it's easy to get known -- and admired, if you do good work. It's also a state where the agricu...

Tennessee center will help food entrepreneurs

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The name Cumberland Culinary Center "may conjure Iron Chef-esque images," reports The Lebanon Democrat , but the Tennessee center...
Friday, June 06, 2008

Obama sets stake in Va.; outside media mess up

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Seeking rural votes in a swing state, Sen. Barack Obama went to Bristol, Va., yesterday and drew a crowd of 2,500. He made no news, other th...

What is rural? The federal government's different definitions serve many different purposes

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The Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues is often asked how we define "rural." The easy answer, and the easy way, ...

R.W. Johnson Foundation commits $300 million to improve heath in 14 areas, many with rural folks

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation committed $300 million this week to help improve the quality of health care in 14 states and regions ac...

Alaska conference on dealing with climate change focuses on rural solutions

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Residents in rural Alaska are familiar with virtually all aspects of climate change. The Alaska Municipal League Communities Conference on ...
Thursday, June 05, 2008

Data on stream flow, water quality available online

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Wondering if last night's rain was a gully-wusher upstream? "The U.S. Geological Survey now offers real-time maps and data on surf...

Food and gas price hikes hit rural, poor hardest

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Paralegal Peggy Trump fills up her tank in Charleston, W.Va., before heading home to Beckley, the beginning and end of her five-day-a-week ...

Diesel-dependent utility in Alaska seeks state aid

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"The largest utility in rural Alaska can’t afford to buy next year’s fuel and is asking the state for millions of dollars in help,...

Big investors broadening stakes in agribusiness

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On the heels of increased speculation in grain markets, "A few big private investors are starting to make bolder and longer-term bets ...
Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Rural tourism shows off agriculture, natural beauty

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Summer is nearly upon us, making the air ripe for tourism, but what will drive tourists to your rural community? Tourism has the potential t...
Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Filmmaker lives a miner's life in '30 Days' on FX

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Morgan Spurlock , the writer, producer and director of the Academy Award-nominated film "Super Size Me" , returns to his native W...

Free-roaming dogs bite 5 million people a year, kill 10-15; inflict serious damage to livestock, pets

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Dogs are often called "man's best friend," but not all dogs fit this description. Feral and free-roaming canines, or wild dog...
Monday, June 02, 2008

Utah mine collapse began where miners were removing pillars, seismologists conclude

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The Utah mine collapse that claimed nine lives last summer was larger than first thought and started near where miners had been removing pil...
Sunday, June 01, 2008

Ethanol and biodiesel appear to play only a minor role in recent global food-price increases

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The Grocery Manufacturers Association and ethanol producers are in a public-relations and lobbying battle over the role of ethanol in risin...
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Federal policies, enrollment declines spur more closings and consolidations in rural school districts

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Cheerleader Tiffany Keller, right, is only a sophomore at Pocahontas High School but has probably led her last high-school cheer. The schoo...
Saturday, May 31, 2008

Diesel costs have schools seeking extra money

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Diesel fuel prices are so high, raising costs for rural school systems that depend on buses, that West Virginia may need to have a special l...

In Appalachia, Obama needs to get uniform dirty, as Jackson did; he'd be like poke, humorist says

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Some of the commentary about the presidential primary elections in Kentucky and West Virginia has painted with too broad a brush, leaving th...

What goes around comes around: Globalization now helps Danville and parts of Southside Va.

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Danville and much of the rest of Southside Virginia declined economically along with the linchpins of the Piedmont: tobacco, textiles and fu...
Friday, May 30, 2008

Dream of 'clean coal' seems farther away as feds, utilities take more steps backward than forward

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Despite an advertising campaign by the coal industry and lip service from the three main presidential candidates, the idea of "clean co...