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Saturday, August 09, 2008

GateHouse Media suspends dividends, raises more capital from major owner; now a penny stock

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GateHouse Media , whose venture-capital owners had counted on strong cash flow from the fast-growing group of mostly smaller newspapers, say...

W.Va. coal-to-liquid plant to get state incentives; exec acknowledges carbon dioxide is a problem

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The coal-to-liquid plant announced recently for West Virginia's Northern Panhandle is in line for $196 million in tax incentives from t...
Friday, August 08, 2008

As big event looms, veterinarians call for tougher rules to end soring of Tennessee walking horses

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"The largest group of horse veterinarians on Thursday called for changes in regulating Tennessee walking horses to end the breed's ...

Tyson, union reinstate Labor Day as paid holiday at Tennessee plant while keeping Muslim holiday

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Following objections from consumers, local officials, tghe local newspaper and some employees, Tyson Foods Inc. and a union have agreed to ...
Thursday, August 07, 2008

EPA declines to reduce Renewable Fuels Standard

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson today denied Texas Gov. Rick Perry's request to reduce the amount of rene...

As some big papers commit suicide, community papers do well, with fundamentals of local news

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While some metropolitan newspapers "are attempting suicide," writes Tuskegee News Publisher Paul Davis , right, "Community ...
Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Appalachian coalfield paper marks anniversary of Utah mine disaster, likens safety agency to FEMA

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The Mountain Eagle in Whitesburg, Ky., has long held to the fire the feet of the coal industry and those responsible for regulating it. Toda...
Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Tyson plant replaces Labor Day with Muslim holiday to accommodate hundreds of Somalis

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A Muslim holiday has replaced Labor Day as a paid holiday at the Tyson Foods poultry processing plant in Shelbyville, Tenn., under the comp...

Judges may decide whether logging in advance of a strip mine is subject to federal regulation

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If a timber company cuts trees to make way for a strip mine, is that a "surface coal mining operation" subject to federal law? And...

Rural fire departments running short of volunteers

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We have a higher threshold for items about articles from The Associated Press because we figure that many of our readers have already seem ...
Monday, August 04, 2008

Aug. 15 is deadline to apply for 'Covering Climate Change and our Energy Future in Rural America'

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The Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues will accept applications until Friday, Aug. 15, for "Covering Climate Change a...

Aug. 13 is deadline to apply for Knight Center seminar on covering medical advances

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The Knight Center for Specialized Journalism 's next workshop, "Medical Advances: Treatments, Cures, Possibilities," will be h...

Rural N.C. county puts many staff on 4-day week

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As a rural county in eastern North Carolina switches about half its workers to a four-day week today, local officials around the state and s...

As Missourians head to the polls, candidates hope they have 'the rural thing going'

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Missouri's population is only one-fourth rural, but the candidates in tomorrow's primary election seem to be emphasizing rural conne...
Sunday, August 03, 2008

Poll finds rural Americans favor McCain and are sharply divided on whether ethanol helps farming

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"Republicans may find the rural race a bit closer than they might usually expect," Progressive Farmer magazine reports, outlining...

Silver lining of expensive oil: Manufacturing jobs return to U.S., even to Piedmont furniture belt

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Globalization, which wiped out hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs in rural America, depends partly on low shipping costs. With oil ...

Gas leasing leaves some landowners in Ark-La-Tex area wishing they had known more about it

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More than a century ago, land agents bought mineral rights in Central Appalachia for 50 cents or less an acre from landowners who had no ide...
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Rural community colleges, hit by high fuel prices, are moving more instruction online

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High fuel prices are causing "basically a paradigm shift" among all rural community colleges, the academic dean of Southeast Kentu...
Saturday, August 02, 2008

Big power line okayed for northern West Virginia

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Just before the deadline of midnight last night, the West Virignia Public Service Commission approved a massive electric transmission line ...
Friday, August 01, 2008

Sam Houston State's Center for Rural Studies aims to be main research, outreach unit for rural Texas

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Sam Houston State University has established a new Center for Rural Studies: Research and Outreach. "I truly believe that the Center w...
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