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Friday, September 12, 2008

More than 50 million Americans have pre-diabetes

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Early detection can make all the difference. In cancer and heart disease, for example, early diagnosis means early intervention and an incre...
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Study faults rural medical referral system in Ind.

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A new study at the University of Indiana points to significant problems with the state's rural medical referral system. "The findi...

Strip-mine permit application conflicts with desire for adventure tourism in Ky., mine opponents say

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As state officials in Kentucky push for more adventure tourism in the state, some citizens say one popular destination is being threatened b...
Thursday, September 11, 2008

Muslims walk out, get fired in religious-rights flap

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More than 100 Muslim workers were fired from a Colorado beef processing plant Wednesday, almost a week after 250 walked off the job mid-shif...

Chain starts Web-only news outlet in city where the newspaper has virtually no Web presence

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Here's a shot across the bow of rural newspapers that aren't effectively on the Web: GateHouse Media has started a Web-only news ou...
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Exports provide economic boost to some ruralites

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In the midst of difficult economic times, there is a bright spot in some smaller cities and surrounding rural areas. U.S. exports have boome...

Coal company loses water contamination suit

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Several families in Eastern Kentucky have been awarded a $650,000 settlement after a jury determined that a coal company had contributed to ...
Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Ads defend high fructose corn syrup from worries that it promotes obesity, diabetes, other problems

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High fructose corn syrup, a subject of nutritional controversy and agricultural profit, is getting the wrappings of a makeover with two new ...
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First charges, alleging child-labor violations, levied against meatpacker caught in immigration raid

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Iowa officials have filed child-labor charges against the owner and four executives of the Postville, Iowa, processing plant where almost 40...

At home in North Dakota, Agriculture Secretary Schafer hears farmers' fears of a cost crunch

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Chuck Haga of the Grand Forks Herald reports on the visit to the Big Iron agricultural expo in West Fargo by former North Dakota Gov. Ed Sc...

Learn about government transparency from Iowa, Okla., Washington officials in webinar Thursday

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Local news media that don't have reporters in state capitals, but want and need to cover state agencies and glean data from them, could ...

Western Colorado counties are an example of regional cooperation for rural development

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Experts agree that the three-legged stool for rural economic development is: Build on your best assets; encourage entrepreneurship; and coop...
Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Brushy Fork Institute builds leaders, communities; will manage ARC grants to distressed Appalachia

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For 20 years, the Brushy Fork Institute has worked to develop leadership in Appalachian communities. Tonight at Berea College in Kentucky,...

McCain, Obama visit 2 Lebanons, one really rural

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Both major presidential candidates were in Lebanon today -- not the country, but the towns, in Virginia and Ohio. In some ways they were nea...

Online media examine Palin's religious beliefs

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The blogosphere is abuzz over the religious beliefs of Sarah Palin, who once attended the Assemblies of God church in Wasilla, Alaska, and ...

Ky. environmental lawyer gets big foundation prize

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For more than three decades, Louisville lawyer Tom FitzGerald, right, has fought battles for environmental protection and rural people in K...
Monday, September 08, 2008

Palin fought with her local paper, which now voices pride in her candidacy for vice president

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Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin got off to a rocky start as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, with her subordinates, some citizens ...

Outside loans bring credit crunch to rural banks

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As the credit crunch worsens nationwide rural banks are being hurt. Although less likely to be big mortgage lenders, regional banks have inv...
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Group challenges ban on pulpit endorsements

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Any pastor who makes political endorsements from the pulpit risks losing their church's tax-exempt status, but a conservative legal grou...
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N.C. woman takes on military recruiters in school

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As manufacturing jobs dwindle in rural areas and the economy remains stagnant the lack of opportunities for high school graduates has made t...