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Saturday, January 03, 2009

Small-town filmmaker's nationally recognized production can now be viewed online

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The National Film Registry of the Library of Congress recently announced its 25 additions for 2009, and at the same time a short film added ...
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Surgeons starting to disappear from rural areas

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General surgeons "are the backbone of rural medicine, and all across the country they are starting to disappear," David Brown writ...
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Cattle ranchers say they quashed backdoor effort by feds to require registration of farm premises

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Mandatory premises registration , the bugaboo of the National Animal Identification System , won't be coming in through the back door, s...

Iowa Independent posts its brag sheet for 2008

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"In journalism, the scoop is the name of the game," writes Jason Hancock of the Iowa Independent . "The exclusive story is no...
Monday, December 29, 2008

State legislator has bill to ban corn ethanol in N.H.

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Even as federal officials consider raising the amount of ethanol in gasoline from the current 10 percent, a New Hampshire legislator has dra...

Threatened, rural South Carolinians accept zoning

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Some rural residents of Greenville County, S.C., "have banded together to do what was once unthinkable in the county's rural reache...

Massey to pay record fine in deadly coal-mine fire

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A Massey Energy Co. subsidary agreed last week to pay $2.5 million in fines and $1.7 million in civil penalties for violations that caused ...

Wal-Mart settles most suits over labor violations

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Rural America's largest employer, Wal-Mart , agreed last week to settle dozens of lawsuits alleging that it underpaid employees as a mat...

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The Rural Blog is brought to you by the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues , which helps rural journalists define the publi...

Many rural TV viewers in fringe areas will lose 'local' stations in transition to digital signals

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Millions of rural Americans will no longer be able to watch some local television stations when all stations switch to digital-only programm...
Wednesday, December 24, 2008

As Tennessee goes agog at coal-ash spill, enviros urge Obama to block more disposal in old mines

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UPDATES, Dec. 29: So many people showed up for a meeting among TVA officials and local residents that it had to be moved to the county high ...
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Big electric co-op in trouble; board has a conflict

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Kentucky utility regulators made an accounting move yesterday to help East Kentucky Power Cooperative stave off some creditors and ordered ...
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Injury hospitalization rate is higher in rural areas

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Injuries requiring hospitalization occur at a significantly higher rates in rural areas, according to a study that researchers say is the fi...

Gov. Palin creates Rural Subcabinet for Alaska

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Last week, we noted data indicating that reports of mass migration from rural Alaska was no more than would be expected at a time of econom...

Rural Kansas towns struggle to keep pharmacies

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Having to drive to another town to go to the store or the cinema can be a bother, but when you or a family member are sick it can be a hards...

Big Gates Foundation grant will create high-speed Internet access in libraries in seven states

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Broadband in public libraries, the only form of regular Internet access for many people in rural areas, will improve in seven states with gr...
Sunday, December 21, 2008

Indiana electric co-op fighting insurance company

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Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative , which serves most of Southern Indiana, is thriving but threatened with bankruptcy -- by "an...
Friday, December 19, 2008

Old energy vs. new energy: Will Coal River Mountain be mined or be home to a wind farm?

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A seminal battle between old, extractive energy and new, renewable energy is shaping up on the aptly named Coal River Mountain in southern W...

Obama expected to name advocates of strong action against global warming to top science posts

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By selecting "two of the nation's most prominent scientific advocates for a vigorous response to climate change to serve in his adm...

Ala. studying good rural schools to see what works

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Rural schools in Alabama generally score lower on achievement tests, and are more likely to have dropouts, but a few, such as J.S. Ervin Ele...