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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Farm Safety and Health Week is Sept. 19-25

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National Farm Health and Safety Week, which begins tomorrow, recognizes the hazardous nature of agriculture and promotes awareness of safety...
Friday, September 17, 2010

Tenn. editor visits Ground Zero, shares the experience with his readers and takes a stand

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Brad Martin, editor of the Hickman County Times in Centerville, Tenn., was inspired to devote a considerable part of his 9/11/10 newspaper ...

House OKs bills for more veterinarians and rural-home energy upgrades; Senate fate unclear

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The U.S. House approved bills yesterday that would provide grants to improve food-animal veterinary services across the country, especially ...

After delay, hearing on fracking goes off smoothly

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Journal photo by William Moyer The last of four nationwide Environmental Protection Agency public hearings about its hydraulic fracturin...

Plans for huge California solar plant clear hurdle

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UPDATE: Another solar energy project received approval in California, reports the Press-Enterprise . A 370-megawatt solar field in rural nor...

British pigeons faster than rural Internet speed

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Rural broadband speeds are a contentious issue around the world. To demonstrate of the speed of rural broadband in the United Kingdom, pigeo...

N.C. law enforcement calls for expanded access to prescription drug database

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North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper voiced support for expanding access to state computer records to track prescription drug abuse. S...
Thursday, September 16, 2010

Public libraries should be necessities in rural and urban communities

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Funding of U.S. libraries, including those in rural areas, should be considered a matter of national security, writes an Atlanta novelist. ...
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Teaching Tolerance magazine devotes full issue to rural education

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Stories from a  Southern Poverty Law Center issue devoted to rural education reveal that rural schools face many of the same problems as th...

Safety first for farms open to tourists

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As the calendar turns to fall, the season for agri-tourism is upon us, which means those welcoming visitors to their rural farms should be p...

Rural America has lost over 1 million jobs during recession

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Analysis of the recessions impact on rural America has revealed wide variances across regions, but few rural places have thrived since the s...

Fields, queen of Mississippi journalism, dies at 86

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Visitation and funeral will be held Saturday in Tupelo, Miss., for Norma Fields, a longtime reporter and state-capital correspondent for the...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Coal industry supporters rally in D.C.

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  ( Photo by Associated Press )   Hundreds of people rallied in Washington, D.C., Wednesday in support of the coal industry. "Those...

High-fructose corn syrup by any other name is still pretty sweet

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In May we reported corn farmers were launching a public relations campaign to counter the perception that high-fructose corn syrup causes o...
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Livestock industry wary of FDA's crackdown on antibiotics

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Many in the livestock industry have been vocal in their disapproval of the  Food and Drug Administration  restricting antibiotic usage in he...
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Rural Florida schools create a sports division

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In June we reported the Florida High School Athletic Association  created a separate division for rural schools in eight sports, the rural ...

Pa. homeland security watching anti-drilling groups

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UPDATE 9/16: Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell termed natural gas drilling protesters' inclusion in the Homeland Security bulletins as "...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Tea Party opposes net neutrality

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Net neutrality advocates have a new opponent with the backing of several large telecommunication companies: the Tea Party. Net neutrality is...

Colorado broadband grant to help rural schools

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Colorado was among the states receiving stimulus package funding for broadband investment, and the state's award will be used in part to...

Northeast regulator could be key to shale gas development

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As the stakeholders around the country debate the merits of hydraulic fracturing, an obscure northeast U.S. regulator is holding up shale ga...