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Saturday, June 04, 2011

New power line to D.C. area illustrates issues in play as electric companies improve the grid

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A major new power line is humming across the Appalachians "in a suprisingly quick five years," Environment & Energy News repor...

Ky. appeals court upholds convictions of strict Amish who won't put SMV signs on buggies

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A strict Amish sect's religious beliefs about symbols and colors do not deserve more protection than motorists who might smash into hors...
Friday, June 03, 2011

Horses deliver broadband to remote Vermont

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An "anachronistic vehicle," the draft horse, is being used to deliver high-speed Internet to remote areas of Vermont, Erik Bloklan...

Daily Yonder editor disputes urbanites' assertions that rural America gets too much federal money

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Two pillars of the Eastern liberal establishment keep propounding the false assertion that rural America gets too much federal money, Bill B...

'The Last Mountain' premieres tonight in D.C., N.Y.

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UPDATE , June 10: The journalist who knows this issue best, Ken Ward Jr. of The Charleston Gazette , has a review of the film . Coal River...

'Best of the Road' finalists include friendly, fun, beautiful, patriotic and 'best for food' rural spots

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Several rural towns are among the 30 finalists in the "Best of the Road" contest sponsored by USA Today and map firm Rand McNally...
Thursday, June 02, 2011

U.S. Education Dept. to hold conference call for rural journalists Friday on i3 grant competition

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The U.S. Department of Education will announce the design of the 2011 Investing In Innovation (i3) grant competition at 1 p.m. EDT Friday. ...

N.Y. Times rounds up examples of rural areas losing population and power in state legislatures

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Rural areas have been losing influence in Congress and state legislatures since the reapportionment and redistricting rulings of the U.S. Su...

Interior Dept. backs off new wilderness policy

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The Department of the Interior will not implement a new, controversial policy to protect wilderness-quality lands in the West, Secretary Ken...
Wednesday, June 01, 2011

32nd New York Mississippi Picnic set for June 11

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You may have heard of the New York Mississippi Picnic, but we haven't, and we think it's a fine idea, so we're telling you about...

Reporters share award for historic preservation

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Three reporters for a thrice-weekly newspaper and a local preservationist have won a service award from a Kentucky foundation dedicated to h...

House panel narrowly backs law that effectively bans horse slaughter for human consumption

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Concern about abuse and abandonment of horses may be stirring opposition in Congress to legislation that removed the floor from the horse ma...

House budget writers vote unanimously for limit Obama proposed on farm subsidy payments

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Budget-cutting Republicans endorsed one of President Obama's ideas to limit farm subsidies yesterday, as the House Appropriations Commit...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Wind power energizes rural Oregon county

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The main image on Oregon's license plates is a tall pine tree. It remains fitting geographically, but the decline of the timber industry...

Pawlenty's opposition to energy subsidies may signal change of attitude in Iowa on ethanol

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For decades, presidential candidates have come to Iowa, home of the first presidential voting and thousands of corn growers, and endorsed fe...
Sunday, May 29, 2011

Rust Belt states consider abolishing, consolidating or reining in small local jurisdictions

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"With shortfalls nationwide that could reach $112 billion in the next fiscal year, states including Ohio, New Jersey, and Michigan are ...

Klan leader sentenced for drug trafficking

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The founder of the Imperial Klans of America , which has been active in rural Western Kentucky, has been sentenced to four years in federal ...

Arizona town OKs 300-acre solar farm, nixing landowners who fear lower property values

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The town council in Chino Valley, Ariz., has approved construction of a 300-acre solar-energy farm over the objection of adjoining landowner...
Saturday, May 28, 2011

Latest chapter in threat to rural post offices

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Reuters is the latest news outlet to write up the U.S. Postal Service 's plan to close rural post offices in an effort to reduce its bu...

Rural medical training programs have success, but live 'on the edge' of personnel and funding

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With the Obama administration offering more funding to improve rural health care, Rural Training Track programs to steer medical students to...