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Saturday, September 10, 2011

End of family's careers on rural routes prompts a look back at one county's history of R.F.D.

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The problems of the U.S. Postal Service , reflected by its listing of more than 3,700 post offices for possible closure, has prompted rural ...
Friday, September 09, 2011

Ky. school districts pass up free lunches for all kids, citing worries about future costs

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Many Kentucky school districts are reportedly opting out of a new federal pilot program that provides free breakfast and lunch to all studen...

Rural employers wonder about Obama jobs plan

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Thursday President Obama presented a new jobs plan to a joint session of Congress and the nation. While there was little mention of rural Am...

Another horse rescue faces charges as two groups aim to educate rescuers and donors

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A New York equine rescue is the latest to face charges for "allegedly defrauding financial contributors and for allegedly maltreating s...

Spike in violence follows increase in pot farming

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Violence has become the norm in the forested mountains of California, where illegal marijuana crops have infiltrated isolated stands of Doug...

Kentucky joins ranks of states losing money needed to fill extension office positions

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Add Kentucky to the  list of states , like South Dakota and Oregon, suffering budget cuts to their cooperative extension services. Funding f...

Leadership training offered to rural communities

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The Center for Rural Affairs and Leadership Consulting Associates , a new organization that focuses on developing rural leaders, are partne...

Top coated-paper company files for bankruptcy, says rural paper mills to stay open for now

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NewPage Holdings Corp. , North America's largest manufacturer of coated paper, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a move that could af...
Thursday, September 08, 2011

The stink spreads as bugs march south

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The march of the stink bug continues, spreading its destruction of crops and trees into North Carolina. The brown marmorated variety of the ...
Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Three Ky. schools, Appalachian agency start program to improve dentistry in mountains

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With money from the Appalachian Regional Commission and some of their own, three very different Kentucky universities will collaborate ...

Number of adult smokers keeps declining

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Fewer U.S. adults are smoking and daily smokers are smoking fewer cigarettes, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control ...

USPS must change, but not chase newspapers away or abandon rural places, small papers' lobby says

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The U.S. Postal Service must change, but the solution to its financial problems "cannot be to push mail out of the system," or to...
Monday, September 05, 2011

Postal Service's declining finances increase pressure to eliminate Saturday mail delivery

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The U.S. Postal Service 's plan to close more than 3,500 post offices made its problems more of a concern for rural Americans, and the c...

Agriculture-policy writer gives a clear, succinct picture of debate over changes in crop subsidies

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The prospect that farm programs will be significantly changed as part of the deficit-reduction process has been reported here several times,...
Friday, September 02, 2011

Remembrances of, and resources for, 9/11

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The Rural Blog is published primarily for rural news media, most of which stick to events and issues in their own communities, especially if...

Oxford American's list of 'The Most Creative Teachers in the South' has strong rural flavor

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The South is the nation's most rural region, in terms of population, so it shouldn't be surprising that the Oxford American 's l...

Labor Department proposes stricter regulations for child farm labor; families still exempted

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In response to grain bin deaths and other farming accidents involving children, the U.S. Department of Labor is proposing tougher regulatio...

Federal budget cuts reduce Legal Aid services, often a last resort for the rural poor

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Legal Aid offices nationwide are facing more budget cuts and laying off employees, reducing services, and closing offices as demand for thei...
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Drug abuse may be to blame for deputy shortage in county in southern West Virginia

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A growing epidemic of drug abuse is limiting the number of applicants for deputy sheriff in one southern West Virginia county. Over the past...

'Superbugs' evolve to defeat natural insecticide in Monsanto's genetically modified corn

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A recent discovery of western corn rootworms in Midwest corn fields raises concerns that the use of biotech crops could lead to "supe...