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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Tom Wicker, who rose from rural North Carolina to the top ranks of journalism, dies at 85

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Tom Wicker, who never lost the cadence, culture and memories of the southeastern North Carolina sandhills where he was raised in poverty and...

Mug-shot tabloids make a buck off of crime

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The first time your humble servant ever paid $1 for a weekly newspaper, I asked the store clerk, "Is this paper worth a dollar?" S...
Friday, November 25, 2011

Rural station, 'glue' for Eastern Kentucky, is being undermined by satellite television and its rules

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A rural television station that has created a stronger regional identity and connections among isolated counties in Eastern Kentucky is bei...
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Studies show organic farming makes economic and environmental sense over the long term

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"Organic crop systems can provide similar yields and much higher economic returns than a conventional corn-soybean rotation," beca...

'Climate' seems to be a dirty word to lawmakers, who nix a Climate Service even as threats mount

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wanted to create a National Climate Service similar to the agency's National Weathe...

Are 'paperless papers' the future of newspapers?

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Yes, says John Paton, right, chief executive of the Journal Register Co. , MediaNews and parent company Digital First . Paton reinvented t...
Thursday, November 24, 2011

A prayer for Thanksgiving

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"Thanksgiving requires a (turkey) wing and a prayer," writes Curtis Seltzer of Blue Grass, Va., writer of the " Country Real ...
Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Editor at weekly putting heat on secretive energy projects says county official assaulted him

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A thrice-weekly newspaper's watchdog reporting about local-government support of two secretive energy projects got physical this week, a...

Small Business Saturday will follow Black Friday

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Saturday, Nov. 26, will be the second annual Small Business Saturday. The day, sponsored by American Express, is dedicated to supporting sm...

Penn State sexual abuse scandal hits home in rural areas where the victims live

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In the wake of child sexual abuse allegations against Penn State University 's football defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, the media ...

Delay of vote on Delaware Basin drilling shows Obama administration in another political bind

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The Obama administration is again caught between environmental and energy interests, much as it was during debate over the proposed Keystone...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Agroforestry advocates try to debunk conventional wisdom that farming and trees don't mix

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A demonstration project to help spur the growth of agroforestry - growing trees on the same land as crops to improve land values - has start...

Native American 'Shadow Wolves' help track drug smugglers along Ariz.-Mexico border

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A group of eight Native Americans is helping the U.S. Government hunt Mexican drug smugglers in the rural Tohono O’odham Nation on the Arizo...

What is rural impact of supercommittee's failure?

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Yesterday the congressional "supercommittee" on deficit reduction failed to reach a deal before its Nov. 23 deadline, meaning sequ...
Monday, November 21, 2011

Police are encrypting scanners; journalists say the move prevents coverage of developing news

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The days of reporters relying on police-radio scanners for early tips on breaking stories may come to an end as police around the country mo...

Coal mining jobs in Appalachia increase despite industry concern about federal 'war on coal'

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Mining jobs in Appalachia have increased by 10 percent since the Environmental Protection Agency intensified efforts to reign in mountainto...
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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Retailers besides Walmart eye primary-care prize

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Last week, a document leaked showing Walmart 's intention to become the country's largest provider of primary health services, but ...

Small, weekly newspaper gets best of stonewalling state agency in case of adopted child's murder

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When a 9-year-old girl was found beaten to death and her adoptive brother was charged with murder, the local newspaper wanted to know what t...

Local paper broke Penn State story in March; reporter calls it 'a huge testament to local news'

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Uncovering the story of a former Penn State football coach's alleged rapes of boys "was all local journalism," Harrisburg Patr...
Friday, November 18, 2011

Agriculture panels offer deficit-reduction plan, a new Farm Bill, as 'supercommittee' nears failure

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Negotiators delivered a proposal to cut farm programs by $23 billion over five years as part of a deficit-reduction plan just as partisan di...