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Saturday, December 03, 2011

Strict definition of family farm may be sticking point for proposed rules on child farm labor

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The formal comment period for the Labor Department 's rules that would further limit child labor on farms ended Dec. 1, but the politica...

Top Ky. environmentalist quits state boards, citing governor's cuts and firing of strip-mine overseer

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Kentucky's leading environmentalist resigned from two state boards yesterday to protest the environmental and energy policies of newly r...
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Friday, December 02, 2011

Politico examines the impact of mandatory cuts to the federal budget

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Officially known as sequestration, the $1.2 trillion in mandatory budget cuts, left as a result of the failed 'supercommittee,' are...

New Jersey police, hit by state and local budget cuts, are dispersing to far-flung areas

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The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department is looking for recruits 800 miles away in New Jersey, Darran Simon of the Philadelphia Inquire...

Craigslist ad promising easy farm work connected to death of at least three in rural southern Ohio

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Three men have been killed and another injured in an online scheme that lured them to rural southern Ohio through a Craigslist ad, Erica Go...

Landowners accuse gas companies of lying about leases; industry defends its practices

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With millions of gas and oil leases in the U.S., some landowners are learning a costly lesson about the standard leases they signed. Industr...

Story offers facts about the payroll-tax cut, a big issue for pocketbooks and next year's politics

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Weekly newspapers (and those dailies that don't subscribe to The Associated Press ) and other rural news media, take note: There's a...

Top coal reporter reflects on his career

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The Rural Blog often shares Ken Ward Jr.'s coverage of the coal industry and the environment in Appalachia, both from his stories and hi...
Thursday, December 01, 2011

Disability-benefit rate in rural areas is 80% higher than the national rate

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"Rural areas are more dependent on disability benefits than are metropolitan areas," according to an investigation of the rate of...

Drilling-pollution report nixes big Wyo. gas deal

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Texas-based Legacy Resources announced this week it will not follow through on a $45 million deal to buy a natural gas drilling field near ...

Teacher salaries lower where students are poor

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A study released by the Education Department yesterday reveals schools serving low-income students receive less local and state funding for...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Probe finds federal mine-safety agency isn't keeping track of violators who owe fines

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A U.S. Department of Labor report says the agency's Mine Safety and Health Administration is not identifying coal mining "scoffl...

Community newspapers continue to be readers' top choice for news and ads

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For the sixth year in a row, the annual readership survey conducted by the National Newspaper Association and the research arm of the Reyno...
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Top coal reporter says real issue behind OSM and BLM merger being ignored: citizens' complaints

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Over a month after Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement would be folded into...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Rise in TV 'hixploitation' begs the question: Why are TV producers fixated on rural oddities?

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There has been a recent rise in "hixploitation," or hick exploitation, on television in recent years with shows like "Call of...
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Temporary towns being built to meet oil boom demand in western North Dakota

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"Man camps" are dotting the prairie of western North Dakota, where an oil boom has created thousands of vacancies being filled by ...

Sustainable agriculture could improve health, economy for rural areas

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"Sustainable agriculture has the potential to create jobs in rural communities, to increase access to healthy food choices for low to m...
Monday, November 28, 2011

Appropriations bill ends ban on horse slaughter; opening of several slaughterhouses predicted

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What amounted to a ban on horse slaughter for human consumption in the U.S. was lifted through a "mini-bus," or small omnibus appr...
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Modern-day cattle rustlers causing problems in S. Fla.

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Cattle thefts resulting from the recession continue, this time in South Florida, reports Peter Franceschina of the South Florida Sun Sentin...

Community protests sale of legal synthetic drugs

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A group recently occupied an area outside the D&M Market gas station in Crab Orchard, Ky., to protest its sale of synthetic drugs often...