PAGES

▼
Friday, November 08, 2013

Oil trains could carry almost as much crude as proposed Keystone pipeline, pose safety issues

›
UPDATE, Nov. 12: Friday's 30-car derailment in rural Alabama only furthers safety concerns, especially since investigators are still ...

Environmental group says TVA coal ash polluted water in Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama

›
Coal ash from Tennessee Valley Authority  power plants has polluted groundwater in Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama, according to a report f...

Programs simulate grain-bin entrapments, and how to rescue a victim

›
Nathan Brown (right) was trapped in a grain bin, waiting to be rescued. Typically, someone pulled into a grain bin has slim chances of sur...

New Mexico nursing curriculum will allow rural students to earn B.A. at community colleges

›
Nursing students in rural New Mexico will be able to stay close to home to finish their degrees. Republican Gov. Susanna Martinez announced...

Course offers students real-world experience and introduces small town to new style of reporting

›
Student Justin Wright interviews former Gov. Brereton Jones, a Thoroughbred breeder in Midway. Students in the School of Journalism and...
Thursday, November 07, 2013

Revised measure says 3 million more Americans in poverty; rural states no longer poorest

›
We noted yesterday that the number of Americans living in poverty , especially those in rural areas, continues to rise. A new way to measur...

Vilsack tells Rural Futures meeting to 'remind America about the importance of rural America'

›
"The future of rural America is tied to how well the rest of America understands and supports it," Secretary of Agriculture ...

Farmers and journalism programs waiting for FAA to release regulations for use of drones

›
In science-fiction movies there's often a scene in which something crashes on a farm, and the curious farmer goes to investigate, onl...

Billionaires continue to receive farm subsidies, but few since 2008; legislation would tighten rules

›
UPDATE, Nov. 8: Chris Clayton of DTN/The Progressive Farmer points out the long time frame used by EWG and writes, "Since 2008, only ...

Doctors in rural areas are older; shortage looms

›
According to a study supported by the federal Office of Rural Health Policy and other federal agencies, 29 percent of primary care physici...
Wednesday, November 06, 2013

Persistent-poverty counties are increasingly likely to be rural

›
Persistent poverty counties are increasingly rural, with the gap between them and their urban counterparts rising from 2.4 percentage point...

Food writer Michael Pollan admits manipulation of high-profile stories, presenting one side of issues

›
Michael Pollan Michael Pollan, one of the world's most cited commentators on food issues, has authored more than five books and ha...

Five Colorado counties vote to secede; coal industry seems to take major hit in Washington election

›
Five of the 11 Republican-heavy Colorado counties that had secession on the ballot Tuesday voted in favor of the measure, but the counti...

Phoenix news outlets drop effort to get photos and documents relating to forest fire that killed 19

›
In a case that pitted freedom of information against the claimed privacy interests of victims and their families, a pair of Phoenix news ou...

Reduction in federal funding might make broadband expansion more difficult in rural areas

›
During a Senate hearing Oct. 29, Internet stakeholders said the government needs to continue promoting broadband adoption "among low i...
Tuesday, November 05, 2013

Federal appeals court issues temporary injunction blocking operation of horse slaughter plants

›
The prospect for immediate, legal horse slaughter in the U.S. took a hit Monday when a federal appeals court in Denver issued a temporary i...

Nan Ezzell, matriarch of family that helped set standards for courage in rural journalism, dies at 93

›
Nan Ezzell, who nurtured two generations of crusading community journalism over more than six decades in the Texas Panhandle, died Sunday...

Oklahoma earthquakes seen linked to oil and gas; seismologist disagrees with assessment

›
Earthquakes that have been rocking the area around Oklahoma City since Saturday could be linked to oil and gas production sites, either fro...

Ohio House passes legislation allowing motorists to keep hogs, boars and turkeys killed by vehicles

›
Ohio residents looking to bypass the grocery store could soon get their meat free of charge in the middle of the road. The House passed l...
Monday, November 04, 2013

Latest vision in Sedan, Kan., is multi-purpose library

›
Community leaders in Sedan, Kan., population 1,093, plan to raise money to build a library including new technology and various facilities,...