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Friday, November 13, 2015

Ruralites less likely to be screened for cancers of private parts, thus more likely to die from them

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Poor, minority and rural residents are less likely to be screened for breast, colorectal and cervical cancers and more likely to have high...

Farmland prices, farm incomes in Midwest continue to fall, Federal Reserve Banks report

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Farmland prices in parts of the Midwest continue to tumble. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis reported Thursday that the average price ...

Nepotism alive and well when it comes to hiring by elected officials in many Kentucky counties

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When it comes nepotism in local government, it's mostly a free-for-all in Kentucky, with most counties having few laws preventing gov...

Older rural residents have more chronic diseases, earlier deaths than urban counterparts, study says

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Rural residents 85 and older "have significantly higher levels of chronic disease, take more medications and die several years earlier ...

Hillary Clinton unveils $30B plan to revitalize coal communities hurt by shift to cleaner energy

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Hillary Clinton Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Thursday released a $30 billion plan to revitalize the local econ...

Monarch butterflies expected to rebound this winter, Mexican environment secretary says

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Monarch butterflies, which migrate to Mexico each winter, are expected to make a big recovery following coordinated efforts by Canada, Me...
Thursday, November 12, 2015

Nine most at-risk rural Mississippi hospitals employ 2,600, have $289M economic impact, study says

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Of the 283 rural hospitals that are in danger of closing in an October report by iVantage Health Analytics , 22 are in Mississippi. T...

Torture allegations put rural Ohio town's drug epidemic back in the spotlight

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Allegations of torture have once again cast a negative light on the drug epidemic in rural Chillicothe, Ohio ( Best Places map) . In the...

Rural-urban exchange program teaches Montana students about local businesses, diversity

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Students in Montana are participating in One Montana 's Rural-Urban Student and Entrepreneur Exchange that "connects some of Mon...

Rural churches struggling to compete with 'megachurches' for young pastors, resources

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Urban migration has had a major impact on small rural churches, which often struggle to find young pastors willing to locate to rural area...
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First in a series by The Guardian visits America's 'poorest white town' in E. Kentucky coal country

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In the first of a series "about the lives of those trying to do more than survive in places that seem the most remote from the aspira...

Kentucky election shows 'rural America is Republican,' former congressman says

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The results of last week's election for governor of Kentucky show that "Urban America is Democratic, and rural America is R...
Wednesday, November 11, 2015

County Health Rankings and Roadmaps released; data a great resource for community health stories

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on Tuesday released its "County Health Rankings and Roadmaps," which compares the health o...

Gates Foundation focused on teacher education in low-income schools; Gates visits E. Ky. school

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates said during a recent speech that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is working toward solving the proble...

Algae bloom in Lake Erie this summer was worst in recorded history

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Tuesday rated the algae bloom that covered Lake Erie this summer as the worst in r...

Missouri Press Assn. backs student photographer who stood his ground against protesters

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Screenshot via YouTube shows the confrontation. The Missouri Press Association has declared its support for the student photographer ...

Rural N.C. residents make voices heard at polls, vote in commissioners who pass ban on fracking

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For those who think people no longer have a say in their local government, the rural town of Walnut Cove, N.C.,  ( Best Places map ) can ...

Georgia man restoring rural houses from the 1800s and 1900s

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A Georgia man is restoring centuries old rural houses, having "brought more than fifty structures in and around Thomasville, Ga., back...
Tuesday, November 10, 2015

U.S. organic crop acreage remains low, despite high profit potentials

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From 2002—when the National Organic Program (NOP) was implemented—to 2011, organic crops increased from about 1.3 million acres to almost 3....

USDA to invest $8M in projects to conserve water in rapidly depleting Ogallala Aquifer

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced plans to invest $8 million in fiscal year 2016 in projects to help farmers and ranchers conse...