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Saturday, November 05, 2016

Vote for vote, no state may be more important in the presidential election than New Hampshire

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Chelsea Clinton spoke at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., Friday. ( Valley News photo by Geoff Hansen) New Hampshire has only four ...

Trump, NRA focus (gamble?) on rural areas

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Trump rally in Selma, N.C. (Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA via Washington Post) Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association are follow...

Concerned about dropoff in rural voter turnout, electric co-ops have mounted a campaign

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Rural electric cooperatives, concerned about poor voter turnout in rural areas in 2012, have mounted a campaign to turn out the rural vote ...
Friday, November 04, 2016

Earthquake between 4.3 to 4.5 magnitude in Oklahoma led to injection wells being shut down

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An earthquake estimated between magnitude 4.3 to 4.5 that hit Oklahoma shortly after midnight on Wednesday has led oil and gas officials t...

Election includes votes in some states on cigarette tax, alcohol, hunting and fishing, religion in school

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Ballots on Tuesday will include more than presidential, state and local contests. Plenty of referenda will be on the ballots that could impa...

ARC map shows county-level economic status in Appalachia; data reports made more accessible

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The Appalachian Regional Commission has released a county-level map  of the economic status of counties in the region for fiscal year 2017...

Oil, gas and coal bust in Wyoming leads to budget cuts to drug treatment programs

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The once booming coal, oil and gas industries in Wyoming are now going bust, leading to sharp budget cuts to state programs, Pamela King rep...

Tech companies are leaving metros for smaller cities near rural areas with cheaper housing

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Houses are bigger and cheaper in Gurley, Ala. than in big cities (WSJ photo by Art Meripol) Urban tech companies are moving out of the b...
Thursday, November 03, 2016

31% of home-schooled students live in rural areas, where 3.6% of children are home-schooled

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The number of home-schooled children in the U.S. more than doubled from 1999 to 2012 from 850,000 to 1.773 million, says a study released ...

Closed prisons being sold or leased for new uses

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Closed Joliet (Ill.) Correctional Center (AP) Many of the 150 state prisons that closed during the Great Recession "are increasing...

Rural, armed militia groups training for possible civil unrest if Trump loses 'rigged' election

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"Some armed militia groups are preparing for the possibility of a stolen election on Nov. 8 and civil unrest in the days following a vi...

EPA outlines plan to study effects of Clean Power Plan regulations on coal jobs

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The Environmental Protection Agency has outlined a plan ordered by a federal judge in West Virginia to study the impact of environmental ...

Fear fuels Trump in Appalachian coalfield, but there are other things to fear, writer says

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Ivy Brashear We've heard plenty of thoughts and opinions from urban journalists about why Donald Trump is popular in Central Appala...

Army Corps issues letter giving guidance on determining 'waters of the U.S.' jurisdiction

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One of the most controversial points of the Environmental Protection Agency 's rules to define "waters of the United States" ...

Amendment before Colorado voters could put an end to local attempts to ban fracking

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Colorado residents will vote Nov. 8 on a measure, largely supported by the oil and gas industry, that could put an end to local attempts to...
Wednesday, November 02, 2016

Obamacare premium increases on average will be much higher in rural areas than urban ones

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Health-insurance premiums on the federal exchange will be more expensive in rural areas than urban ones, on average, Mattie Quinn reports...

President says Army Corps of Engineers considering alternate route for Dakota Access Pipeline

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President Obama said Tuesday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is considering an alternate route for the Dakota Access Pipeline that w...

Opioid epidemic has increased rate of grandparents raising grandchildren; 21% live below poverty line

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An increasing number of grandparents are raising their grandchildren, largely because many of the children's parents are addicted to he...

Opioid poisonings of youth rose 165% from 1997 to 2012, 205% among those aged 1 to 4

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More than 13,000 Americans age 19 and under were hospitalized for opioid poisonings from 1997 to 2012, says a study  at the Yale School of ...

Trump shows strength among whites in rural Midwestern counties with heavy Latino immigration

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Rural Midwestern towns that have attracted many more immigrants—particularly Latinos—have been some of the biggest supporters of Donald Tru...