The Rural Blog

A digest of events, trends, issues, ideas and journalism from and about rural America, by the Institute for Rural Journalism, based at the University of Kentucky. Links may expire, require subscription or go behind pay walls. Please send news and knowledge you think would be useful to benjy.hamm@uky.edu.

The Rural Blog

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Cecil Andrus, conservationist, Carter interior secretary and longest-serving Idaho governor, dies

Disney settles 'pink slime' lawsuit for $177 million

Research group helps local newspaper dig deep into a rural Virginia county

All counties in now have individual Obamacare insurance options for 2018

Interior secretary: Shrink 3 national monuments

Mo. audit of rural hospitals uncovers $90 million billing scheme at one that outsourced operations

Gun sellers in New Hampshire try to decrease suicides by firearm with voluntary program

Dept. of Energy report: More use of renewables could threaten reliability of power grid

Acting mine-safety chief's credentials questioned

Big study finds Appalachia falling behind rest of the nation in health; rural areas often worse off

Big farm supplier is rocked by allegations of fraud among family owners

Analysis shows big increase in diagnoses of food allergies, especially in rural children

Invasive pigweed seeds found in most birdseed mix

Va. farms embrace agritourism, which is growing

What led EPA to decide farmers could keep using a pesticide banned for residential use since 2000?

Job growth in rural areas continues to lag

Voters say local news is less biased than national

Vilsack says U.S. doesn't appreciate its rural areas, which could draw more value-added manufacturing

Interior halts study on health effects of large-scale surface mining in Central Appalachia

Virginia is the latest state to help military veterans promote their products with special logo