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How Communities Are Reframing Trauma and Rebuilding Pathways to Healing
Rural communities face unique challenges when it comes to trauma and healing. Whether it’s a school district, healthcare provider, or small-town library ...
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In a Small Texas Town, Pride Grows Loud and Joyful
The sound of Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” and the stomping of boots on hardwood echoed against the neon-bathed walls of O’Donnell’s in Lockhart’s town ...
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Home Insurers Shift Cost to Homeowners as Climate Change Exacerbates Natural Disasters
This post is from our data newsletter, the Rural Index, headed by Sarah Melotte, the Daily Yonder’s data reporter. Subscribe to get a ...
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Rural Residents Are More Likely to Consider Raw Milk to Be Safe
Rural residents are less likely to be worried about the health risks of drinking unpasteurized milk, but they are just as likely as other Americans to understand the effectiveness of pasteurization to ...
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An Ag-Focused School Hopes to Turn Enrollment Decline into Community and Economic Renewal
For the first time in years, the Palco‑Damar‑Zurich school district (Unified School District 269) in rural western Kansas will see its student body grow — ...
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Report: A Pause to Land Conservation Programs Funding from USDA Could Kill Their Momentum - The Daily Yonder
Enrollment rates for two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) conservation programs spiked after the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) allocated billions of dollars to them, but agriculture experts warn ...
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Rural hospitals will be hit hard by Trump’s signature spending package
This story was originally published by The Conversation. The public health provisions in the massive spending package that President Donald Trump signed ...
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Rural Communities Lose Out With Shelving of Digital Equity Act
This story was originally published by MinnPost. The name might’ve sealed its fate. Continuing his crusade against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, President Donald Trump announced ...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Elegy is a twice-monthly newsletter showcasing the best – and the worst – in rural media and entertainment. Rural Remix is a podcast feed that cuts through rural stereotypes ...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Elegy is a twice-monthly newsletter showcasing the best – and the worst – in rural media and entertainment. Rural Remix is a podcast feed that cuts through rural stereotypes ...
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Proposed Federal Cuts Put Rural Behavioral Health Resources on the Line
Nancy Winmill’s son survived an opioid overdose. In her search for support, she found almost nothing available in her Burley, ...
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Research: Suicide Rates Remain Higher in Rural Areas
A new study has found that suicide rates in rural communities continues to be higher than those in urban areas, largely due to challenges with accessing ...