rural communities

Grant Houston has run the Lake City Silver World in the tiny town Lake City for nearly half-century. He’s now ready to sell, but is looking for the right person to take on the paper.

American farmers have stood firmly behind President Trump even when his trade policies hurt them. The latest trade war, which could be even worse for their sector, promises to test those ties again.

To serve survivors of domestic and sexual abuse, Response opened a new shelter in Basalt in February. The public-facing location represents a new approach to transitional housing that prioritizes community over confidentiality, but safety concerns remain.

The measure, backed by wireless providers, would require local governments to rule on towers within 60 days.

Alix Midgley, Rural Food Access Coordinator, discusses her work expanding food security across the Four Corners, tackling challenges like transportation and rising food costs.

This week’s Farm News & Views report examines how Trump’s tariffs on Canadian, Mexican & Chinese goods shake U.S. ag trade—from fertilizer impacts to export revenue.

Founded in 2015, Dził Ditł’ooí School of Empowerment, Action and Perseverance (DEAP) is in Navajo, New Mexico, nestled in the Chuska Mountains. One of the school’s administrators says it was created out of a desire to Indigenize education for students by including traditional Navajo practices and spaces in the curriculum – especially after decades of cultural erasure due to the U.S. Indian boarding school system.

Pork producers make an attempt to overturn Proposition 12 in California, the U.S. Global Change Research Program releases it's most recent analysis of current trends in global climate change, and the Rural Mainstreet Index reports some concerning trends for the rural economy.

National Farm Safety Week runs from September 17th through the 23rd, rural areas suffer from a shortage of veterinarians, new research finds that yields for some organic crops are sometimes higher than conventionally produced crops, and a look at the chocolate candy cycle with diary cows.

A look at the average cost of a Thanksgiving meal, what the FDA's 2023 veterinary antimicrobial stewardship plan will mean for producers, an annual report from the USDA shows changing demographics in rural areas, and farmers and their co-ops are having trouble filling thousands of on-farm jobs across the country.