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At first glance, Daniel Rogers ended up more or less where he started: a pastor at a rural Alabama…

Access to disability services is better in rural communities than in urban ones, according to a new…

This story was originally published by Independently Speaking. I’ve been thinking about the French…

Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily…

This story was originally published by Canary Media. Carole and Alan Balzer have called the town of…

From North Carolina’s small towns to its major cities, both the number and percentage of voters who…

Last December, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Department of Health and Human Services…

EDITOR’S NOTE: Fifty years ago today, an explosion at the Scotia coal mine in Letcher County,…

Residents in rural communities across the United States continue to lose access to hospital-based…

Compared to their urban and suburban counterparts, a greater share of rural voters cast their…

Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily…

Editor’s Note: A version of this story also appeared in The Good, the Bad, and the Elegy, a…

The first time Gwen Johnson laid eyes on Ben Fink, he was on stage at Kings Creek Volunteer Fire…

Editor’s Note: This post is from our data newsletter, the Rural Index, headed by Sarah Melotte, the…

In the 1700s, 80 million bison roamed much of North America. They were everything to the people who…

In rural counties where access to emergency mental health resources is limited, Virtual Crisis Care…