community development

West Texas has become a popular site for data center projects, but residents and city governments alike have questions they want answered before these proposals get approved. According to Lubbock's city manager, the development of one of these facilities in Lubbock will require collaboration and transparency.

In Kansas, some rural towns are booming while others are dwindling. Garden City, Kan., for instance, attracts people from across the globe. The population…

Canyon Area Library brought in some High Plains wanna-be podcasters and WOW -- we were all amazed by what these gifted storytellers pulled together in…

Between 2012 and 2013, 11.7 percent of the population moved according to the U.S. Census Bureau. About a third of those moved because of “family-related…

It’s not just lifelong farmers who feel the pull of the land as they get older. For some Americans, retirement is an opportunity to begin the farming…

The cooperative business model, long a staple of Midwestern agricultural communities, is being adapted to serve a broader range of rural needs.For…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture first began designating funds for rural development in 1933 as part of the New Deal. More federal funds were allocated…