rural communities

Cheryl LeFevre doesn’t drink the water in Hobart, Oklahoma without a filter. Without a filter, sometimes the water smells like chlorine or rust....

The political and cultural divide between urban and rural communities is as deep and sharp as ever. But the two regions have a lot in common: drug abuse, poverty and a shortage of affordable housing. That’s the short list.

The surge in online shopping is helping the U.S. Postal Service stay afloat financially, but the influx of packages is straining rural letter carriers...

Lexington, Nebraska, is just one of the many rural communities that has long dealt with food insecurity, but the global pandemic both intensified need...

Rural Coloradans may have better access to psychiatric care soon. The United Health Foundation awarded a $1.5 million grant to the Colorado Center for...

NEODESHA, Kansas — Three hundred middle and high schoolers filed into their school auditorium last week in the small, southeast Kansas town of Neodesha,...

Go here to subscribe to the My Fellow Kansans podcast. This season, we look at the prospects of rural places. DIGHTON, Kansas — A billboard along...

From Texas Standard : The job market surged in Texas after the 2008 financial crisis. But the trend wasn’t spread evenly across the state. The “Texas...

It’s what you’d expect in a small gym. Treadmills. Squat rack. Elliptical machine. But 54 Fitness, located in the 500-person town of Moran, still holds...

About a century ago, African-American settlements sprang up across the West. Now, one of those sites in northern Colorado is set to host new houses. The...