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Cheryl LeFevre doesn’t drink the water in Hobart, Oklahoma without a filter. Without a filter, sometimes the water smells like chlorine or rust....
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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.
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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...
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Lexington, Nebraska, is just one of the many rural communities that has long dealt with food insecurity, but the global pandemic both intensified need...
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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...
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NEODESHA, Kansas — Three hundred middle and high schoolers filed into their school auditorium last week in the small, southeast Kansas town of Neodesha,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...