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For towns with only a few hundred residents, keeping tap water clean and safe can pose a crippling expense. The predicament is likely to become more common in western Kansas as farm chemicals seep into dwindling water supplies.
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COVID relief money was supposed to be a lifeline for small towns recovering from the pandemic, but some found the paperwork too daunting and missed on on the funds.
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Several small towns in the Texas Panhandle may soon be losing a storied part of West Texas culture.As KAMR reports, approximately 70 Dairy Queens across…
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In a recent editorial in the San Antonio Express-News, two prominent Texas economists suggested ways to revitalize the rural economy in Texas.Many people…
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Last week HPPR reported on a newspaper in northwestern Oklahoma that endorsed Hillary Clinton during the general election and received a harsh…
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A new report from the Census Bureau is shining a light on America’s rural-urban divide, the focus of much discussion and attention since the election of…
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Things are looking up in the heartland.A new USDA study reports that some of the employment and population declines that have plagued rural America in…
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Kansas! Magazine has released its list of the five best small towns in Kansas, and a couple of western Kansas towns made the cut, including Atwood in far…
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HPPR recently reported on a story about how, according to Census Bureau statistics, rural America is stagnating while cities are booming. But this weekend…
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Erin McLelland came to the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia last week with a message for her party: Pay more attention to rural voters.The nominee…