Access to disability services is better in rural communities than in urban ones, according to a new report from the University of Minnesota’s Rural Health ...

This story was originally published by Independently Speaking. I’ve been thinking about the French village, Le Chambon. Like you do. For those of you who ...

This story was originally published by Independently Speaking. I’ve been thinking about the French village, Le Chambon. Like you do. For those of you who didn’t pay attention during history class, ...

This post is from our data newsletter, the Rural Index, headed by Sarah Melotte, the Daily Yonder’s geographer. Subscribe to get a weekly ...

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

This story was originally published by Canary Media. Carole and Alan Balzer have called the town of Talent home since 1998. They met in college in ...

Last December, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a new initiative that will set aside ...

The first time Gwen Johnson laid eyes on Ben Fink, he was on stage at Kings Creek Volunteer Fire Department performing a shape-note song. Johnson ...

Residents in rural communities across the United States continue to lose access to hospital-based obstetrics services, with the least populated counties ...

Fifty years ago today, an explosion at the Scotia coal mine in Letcher County, Kentucky, killed 15 miners. Two days later, a second methane ...

This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a ...

In the 1700s, 80 million bison roamed much of North America. They were everything to the people who lived among them: shelter, food, clothing, and ...