Stories Tagged as
Rural
Rural newspapers are fighting to survive. So what happens when major news hits?
Nov 4, 2024
A small town Wyoming editor has been running the local 120-year-old weekly newspaper by herself.
Wyoming summer camp tackles "brain drain" with nature
by
Caitlin Tan
Oct 4, 2024
A kids camp in the Rockies lives out Wyoming’s vision for teaching the next generation of outdoor leaders and conservationists.
Libraries are essential for internet access, even as national broadband projects ramp up
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Sarah Leeson
Aug 23, 2024
The federal government wants to bring fiber connections to every home. In the meantime, some areas will still rely on the library.
When daycares close in rural areas, sometimes an entire town is left without options
Aug 22, 2024
In Wyoming alone, 285 daycares have shuttered in the past 15 years, and there were only about 850 to begin with. One town has a fresh idea to help bring a child care option back to their community.
A former floral delivery driver looks in the rearview mirror
Jul 19, 2024
Meghan Irby mapped her routes the old-fashioned way before navigation software was a thing. Her boss "used chickens as a landmark."
In Maine, hopes turn to law students amid dearth of rural attorneys
Mar 28, 2022
Lawmakers consider a proposal that might convince some law students to work and live in rural communities.
Pandemic pushes big-city dreamers out of Shanghai
by
Jennifer Pak
Mar 30, 2021
Workers from rural China came to Shanghai in search of better lives, a challenge even in good times. Then the COVID-19 lockdown hit.
For public good, not for profit.
Rural bank branches more scarce than ever
Dec 3, 2019
The Federal Reserve found that over 40% of rural counties lost bank branches in the five years to 2017.
The lucky migrant workers who get to retire in Beijing
by
Jennifer Pak
Oct 4, 2019
While many people move away from the countryside for work, few of them are able to officially register in the cities.
T-Mobile-Sprint merger depends on promise to bring 5G to rural America
May 21, 2019
But it will require big spending on new tech in areas with small customer bases.