An empty 1,600-bed private prison has sat idly on land that was once a soybean field in rural Appleton, Minnesota since the prison failed and, as a ...

When Meredith Dean started the first Community Works chapters, she saw people reengaging in politics. “We were seeing more and more volunteers coming in ...

Much like the Loch Ness lake in Scotland, Lake Pepin in Minnesota is famous for allegedly being a home to a prehistoric sea monster, lovingly called Pepie. (Source: Jsaz974, CC BY 3.0 / Wikimedia) Now ...

Across the country, states are grappling with how to allocate their portion of funds from the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) created in 2025.

Tune in for conversations about combating Applachian stereotypes through photography, maternal healthcare in Texas, building a community art center in an old church, and more. This week's featured ...

Holly Warren was recently leafing through one of her old medical school textbooks, trying to recall how much instruction she’d received in addiction ...

A vacant lot sits between two houses on a residential street. The vegetation is a bit overgrown but otherwise unremarkable. It helps keep the street from ...

For high school students from a small Eastern Kentucky county, competing in – and winning – a regional theater competition is a big deal. Even a bigger ...

Recently, I found myself on the ground looking up at the sky and the outstretched hands of friends who tried to keep me from falling after a misstep. I ...

Living and working in a rural community can be isolating. The long days of organizing, chasing funding, and building relationships are taxing. The ...

The Best in Rural Writing Contest has returned for 2026. The contest, organized by the rural writing collective The Milk House, welcomes both fiction and ...

This post is from our data newsletter, the Rural Index, headed by Sarah Melotte, the Daily Yonder’s data reporter. Subscribe ...