If a community is 30 miles from the nearest hospital, it will face rural challenges, regardless of whether 500 or 50,000 people live there.

Many of us who dwell and work in major cities dream of someday moving to the countryside. Nature. Fresh air. Rustic food. Simple living. And friendly neighbors. That’s what we dream about. But in ...

On Saturday, Sept. 28, the community was invited to see a selection of the images shot during the 2024 Missouri Photo Workshop. (Photo by Kaitlyn McConnell) It was a hot, sunny Sunday afternoon when I ...

What drives economic growth in rural areas — jobs attracting people, or people attracting jobs? According to Amanda Weinstein of the Center on Rural Innovation, the answer may lie in an unexpected ...

The United States is home to a vibrant mosaic of rural landscapes, lifestyles and people. But new research shows there is room for advertisers and media to tell a more complete and authentic story of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tucked behind fields, farms and winding creeks, a quiet stretch of rural land could soon give way to a new conservation-style ...

If you’re a millennial city dweller and feel like the majority of your friends have fled to small towns and suburbs over the past few years, you’re not imagining things. This year, the University of ...

The smooth, rounded indentations have a way of humanizing the ancient canoe secured in the covered gallery behind the LSU Rural Life Museum's barn. These are places where people's backsides wore down ...

My wife, Donna, says I have a real ability to see the humor in almost anything. I think that is because I have learned that I much prefer laughing to crying and, if I couldn’t laugh at life, I’m ...