Rural News

Satellite internet costs jumped while tech companies oversold rural job creation, though some countryside communities are finding creative climate solutions.

Rural towns are discovering data center promises don't match reality on employment and water use, while AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon partner to finally fix coverage gaps.

Rural communities nationwide balance fighting unwanted tech infrastructure with embracing agricultural innovation, alternative housing, and digital connectivity to secure sustainable economic futures.

Rural America fights data center expansion and policy reversals while adopting innovative healthcare solutions, renewable energy alternatives, and digital payment systems to maintain autonomy.

Nebraska battles its largest wildfire ever at 600,000 acres while energy crisis and fuel theft surge strain rural farmers and homeowners nationwide.

A Maryland study exposes rural dementia care shortfalls, AT&T pledges a quarter-trillion dollars on network expansion, and West Texas shows how wind energy revenue can keep seniors in their communities.

A roundup of the week's rural stories — from satellite broadband reaching the countryside to farmhouse design, agricultural labour shortages, dark sky tourism, and climate-smart farming experiments.

A rough week for rural services — Dr. Oz pitched AI healthcare avatars and got ripped apart for it, more urbanites traded city life for small towns, and the feds pulled passport processing from libraries.

Ag leaders are sounding alarms about farm failures while federal broadband cuts roll back rural internet progress. Meanwhile, a new guaranteed income initiative and global crop damage round out a busy week.

This week brought retail shutdowns, a rice surplus disaster in Mississippi, and storm damage to coastal homes — but also some good news about small farms and broadband.

More than 100 rural hospitals have closed since 2005. Meanwhile, Starlink won approval for thousands more satellites and Larry Ellison bought out a Florida campsite. Here's what happened this week.

A federal judge saved $12 million in kids' health funding, dairy farmers are bleeding money, Wyoming approved a giant data center, and other stories from the week.