Development aspirations collide with a rural way of life outside Mansfield

A developer wants to build a community with a wastewater treatment facility just west of Mansfield. Residents say it would be ...

Isolation and connectivity issues among 'unique' challenges faced by rural Northumberland residents

The annual report of Northumberland County Council's top health official also looked at key issues such as mental health in farming ...

Nonprofit buys apartment complex for $1 in a rural northeast Washington town, hoping to preserve needed housing

A four-member volunteer board in a rural Eastern Washington town sold an apartment complex for $1 , hoping the move will help protect one of the town’s only low-income options.
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Income of High-Skill Workers Growing in Rural Areas, Student Research on ‘Brain Drain’ Finds

In rural areas, the number of low-wage jobs, such as those in retail or warehousing, has increased, research by a Carnegie Mellon University junior found. At the same time, income in rural areas from ...

A successful USDA program that has supported more than 533,000 affordable rental homes in rural America is getting phased out

The USDA’s Section 515 program is the primary way that the U.S. government finances affordable rental homes in rural communities. Since its inception in 1963, the program has supported the ...

In rural America, a teacher pipeline from abroad starts to dry up

Like many school systems facing teacher shortages, South Carolina’s Allendale County has looked overseas for help. A quarter of the teachers in the rural, high-poverty district come from other ...
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Mitigating Microbial Contamination of Drinking Water Sources

Water is an essential resource for human life, yet safe water for domestic use remains scarce, especially for some communities in low- and middle-income countries. Approximately 785 million people ...