Dave Nuss’s pickup rumbled down the dirt road, dark, rich soil turned up in fields on either side. The 69-year-old farmer gestured to one field then ...

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Each year, an estimated 80 million U.S. utility customers have trouble affording their monthly heat and electricity bills. Now, as the cost of energy climbs, experts say more people are at risk of ...

At 17 I was the Santa Claus for the Walkertown section of Hazard. Rick Rosanova, the news guy at Channel 4, was Santa at the ...

This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a ...

This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a ...

It's true in both literal and figurative ways. The metal, hand-operated relic divides a state highway near the feed store and post office, two of few ...

Author Ken Jaworowski had more small-town stories to tell in the fictional Rust Belt town of Locksburg, Pennsylvania.

Although the idea is not new, the Section 287(g) program now holds a promise of additional funds for counties that sign on – a powerful incentive for rural sheriff’s departments strapped for cash.

As counties across Wisconsin sell off publicly-owned nursing homes to private companies, communities worry that privatization will bring understaffing, ...

On a recent visit to Washington Island, I did what I've been doing for the past 30-plus years: I went to Nelsen's Hall for a shot of bitters. Despite its ...