The Yonder Report

The midterms are fast approaching and research shows Native voters can expect significant barriers, rural hospitals struggle to keep up with electronic record keeping, Banned Books Week comes as Cong…

An Idaho county's ban on wind and solar energy may soon be overturned, some of Virginia's money for healthcare is instead going to ICE, conservation is the focus of next year's planting season in Iow…

A growing number of rural communities are calling for local bans on data centers, the fear of ICE agents is keeping some employees from harvesting crops and New Mexico's famous chile peppers vault in…

Money from the Rural Health Transformation Program is rolling out, the closure of a Michigan hospital is worrisome as massive 2027 Medicaid cuts loom, producers are squeezed but the Farm Bill remains…

Dolly Parton’s legacy lives on through books, Texas health workers want relief from cuts to Medicaid and CHIP while Virginia health advocates urge lawmakers to restore Medicaid and ACA tax credits an…

The sticker price is higher, but EVs are cheaper once your gas-powered car has 18,000 miles, as wildfires rage in Oregon, community groups are getting food, water and more to farm workers and Oklahom…

Americans love burgers, but currently they’re busting the budget, a Colorado ranch is demonstrating cattle grazing and prairie conservation are simpatico, Illinois is trying to restore rain to parche…

A Trump executive order to overhaul childhood vaccines plus proposed alterations to Head Start mean big changes for America’s rural kids, not everyone likes Georgia’s data centers but the state’s fol…

August offers one of nature’s most awe-inspiring sights, food insecurity hits hardest in rural communities and the South, Oregon is training responders to support aging populations amid extreme weath…

Economic challenges roil America’s farmers, slashed Medicaid is hitting some states harder than others, Washington has joined a lawsuit fighting federal cuts to school-based mental health grants, and…

Community Works aims to reduce rural polarization, the U.S. is losing frontline workers to DACA renewal delays while ICE raids increasingly target young people in small towns and Alaska’s oldest ligh…

A free Central Texas transportation program allows seniors to reconnect with friends and doctors, a 30-city nurses tour is calling attention to GOP Medicaid cuts, more states are imposing climate-dri…

A population boom in Bastrop County, Texas has increased mental health needs, the changing climate is doing the same nationwide, Americans’ preference for mega cars and trucks is deadly for pedestria…

U.S. Supreme Court rulings are applauded and criticized as the nation celebrates 250 years, an Idaho group ramps up help for those in need, extreme cuts to SNAP are coming into focus, and robots coul…

The frontline for voting rights is the rural south, colleges are working harder to recruit rural high school students, an ancient grain called sorghum could help fight hunger caused by climate change…

Illinois residents say data centers should be regulated, but lawmakers haven’t acted, a farm group wants voters to back candidates who understand rural America, health advocates encourage rural men t…

The well-being of children has declined in multiple states, Ho-Chunk tribes are honored at Nebraska’s Winnebago Public Schools, solar isn’t just for homeowners in Colorado and despite a lack of data…

A border wall through Texas’ Big Bend National Park gets pushback after local news coverage, advocates for small growers in Iowa argue the current Farm Bill favors big ag and doctors tracking Salmone…

Illinois farmers and landowners are pushing back against the use of eminent domain for private carbon pipelines, Nebraskans say climate change is affecting their mental health, Utah parents can’t fin…

A planned high-voltage line in Texas is proving divisive, a new poll shows North Carolinians are pessimistic about the economy, the Trump administration’s next budget could devastate tribal higher ed…

Affordable housing in Wiscasset, Maine is stalled after a proposed data center disrupted plans, farms and ranches now account for 83 percent of solar projects and Colorado farmers turn to rye after a…

A dialysis unit has closed in rural Nebraska due to lower Medicare reimbursement rates, “deaths of despair” are slowly declining nationwide but still more common in Appalachia and a South Dakota ranc…

A record wildfire season is predicted for parts of the U.S., An Illinois researcher says the Farm Bill is an opportunity to address more than just agriculture and one group is turning surrendered gun…

Political attitudes among rural voters are shifting, maternity care is complex – and becoming more so in rural Illinois communities where demographics have changed and Minnesotans vow to fight effort…