What contributes to rural livability in the US? It depends on who you are and what you want from your community.

Eighteen Rhode Island towns, including some of the state's wealthiest, are designated as rural and eligible for the funds.

Winter holiday festivals have become a regular way to grow revenue for America’s smallest towns. And with more people ...

(The Center Square) – Rural activists from over a dozen small communities were recently challenged by Deb Brown, author of “Save Your Small Town,” who gave her advice bluntly: “Kill your committees.

There’s a new morning ritual in Pinedale, Wyoming, a town of about 2,000 nestled against the Wind River Mountains. Friends and neighbors in the oil- and gas-rich community “take their morning coffee ...

John Winger was facing a dilemma: He wanted to retire from running his independent, small-town grocery store, but he didn't want to leave his local community in the lurch. Apart from his store, Royal ...

Since the nineties, the rural-urban gap has had a growing role in American elections. These rural areas have shifted towards conservative values, while urban areas have become more democratic. Rural ...

I absolutely love the state of Missouri. I can’t even count the ways; it’s scenic and beautiful everywhere you turn. There’s ...

The biggest issue facing rural Minnesota is not the lack of economic opportunities or the continuing exodus of young people, says Kelly Asche, program coordinator of the Center for Small Towns, based ...

Less than an hour outside downtown Raleigh, the landscape shifts from glass towers to pine forests. The traffic thins, the pace of hectic activity (I call this hectivity) slows, and you start to see a ...

Republican Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall speaks at the Saturday, March 1, 2025, town hall meeting in Oakley, Kansas. OAKLEY, Kansas — Critics of actions by president Donald Trump shouted down Republican ...