A common thought is that a career in the arts is not lucrative, but rural communities across the country are proving otherwise, as small towns are harnessing them to stimulate their economies and ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Rural communities all over America are shrinking. Consolidation of farms and agribusinesses ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is launching his next political endeavor: a federal political action committee that will seek to recruit and support Democrats in rural communities nationwide. Walz announced ...

The town of Duryea, Pa., is on the banks of the Lackawanna River. Residents can see the low, placid water from their churches, schools and houses. But when there's a lot of rain, the river rises and ...

Churchville, Virginia (CNN) — As the final hues of autumn linger in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the 200-person community of Churchville, Virginia, is grappling with the loss of its health clinic. Gone ...

New England has some of the highest energy costs in the country. Cold winters, along with other rising expenses, have rural ...

Driving through the Arkansas Delta this time of year, the view feels timeless. Cotton fields that once resembled freshly fallen snow now sit compressed into bright white bales, stacked neatly along ...

Rural Hall’s town council unanimously passed a resolution opposing a proposed data center in the small community in Forsyth ...