Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dusk in downtown Lumberton, county seat in Robeson County, N.C., the most diverse rural county in America. AP Photo/David Goldman ...

When I tell people I meet in big cities that I’m from a town of 700 people, the sort of place where everyone is cousins, I’m often met with a sympathetic wince. Most people presume I had a difficult ...

Roughly 1 in 5 Americans live in rural areas – places the federal government defines based on small populations and low housing density. Yet many people understand rural America through stereotypes.

Small towns are in for a sobering stretch of economic challenges as elected officials reverse pandemic-era policies that had been reviving them. COVID-19 was a huge, unexpected opportunity for rural ...

Small towns are in for a sobering stretch of economic challenges as elected officials reverse pandemic-era policies that had been reviving them. COVID-19 was a huge, unexpected opportunity for rural ...

Nearly half of Americans live in an area without adequate mental health services. More than 85% of these so-called Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas are located in rural communities. This ...

Paul Toomey is the President of Geographic Solutions. He's an expert in labor market data, workforce development and unemployment insurance. I see workforce development in rural America at a ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Roughly 1 in 5 Americans live in rural areas – places the federal government defines based on small populations and low housing density. Yet many people understand rural America ...