/tags/rural rural en-US Copyright Thu, 06 Apr 2023 13:08:17 GMT /local-news/2023-04-06/40-million-investment-in-broadband-can-connect-rural-native-american-communities-and-improve-education This week the U.S. Agriculture secretary visited New Mexico to announce $40 million in grants from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to expand broadband in the state. A portion of that will help Native American communities, especially schools. Thu, 06 Apr 2023 13:08:17 GMT /local-news/2023-04-06/40-million-investment-in-broadband-can-connect-rural-native-american-communities-and-improve-education Jeanette DeDios /news/2021-01-12/vaccine-hesitancy-in-rural-america-threatens-to-prolong-pandemic-analysis-finds About a third of Americans living in rural areas say they probably or definitely would not get a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a recent analysis from... Tue, 12 Jan 2021 18:58:17 GMT /news/2021-01-12/vaccine-hesitancy-in-rural-america-threatens-to-prolong-pandemic-analysis-finds Maggie Mullen /politics/2020-11-13/tester-democrats-dont-have-a-message-that-rural-folks-can-relate-with Democrats once again lost ground in much of the rural West. That includes Montana, where Republicans swept the election for the first time in at least... Fri, 13 Nov 2020 22:53:26 GMT /politics/2020-11-13/tester-democrats-dont-have-a-message-that-rural-folks-can-relate-with Nate Hegyi, Nate Hegyi /2020-09-11/day-5-a-fantastic-mullet-two-fawns-and-a-whole-lot-of-cattle Nate Hegyi, rural reporter for the Mountain West News Bureau , is embarking on a 900-mile cycling trip crisscrossing the continental divide in August... Mon, 31 Aug 2020 19:18:11 GMT /2020-09-11/day-5-a-fantastic-mullet-two-fawns-and-a-whole-lot-of-cattle Nate Hegyi, Nate Hegyi /2020-08-25/august-saw-rural-covid-19-infections-decrease-slightly-but-deaths-on-the-rise-what-gives COVID-19 infections are waning slightly in the rural U.S., but the number of deaths there is still climbing. Tue, 25 Aug 2020 23:20:01 GMT /2020-08-25/august-saw-rural-covid-19-infections-decrease-slightly-but-deaths-on-the-rise-what-gives Madelyn Beck, Madelyn Beck /news/2020-04-30/rural-counties-share-of-covid-19-cases-doubled-in-a-month-analysis-finds Many big cities are seeing the number of COVID-19 cases fall, but rural counties are seeing the opposite, according to a new analysis by the Daily... Thu, 30 Apr 2020 14:27:58 GMT /news/2020-04-30/rural-counties-share-of-covid-19-cases-doubled-in-a-month-analysis-finds Madelyn Beck, Madelyn Beck /news/2020-04-21/stay-at-home-orders-highlight-internet-inequality-in-the-rural-west As so many telecommuters, teachers, college students and children work and learn from home, there have been fears that the Internet wouldn't be up to... Fri, 17 Apr 2020 21:20:25 GMT /news/2020-04-21/stay-at-home-orders-highlight-internet-inequality-in-the-rural-west Madelyn Beck, Madelyn Beck /news/2020-04-16/montana-towns-high-covid-19-death-rate-is-a-warning-for-rural-west This story was powered by America Amplified , a public radio initiative. Shelby, Mont. is home to a lot of wheat and barley fields, a decent high school... Thu, 16 Apr 2020 02:52:02 GMT /news/2020-04-16/montana-towns-high-covid-19-death-rate-is-a-warning-for-rural-west Nate Hegyi, Nate Hegyi /public-health-new-mexico/2019-10-18/research-shows-naloxone-more-available-outside-abq An overdose-reversing medication has become an important tool in preventing opioid deaths. But it’s not as available in Albuquerque as it is in other… Fri, 18 Oct 2019 23:00:33 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-10-18/research-shows-naloxone-more-available-outside-abq May Ortega /local-news/2019-08-13/new-mexico-granted-millions-to-fight-rural-opioid-epidemic Federal money to treat and prevent opioid addiction in rural counties would have targeted predominantly white areas around the country—skipping New… Tue, 13 Aug 2019 23:25:31 GMT /local-news/2019-08-13/new-mexico-granted-millions-to-fight-rural-opioid-epidemic Marisa Demarco