Rural

New USDA fund could invest up to $100 million in rural...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday launched the Open Prairie Rural Opportunities Fund, which has the potential to invest as much as $100...

Nearly 9,000 miles of official U.S. bike routes bringing tourism dollars...

Bike routes are an easy and cheap way to bring tourism dollars to rural communities, reported Nicholas Deshais for The Spokesman-Review. Deshais last month began a...

Rural areas trail urban ones in health, education, and living standards,...

A study by Measure of America called Geographies of Opportunity ranks how residents of the nation's 436 congressional districts fare in health, access to...