The Yonder Report - May 1, 2025
The Yonder Report
Rural students who face hurdles getting to college are getting noticed, Native Alaskans may want to live off the land but obstacles like climate change loom large and the Cherokee language is being preserved by kids in North Carolina.
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The Yonder Report - April 24, 2025
The Yonder Report
Migration to rural America increased for the fourth year, technological gaps handicap rural hospitals and erode patient care and doctors are needed to keep the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians healthy and align with spiritual principles.
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The Yonder Report - April 17, 2025
The Yonder Report
Money meant for schools in timber country is uncertain as Congress fails to reauthorize a rural program, farmers and others will see federal dollars for energy projects unlocked and DOGE cuts threaten plant species needed for U.S. food security.
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The Yonder Report - April 10, 2025
The Yonder Report
Rural Dems want the DNC to bring working class voters back into the fold, kids in Maine are losing a federal program that supplies local food to schools and Trump's tariffs are sowing doubt and stress for America's farmers.
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The Yonder Report - April 3, 2025
The Yonder Report
Rural schools face budget woes even as the White House aims to dismantle the Department of Education, postal carriers argue against proposed USPS changes, fiber networks to improve rural internet may be supplanted by Musk's satellites and PLAY BALL!
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The Yonder Report - March 27, 2025
The Yonder Report
Rural folks face significant clean air and water risks due to EPA cutbacks, a group of policymakers is working to expand rural healthcare via mobile clinics and a new study maps Montana's news landscape.
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The Yonder Report - March 20, 2025
The Yonder Report
Cuts to Medicaid and frozen funding for broadband are both likely to have a negative impact on rural healthcare, which is already struggling. Plus, lawsuits over the mass firing of federal workers have huge implications for public lands.
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The Yonder Report - March 13, 2025
The Yonder Report
Many fear the Trump administration's effort to raise money fast could include the sale of public lands, thousands of farmers are waiting for payouts frozen by the USDA and a shortage has rural America’s doctors coming out of retirement.
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The Yonder Report - March 6, 2025
The Yonder Report
Activists work to protect immigrant communities as the reach of ICE expands, experts urge lawmakers to ramp-up elder abuse protections in rural America and a multi-state arts initiative crafts ways to close the urban-rural divide.
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The Yonder Report - February 27, 2025
The Yonder Report
U.S. farmers in limbo due to the federal funding freeze worry their projects will go unrealized, mass firings could wreak havoc on tourists visiting public lands this summer, while money to fight wildfires in rural areas is also jeopardized.
info_outlineWinter blues? Alaskans cure theirs at the Cordova Iceworm Festival, Trump's energy plans will impact rural folks, legislation in Virginia aims to ensure rural communities get adequate EV charging stations, and a retreat for BIPOC women earns rave reviews.