When LeyAnn Gehlen-Wampler of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, gave birth to her son last year, she faced a common dilemma in rural communities: She needed ...

This story was originally published by KFF Health News. Imagine starting the new year with the promise of at least a $147 million payout from the federal ...

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"Avatar: Fire and Ash" expands viewers’ understanding of the planet of Pandora with new villains and moral stakes.

Author Daniel Woodrell penned a grainy portrait of southern Missouri filled with the “violence and squalor of his native Ozarks.” Those aren’t my words – ...

Blaine Halverson joked that his only exposure to data centers was from the Mission Impossible movies in the 1990s. That was, until one came to his town.

President Donald Trump inaugurated his government’s massive ICE operation targeting Somali-Americans in Minnesota in early December by calling the entire ...

Members of Groundswell Collective gather outside a Walworth County building before attending the County Board meeting to advocate for the “Nursery to Nursing Home” campaign. (Photo courtesy of ...

Across the nation, the consequences of a childcare shortage are dire. Women leave the workforce. Young families move away. Employers can’t find ...

Rob Reiner, left, and Sally Struthers introducing the In Memoriam segment with a tribute to Norman Lear during the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los ...

A new rural medical school in the upper Midwest is trying a different approach to increasing the rural healthcare workforce – instead of asking rural ...