Bird flu cases grow; threat greatest for those working with livestock or wildlife
Kentucky Health News While every American has seen the effects of avian flu on egg prices, bird flu, also know…
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Constance Alexander: Maintaining a connection to and taking pride in our roots, rural or otherwise
Born and raised in suburban New Jersey, of parents who were both city people, I had no notion of “rural”…
Alana Anton: The music of pandemics and epidemics — and the sorrow of ‘three chords and the truth’
There’s something about hearing a song for the first time and thinking, “I know this.” You’ve heard the lyrics in your…
Olivia Weeks: Alan Maimon talks about ‘Twilight in Hazard’ and his continuing interest in the region
Alan Maimon spent five years writing about Eastern Kentucky for the Louisville Courier-Journal’s now defunct Hazard Bureau. In 2000, he…
Kentucky’s deep forests could hide piece of the ‘Bigfoot puzzle’; investigators discover possible DNA
By Liz Carey Daily Yonder Of all the things you expect to find in the hills of Appalachian Kentucky, proof…
Kentucky schools face challenges when transitioning to online teaching during COVID-19 pandemic
By Anya Slepyan The Daily Yonder Rebecca Potter has been a teacher in Letcher County for 29 years, but she’s…
Daily Yonder: Due to pandemic, 2020 Census rural count has become even more challenging
By Donna Kallner Special to the NKyTribune For most people, replying to the 2020 Census is surprisingly quick and easy….
Daily Yonder: Drug addiction tops list of rural concerns, but families are worried about financial problems
The Daily Yonder More rural people in the United States list opioids and other drugs as the biggest problem their…
National Rural Assembly hears from courageous rural Americans who stood up and have stories to share
By Tim Marema Daily Yonder It’s a lot easier to be courageous when you know how the story ends. For…
Daily Yonder: Advocates say new education secretary DeVos lacks knowledge about rural schools
By Tim Marema Daily Yonder A rural education advocate says the new Education secretary’s suburban, billionaire background doesn’t prepare her…
Census Bureau shines spotlight on rural America, gives close look at changes in demography, work
By Tim Marema Daily Yonder The Census released its five-year American Community Survey data with a major focus on rural…
Gatlinburg wildfires have major impact on livelihoods of thousands of business owners, tourism workers
By Tim Marema and Shawn Poynter The Daily Yonder The deadly fire that struck the resort town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee,…
U.S. Ag. Secretary Vilsack, ‘suits up, shows up, tries to get work done’: ‘Expect more of our government’
By Tim Marema The Daily Yonder In making the rounds to promote the open enrollment period of healthcare exchanges, the…
Daily Yonder: Soldiers’ death rates in Iraq, Afghanistan higher for those from rural America
By Bill Bishop Daily Yonder An outsized number of U.S. soldiers killed in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have…
Daily Yonder: Quitting was always on a coal miner’s mind, but there was just one problem . . .
By Gary Bentley Special to NKyTribune Three-hundred feet below the surface in the hammering din of a jack-leg drill, air…
Bill Bishop: Turnout didn’t turn ‘my blue state red’ — if it’s the ‘economy,’ which economic interest is it?
“Who Turned My Blue State Red?” asks Alec MacGillis in the New York Times recently. MacGillis aims to answer the…