Rural health providers successfully allocated pandemic money to their communities, civic leaders in Madison County, Kentucky helped change how chemical weapons are destroyed in the U.S. and around the world, and an online craze romanticizing rural life has some shaking their heads.

Critics say Portland's gun violence list comes with hazards, a Texas writer says low-income youths are targeted for military service, and an Indiana group cheers the new national strategy to end hunger.

World leaders condemn Russia's brutal assault on civilian infrastructure, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland wishes Americans a happy Indigenous People's Day, and New York fights to uphold its landmark gun laws.

Maryland will begin pre-processing of mail-in ballots, New England is preparing for low temperatures and high energy costs, and a new report shows fossil fuels still undergird utilities' future plans.

Hurricane Ian relief efforts continue, an Iowa ballot measure on guns raises domestic violence concerns, and a judge strikes down new Montana election laws called unfair to Native Americans.

U.S. officials say there is no new intelligence on Moscow using nuclear weapons, OPEC's decision to cut oil production could set the stage for a recession, and the death toll rises in protests across Iran.

Biden makes a major move on marijuana laws; the U.S. and its allies begin exercises amid North Korean threats; and Generation Z says it's paying close attention to the 2022 midterms.

Following a settlement with tribes, SD phases In voting-access reforms; older voters: formidable factor in Maine gubernatorial race; walking: a simple way to boost heart health.

President Biden and Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis survey Hurricane Ian damage, OPEC cut oils production while the U.S. counters with its reserves, and the first Native American woman astronaut heads to outer space.

Rural residents are more vulnerable to a winter wave of COVID-19, branding could be key for rural communities attracting newcomers, and the Lummi Nation's totem pole made it from Washington state to D.C.