The Yonder Report

Pesticides are featured in Idaho's David vs. Goliath conflict, Congress needs to act if affordable internet programs are to continue in rural America and conservatives say candidates should support renewable energy to win over young voters.

Agriculture built towns on America's high plains, but now might run them dry, a Texas drone experiment aims to improve healthcare in rural areas and U.S. growers of wool and cotton get federal money to improve climate-smart land practices.

A Montana dude ranch lassos economic prosperity with big-sky adventures, a child tax credit expansion could save rural families money and reduce their stress and farmers who grow food on land they don't own benefit from leasing advice.

Older West Virginians are grappling with stricter food stamp requirements, an Illinois program is helping rural communities access billions of federal dollars to improve broadband and birds of a feather flock together to boost Iowa's Bald Eagle population.

Texas teachers strive to improve rural student reading scores, a New York nonprofit believes manufactured housing could help solve the state's housing crisis, and country music legend Reba McEntire helps a small Oklahoma town revitalize main street.

An interesting twist could see a solar energy project replace a former Kentucky strip mine, a rural Colorado community won a battle to keep its reproductive health care center and in that state's skiing region, a new art show is highlighting rural queer voices.

A retail phenomenon in Texas is helping rural families thrive, Montana's tribal members get legal help from fellow community members, and rural healthcare needs new workers, but legislation to help has stalled.

Some 4,000 miles from the mainland, Hawaii also struggles to provide rural communities with local news, a rural county in New Mexico is having success keeping repeat offenders out of jail, and persistent rural poverty fell over a 15-year period ending in 2021.

In Appalachian Ohio working families hunt relentlessly for quality childcare, Route 1 is helping Minnesota's BIPOC farmers expand their agricultural role and farmers who rely on AM radio don't want it to disappear from cars and trucks.

Rural vibrancy struggles when local newspapers close, smoke from seasonal wildfires is affecting the mental health of rural residents and gym classes in Southwest Virginia are helping those in drug treatment court turn their lives around.