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Courtesy of Coeur d’Alene Tribe
Coeur d’Alene Tribe Launches Coyote Stories App as Part of Language Revitalization Efforts
The app was created by and for Coeur d’Alene Tribal members that features a user-friendly interface to make learning easy for everyone, from children to elders.
LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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Financial woes of a small NC town. Elm City under state auditor’s spotlight.
Current leadership in Elm City tries to grapple with previous missteps and violations of town’s policies exposed in NC state auditor’s report.
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Texas expected to pay $700 million in penalties to the feds for SNAP errors next year
The federal government is penalizing states for having a high error rate in their payments to food stamp recipients.
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How to Find Black Farmers in Your Area and Support Them
With the federal government consistently eliminating resources, Black farmers are encouraging their communities to shop local.
RNN Highlights
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Gordon Hodges for Door County Knock
Locked Out: Door County’s affordable housing shortage
An in-depth series on Door County’s affordable housing shortage, examining its causes, shrinking availability and the roadblocks to building more.
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Courtesy of U.S. Senate.
Caridnal News 250: Virginia’s stories. A nation’s birth.
The project spotlights Virginia’s overlooked contributions to America’s march to independence ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary, or semiquincentennial.
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Justin Hardiman for Capital B
Sowing Resilience
Rural communities across the country are grappling with food insecurity. Nine stories reveal how communities are navigating — and reimagining — the systems that have left them hungry.
MORE NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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This western Maine mountain town is desperate for more housing
April 08, 2026
As the tourist economy drives new growth in northwestern Maine, Eustis, where most properties sit empty for much of the year, has little housing available.
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Hollister council dissolves besieged department after public outcry
April 08, 2026
Community Development roles will be split among four other divisions.
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Manure Digesters Help Cut Methane — But They Also Leak
April 08, 2026
On average, methane emissions fell by about 25%. But methane leaks from manure digesters can be so potent that they need to be constantly monitored, researchers say.
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Au Sable Forks leads the way as rural hotspot
April 08, 2026
Town leaders hope WiFi plus a new visitors’ center and EV chargers will result in more tourists stopping as they pass through.
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How much more wind energy might Wyoming see? It’s complicated.
April 08, 2026
A patchwork of authorities, modified plans and political forces muddle the state’s outlook for renewable energy projects.
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From Substack and Facebook to cafés and libraries, residents get information from many places — but rarely local news outlets, says new report
April 08, 2026
In order to better understand how central Virginians access and share news, we started with Fluvanna, Louisa, Madison and Nelson counties.
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Citizen scientists use rain gauges to assuage information drought
April 07, 2026
Kenzel Levens, regional coordinator for the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network, tells how community members aid scientists in predicting fire and flood risk.
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DHS: Suspect in Sunnyvale murder case arrested in Hollister entered U.S. illegally multiple times
April 07, 2026
Immigration authorities say Santa Clara County refused to honor ICE detainers on two suspects arrested in killing.
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Family caregivers provide major unseen value across North Dakota
April 07, 2026
The 82,000 family caregivers across North Dakota spend 58 million hours providing care that, if valued as work, would amount to $1.27 billion annually, a new AARP report has found.