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Terry Kelley for Henderson County Cooperative Extension
Promised lands: Western NC farmers wait for Helene aid to come. And wait.
Reeling from losses to land and livestock, many farmers are holding out for help. If it doesn’t come soon, spring may yield a bitter harvest.
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New Exhibition Highlights Human Trafficking On Cape Cod
As part of Human Trafficking Awareness month, the art exhibit illustrates the problem with both sex trafficking and labor trafficking on Cape Cod.
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Trump ag secretary nominee says food issues from mass deportations are ‘hypothetical’
Many farmers rely on undocumented immigrants. When Brooke Rollins was asked who would work on farms if the labor force was deported, she said she would address any ‘hypothetical issues that turn out to be real.’
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Rural Wildfire Risk Doesn’t Stop New Residents
People are moving to rural areas that experience wildfires at a faster rate than other rural areas.
RNN Highlights
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Angelica Edwards for Enlace Latino NC
Bridging Access
Rural communities of color may be facing barriers to health care, but they’re also laying the groundwork for a more equitable future. Whether it’s hospitals reopening, These stories led by Capital B and The Associated Press, offer a roadmap.
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Jerry L Mennenga for the Flatwater Free Press
Nebraska Evolving
The perception is that Nebraska’s smaller communities are dying. The reality is that many rural Nebraska counties are now growing for one reason. Immigration.
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Dave Pellar for Oviedo Community News
Preserve or Develop? The Race Against Time to Protect Florida’s Wildlife Corridor
Just off a trail in Central Florida lies evidence, piled in bear boneyards, of Florida’s battle between development and an imperiled corridor.
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Wyoming county clerks push back against Gray’s ballot drop box stance
January 23, 2025
As lawmakers considered a bill to ban ballot drop boxes, county clerks stood by the security of Wyoming’s elections and a decades-long interpretation of state law.
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Biden commutes Leonard Peltier, sending him home to North Dakota to carry out life sentence
January 22, 2025
On his final day in office, President Joe Biden commuted Leonard Peltier, an 80-year-old Turtle Mountain Chippewa man convicted of killing two FBI agents. Many Indigenous communities around the state and nation are celebrating the decision.
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Wyoming locks up kids at the highest rates in the nation. Bill to help understand why died without debate.
January 22, 2025
State has been working for years to better track juvenile justice issues. Last week a key fix to expand access to critical data was voted down by freshman lawmakers.
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$1M from the state prevented this rural hospital from closing, but its troubles aren’t over
January 22, 2025
For years, health care administrators and experts have said workforce shortages and increased operating costs have exacerbated financial problems, especially for hospitals in rural areas where residents are typically older and more reliant on Medicare and Medicaid, which reimburse at lower rates than private insurance companies.
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Departing Biden commutes Leonard Peltier sentence
January 22, 2025
Oklahoma’s Congressional delegation did not sign the letter, nor did members release statements following Biden’s decision to commute Peltier’s sentence.
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Local activists argue against incoming Dollar Tree
January 21, 2025
One of the core arguments against dollar stores is the extraction of resources from local communities.
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Migrants at Texas border in shock after Trump canceled their asylum appointments
January 21, 2025
Hours after Trump’s inauguration, his administration canceled appointments allowing migrants to enter the U.S. to request asylum, leaving many of them stranded on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Trump elimina el Parole para migrantes venezolanos, cubanos, haitianos y nicaragüenses
January 21, 2025
Esta eliminación forma parte de una serie de medidas más amplias anunciadas ayer por Trump para endurecer las políticas migratorias, incluidas en su orden ejecutiva “Securing the Border” (Asegurando la Frontera).
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Alaska Native leaders call to preserve Denali name for Mount McKinley
January 21, 2025
Activists argue that Indigenous values should take precedence over honoring of a pro-tariff president.