In 2019, a contractor working for the developer of two Tennessee businesses bulldozed a historic cemetery, scraping old tombstones off graves and dumping them in a large pile of dirt and stones. A cemetery preservationist, arriving at the site to help maintain the Rutherford County cemetery, discovered the demolition and alerted authorities. The work, preparing […]
Posted inTravel/Recreation
Weird and Wondrous American Byways
Turns out taking the scenic route can pay big dividends, for both traveler and towns along the trail. Look no further than these popular byways for proof.
Posted inArts and Culture
Q&A: Organizing a Music Festival, Underground
Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. Like what you see here? You can join the mailing list at the bottom of this article and receive more conversations like this in your inbox each week. […]
Posted inHealth
‘Masks, Misinformation, and Making Do’ Chronicles Experience of Appalachian Healthcare Workers during the Pandemic
‘Masks, Misinformation, and Making Do’ tells the story of Covid-19’s impact on rural healthcare providers in their voices.
Posted inEducation
Who Gets to Create New Bachelor’s Degrees?
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in Mile Markers, a twice monthly newsletter from Open Campus about the role of colleges in rural America. You can join the mailing list at the bottom of this article to receive future editions in your inbox. Feather River College was trying to quell flames, not fan them, when […]
Posted inRural Life
A Rural Calling: Bringing Together Different Worlds to Better a Community
Yona Wade helped create better educational opportunities to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in Western North Carolina.
Posted inArts and Culture
A ‘Little Town Poets Society,’ and the Woman Behind It
Poet Cheyanne Leonardo spent ten years as far from her rural hometown as she could get. But in the end, Scott County, Tennessee was the perfect place to build a “Little Town Poets Society.”
Posted inTribal Affairs
Government Agencies Work to Document the Painful Past of Indian Boarding Schools
Government agencies are partnering to preserve oral and digital histories and records of federal Indian boarding schools across the U.S.
Posted inRural Economy
Rural-to-Rural Partnerships: Leveling the Playing Field to Secure Federal Funding
This story was originally published by Inside Philanthropy. Across the country, communities are competing to access the unprecedented funding approved through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and other federal and state programs. Metro areas across the U.S. are engaged in all-hands-on-deck efforts that bring managers, officers, planners, administrators and pretty much every other layer […]
Posted inMedia
The Future of Rock ‘n’ Roll – from the middle of rural farmlands
A small-town radio station is still making waves, more than a decade after its last broadcast.