The Yonder Report

Series produced by Center for Rural Strategies

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The Yonder Report is a short, fast-paced roundup of rural news, featuring a wide variety of rural voices.

The Yonder Report highlights the vibrant, resilient spirit of living and working in rural America. Despite the news media’s consolidation into big cities, stories coming from thousands of small communities across the country are no less urgent and relevant to our national conversation. Tune in each week to stay informed and engaged on issues affecting vast swaths of American life. The Yonder Report is a joint production of the Daily Yonder and Public News Service.


21 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
Yonder Report - April 25, 2024
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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The urban-rural death divide is widening for working-age Americans, many home internet connections established for rural students during COVID have...

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  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Yonder Report – April 18, 2024
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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Rural Wyoming needs more vocational teachers to sustain its workforce pipeline, Ohio environmental advocates fear harm from a proposal to open 40-t...

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Yonder Report - April 11, 2024
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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Housing advocates fear rural low-income folks who live in aging USDA housing could be forced out, small towns are eligible for grants to enhance ci...

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  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Yonder Report - April 4, 2024
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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Rural populations have bounced back for two years running, more jobs are causing growing pains in Montana, Colorado wants school kids to eat better...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Yonder Report - March 28, 2024
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descenda...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Yonder Report - March 21, 2024
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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A labeling change could pay off for small farmers and ranchers, pandemic-related rural job loss bounced back but progress has stalled, and rural ho...

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  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Yonder Report - March 14, 2024
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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California’s extreme swing from floods to drought has some thinking it’s time to turn rural farm parcels into floodplains, what’s known as Medicare...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
Yonder Report - March 7, 2024
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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Kentucky environmentalists tackle zombie mines, stereotypes of rural voters are debunked and despite a messy start, some say rural students bound ...

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  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Yonder Report - February 29, 2024
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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Hard times could be ahead for rural school districts that spent pandemic money on teacher salaries, a former Oregon lumber community drafts a clima...

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  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Yonder Report - February 22, 2024
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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Pesticides are featured in Idaho’s David vs. Goliath conflict, affordable internet programs could be cut, and conservatives say candidates should s...

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  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Yonder Report - February 15, 2024
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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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, a...

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  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Yonder Report - February 8, 2024
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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A Montana dude ranch lassos economic prosperity with big-sky adventures, a child tax credit expansion could save rural families money and farmers ...

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Yonder Report - February 1, 2024
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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Older West Virginians are grappling with stricter food stamp requirements, an Illinois program is helping rural communities improve broadband, and ...

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
Yonder Report - January 25, 2024
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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Texas teachers strive to improve rural student reading scores, how manufactured housing could help solve New York's housing crisis, and country mus...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
Yonder Report - January 18, 2024
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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A solar energy project could replace a former Kentucky strip mine, a rural Colorado community won a battle to keep its reproductive health care cen...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
Yonder Report - January 11, 2024
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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A retailer in Texas is helping rural families thrive, Montana’s tribal members get legal help from community members, and rural healthcare needs ne...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
Yonder Report - January 4, 2024
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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Hawaii struggles to provide rural communities with local news, a county in New Mexico successfully keeps repeat offenders out of jail, and persiste...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 03:00
Yonder Report - December 28, 2023
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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The search for rural childcare, support for Minnesota's BIPOC farmers, and a fight to keep AM radio.

  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
Yonder Report - December 21, 2023
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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Small-town papers; wildfire smoke and mental health; working out with recovery court judges

  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
Yonder Report 12/14/23
From: Center for Rural Strategies
Series: The Yonder Report
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Rural jobs report; housing crisis in Oregon; small-town Smithsonian tour

  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 03:00