rural issues

Missouri residents may have heard ghoulish tales of “Doc Annie” Smith, a physician who looms large in the state’s mythology for performing illegal abortions in the early 1900s. Today, the truth about her work has largely disappeared.

The Environmental Protection Agency recently issued a new warning that no level of PFAS in water is safe.

Black Mesa State Park in the panhandle is without water while its well undergoes repairs. But even through this summer’s heat, drought and water problems, your state parks are doing fine, Oklahoma.

Inflation is hitting hard in rural America and could accelerate depopulation in some parts of the country, according to the latest analysis from one expert.

Oklahoma has received thousands of applications for pandemic relief funding from the American Rescue Plan Act, including more than 700 requests for funds to improve or repair water infrastructure.

High input costs have pushed up food prices at grocery stores. But local farmers have been able to keep prices more stable, and that’s attracting new customers.

When the local grocery store closed after seven decades in business, residents of Evansville, Minn., had to drive 20 miles to the nearest supermarket. Now groceries are available around the clock.

There aren’t any definite numbers about how many farmers belong to the LGBTQ community in the U.S, but many are making a point to become more visible in their rural communities.

Hundreds of thousands of households in Oklahoma are missing out on a chance to lower their monthly internet bill.

The EPA regulates public water systems, but many people drinking from private wells don’t know much about their water. This summer, the Oklahoma Water Resources Center has partnered with OSU’s Rural Renewal Initiative to test wells in three counties in the southwest corner of the state.