Tag: rural
History of the Opioid Epidemic
Learn how the medical field played a role in the spread of the opioid epidemic and the astonishing facts that plague our communities today.
Telemedicine extends healthcare to rural patients
A new telemedicine program through the Butler Health System in western Pennsylvania is giving patients more free time and less wait time.
The reality of rural internet: stupidly expensive, unreliable
While the rest of the world is moving on to even faster internet connectivity, 39 percent of rural America remains stuck in the internet slow lane.
Rural Development isn’t broken…yet
Sonny Perdue says give him a year to fix Rural Development programs. Fix what? The much needed, heavily used programs aren’t broken. Yet.
Honey bees prefer country blossoms to city blooms
Hungry honey bees appear to favor flowers in agricultural areas over those in neighboring urban areas.
7 tips to improve security on your farm
Learn how to protect your farm workers and your personal property from theft, and natural disaster.
5 tips to protect your farmland
When it comes to personal property, farmers and rural landowners have a lot at stake. Learn more about how to better protect your personal assets.
USDA Ohio Rural Development loan brings project to life
Richland and Crawford county residents now have access to a brand-new, 24-hour, full-service hospital.
Follow the path toward simplicity
It would be wonderful and desirable to go back to simplicity, but no one seems to know the path.
What’s different between urban and rural people
The nation's largest household survey, the American Community Survey, is the only annual dataset that produces this range of statistics for all of the nation's 3,142 counties.
