We're not done with 2025 quite yet! Here are some of our favorite rural movies, TV shows, and more from the past year.

At 17 I was the Santa Claus for the Walkertown section of Hazard. Rick Rosanova, the news guy at Channel 4, was Santa at the ...

A bill filed late last month would claw back $21 billion allocated to state governments to address the digital divide, marking another moment in the ...

Dave Nuss’s pickup rumbled down the dirt road, dark, rich soil turned up in fields on either side. The 69-year-old farmer gestured to one field then another, commenting on the fortunes of each crop ...

Each year, an estimated 80 million U.S. utility customers have trouble affording their monthly heat and electricity bills. Now, as the cost of energy climbs, experts say more people are at risk of ...

It's true in both literal and figurative ways. The metal, hand-operated relic divides a state highway near the feed store and post office, two of few ...

This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a ...

I’m Sarah Melotte, and I’ve been a part of the Daily Yonder team since 2021. I started as a Rural Reporting Fellow, became a full-time reporter, and now I serve as the Daily Yonder’s Data Editor, ...

Although the idea is not new, the Section 287(g) program now holds a promise of additional funds for counties that sign on – a powerful incentive for rural sheriff’s departments strapped for cash.

Author Ken Jaworowski had more small-town stories to tell in the fictional Rust Belt town of Locksburg, Pennsylvania.