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Election 2024: The Big Pout | The Daily Yonder

1 week ago | dailyyonder.com | Bill Bishop |Robert Cushing |Sarah Melotte

Trump administration policies will have an outsized impact on rural America, where the economy and demographics conspire to put rural communities at risk from potential cuts in both social programs and public investment. But it’s impossible to have a discussion about these issues without a deluge of comments that rural voters “brought it on themselves” by supporting Donald Trump.
The Yonder Uncovers the Path Ahead

Nov 20, 2024 | dailyyonder.com | Bill Bishop

Julie Ardery and I watched voters come and go for twelve hours at Precinct 101N, otherwise known as the La Grange (Texas) City Hall. We worked the election, checking in people on the little electronic poll books, giving them ballots, and, the most fun, handing out red, white and blue “I Voted” stickers. Throughout the day we privately speculated about what we were seeing. For a few hours it seemed the vast majority of voters were women.
Highway 75 and our future

Jul 31, 2024 | mtexpress.com | Bill Bishop

Whether we like it or not, state Highway 75 is the only way into and out of our beloved valley. And that highway is about to undergo a massive transformation. For a preview of coming attractions, on your next drive between Hailey and Ketchum, check out the Idaho Transportation Department’s red flags and stakes marking its upcoming plans to create an expressway up and down our valley. Those flags and stakes say it all. The plan was initially passed in 2008. Much has changed in our valley since then.
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Apr 11, 2024 | chineseconsumers.news | Yaling Jiang |Bill Bishop |Robert Wu

Hi everyone, apologies for the delay as I continue to prioritize other peopleās deadlines. š This is something Iāve been reflecting on a lot. Moving forward with the consumer news column, I want to experiment with a new format for the next three months, hopefully to provide you with more value. Specifically, I'll be doing the following:Covering five newsworthy consumer news items (instead of three). Providing quick summaries and takes on each.
Second-Hand Sales Turn into Second-Chance Grants

Jan 9, 2024 | dailyyonder.com | Bill Bishop

The first shopper arrived at 3:30 a.m., five and a half hours before the doors opened. By 9 o’clock, 202 people stood in line in front of Second Chance Emporium, a second-hand store and rural retail phenomenon in La Grange, Texas. When the doors finally cracked open, it was off to the races, as shoppers poured into the 20,000 square foot shop in search of….well, everything. Pants go for a buck or two. The same with shirts or dresses. A couch? $25. Shoes cost two dollars. A table for $10.
No One Does Rural News Like the Yonder

Nov 20, 2023 | dailyyonder.com | Bill Bishop

We began the Yonder in 2007 because nobody else was doing the job of telling the news of rural America. It was coming up on a Presidential election year and we figured without some effort rural places would just disappear from the picture. It seemed like a unique time and a particularly important election. Need I remind you of the day and the hour? Again, I wonder if the coming 12 months will have anything like a debate about rural America.
'There and Back Again,' or Why Do We Keep Returning Home

Mar 28, 2023 | dailyyonder.com | Bill Bishop

My wife and I had just finished a coffee with Destiny Psencik, a remarkable 25-year-old who heads the equally remarkable Turtle Wing Foundation in Schulenburg, Texas. Destiny told us about Turtle Wing’s efforts to help children with learning problems in our rural community. We left the coffee joint talking about all the cool stuff Turtle Wing is doing — and how lucky Fayette County was to have Destiny. She’s a native of La Grange who went away to college and then came home.