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Once an Energy Community, Always an Energy Community: Questa, NM, Builds a State-of-the-Art Green Hydrogen Plant

4 days ago | dailyyonder.com | Ilana Newman

Questa, New Mexico, has always been an industrial community. John Ortega, mayor of the Village of 1,797 in northern New Mexico, said his father worked at the Chevron Molybdenum mine for around thirty years until it closed in 2014. The mine has been in remediation ever since, resulting in a reduction of about half of the jobs it previously provided.
A Workforce Training Standard in Rural Alabama

1 week ago | dailyyonder.com | Nick Fouriezos

Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in Mile Markers, a twice monthly newsletter from Open Campus about the role of colleges in rural America. You can join the mailing list at the bottom of this article to receive future editions in your inbox. Wallace State Community College, wedged an hour between Birmingham and Huntsville, faced the same challenges as many rural colleges. Finding great instructors. Adjusting curriculums to fit employer needs.
‘Come Hell or High Water’: A Harm Reduction Team Amps It Up in Response to a Disaster

1 week ago | dailyyonder.com | Taylor Sisk

By noon Friday, September 27, 2024, downtown Marshall was pretty much washed under, but Ainsley Bryce was as yet unaware. Bryce lives on a communal plot of land just outside Marshall, a town of 800 residents in the mountains of western North Carolina. When Hurricane Helene hit, communications were shut down, and roads into town were impassable. “We didn’t know the extent of how devastating it was,” she says.
Q&A: 'Cowbirls' in the Country

2 weeks ago | dailyyonder.com | Claire Carlson

Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. Like what you see here? You can join the mailing list at the bottom of this article and receive more conversations like this in your inbox each week.
Non-Profits Partner to Bring Mental Health for Children and Caregivers in Rural Communities

2 weeks ago | dailyyonder.com | Liz Carey

The California-based La Maida Project announced this month that it is working with Save the Children to build and implement a training network that will support rural early- childhood educators and their youngest learners. By taking an ecological approach to mental health, the partnership seeks to help both the children and their caregivers.
The Tech College that Refused to Graduate Students into Poverty

3 weeks ago | dailyyonder.com | Nick Fouriezos

Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in Mile Markers, a twice monthly newsletter from Open Campus about the role of colleges in rural America. You can join the mailing list at the bottom of this article to receive future editions in your inbox. Two years ago, nearing the end of the spring semester at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College, Cynde Larsen brought together her faculty and delivered news that could have broken them.
Eighteen Hours by Ferry

3 weeks ago | dailyyonder.com | Claire Carlson

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Keep It Rural, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Like what you see? Join the mailing list for more rural news, thoughts, and analysis in your inbox each week. Up until last week, Alaska existed only in my imagination. I pictured a vast landscape full of glaciers and grizzlies and Chris McCandless in his teal bus outside of Denali, living off the land until it killed him.
Scientists Find DNA Proof of Swine Feces in North Carolina Homes

3 weeks ago | dailyyonder.com | Dawn Attride

This story was originally published by Sentient. In Duplin County, North Carolina, there is a pollutant that hangs in the air, the water and the soil. It tumbles in the breeze and into homes through open windows, settling as a thin film of dust on their kitchen tables. It gloops together in masses of sludge in the surface water that feeds their creeks and streams.
Eric Rickstad Conjures Delight and Dread from Small-Town Stories

1 month ago | dailyyonder.com | Keith Roysdon

Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in The Good, the Bad, and the Elegy, a newsletter from the Daily Yonder focused on the best, and worst, in rural media, entertainment, and culture. Every other Thursday, it features reviews, retrospectives, recommendations, and more. You can join the mailing list at the bottom of this article to receive future editions in your inbox.
Sears Kits Built Many Homes in the Rural Midwest

1 month ago | dailyyonder.com | Pat Raia

When she started her search for a house, Amy Balicki didn’t set out to buy a Sears kit home in Downers Grove, Illinois – but she probably should have. That’s because Downers Grove was a prime location for siting Sears homes in the 1920s and 1930s. Now, there are 66 Sears kit homes located in the mid-size town – the fifth highest concentration of kit homes in Illinois, according to Nina Fuscaldo, curator of the Downers Grove Museum.