Sign in Subscribe

Rural Living

A Beautiful Day, a Beautiful Car Show, and Most of All, a Beautiful Memorial

A Beautiful Day, a Beautiful Car Show, and Most of All, a Beautiful Memorial

The 2nd Annual Michael D. Chandler Memorial Car Show filled downtown Big Stone Gap with cars, motorcycles and people, but the real reason for the afternoon was remembering one of the town's own.

Imagine This Headline: "New Jersey’s Governor Declares a State of Emergency Over Maternity Care Crisis!"

Imagine This Headline: "New Jersey’s Governor Declares a State of Emergency Over Maternity Care Crisis!"

According to the Virginia Department of Health, a maternity care desert is an area where families live more than thirty minutes from obstetrical care, healthcare providers are already in short supply, and poverty makes access even harder.

Why Big Tech Is Coming to Rural America

Data Centers: The New Gold Rush

The International Energy Agency estimates electricity demand from data centers could more than double by 2030, driven largely by artificial intelligence.

Hillbilly and the People Who Explain Us to Ourselves

Hillbilly and the People Who Explain Us to Ourselves

Academics have fancy names for it now. Urban Chauvinism. Urban-Centrism. Ruralism. Metronormativity.

When Family Farms Were Middle Class

When Family Farms Were Middle Class

We’re finally looking at a stretch of warmer weather here in Southwest Virginia, and it brings back a feeling folks around Russell County and Washington County used to know by heart. But this story isn’t just about two counties in the mountains and foothills of Southwest Virginia. It’

Most 911 Calls Aren’t for Police... They’re for FIRE / EMS And Rural America Already Knows It

Most 911 Calls Aren’t for Police... They’re for FIRE / EMS And Rural America Already Knows It

Chances are, if you live in rural America, you know somebody in Fire / EMS. If you don’t, you have probably met them the hard way. In your driveway. In your living room. Standing beside a family member on a day you will never forget. That is just the way

When the Siren Stops

When the Siren Stops

There is a sound folks in the country know by heart, that high, lonesome siren cutting through the night. You would hear it echo down the valley and think, help is on the way. That sound may soon be getting more rare. If the Congressional Approved Medicaid cuts in Washington