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WEB3 days ago — A mysterious newcomer finds trouble in a small town in ‘Rebel Ridge,’ the latest action film to leverage this tried-and-true storytelling template. by Keith Roysdon September 19, 2024 September 18, 2024
Small-Town Newspapers Face Change, Struggle, Opportunity
WEBDec 19, 2023 — Small-Town Success Stories. What’s working for small newspaper publishers? In Seymour, Missouri, Wehmer says deep and long-lasting connections to the community are vital. “These families (with strong local newspapers) are rooted in the communities they served. The ones that have remained family-owned have thrived.”
With Limited Resources, A Small Town Plans for Climate Change
WEBFeb 14, 2024 — This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder, which covers rural America, and Nexus Media News, an editorially independent, nonprofit news service covering climate change. One of the most iconic landmarks in downtown Grants Pass, Oregon, is a 100-year-old sign that arcs …
Commentary: The Human Side of Canvassing in a Small Town
WEBSep 13, 2024 — I volunteered to knock on doors for a local state senate candidate, Frank Patton Hughes, who lives in Avery County, North Carolina, a rural town in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Hughes joined the state senate race to defeat incumbent Ralph Hise, a Republican who supported legislation to expand opportunity scholarships, a program that …
The Smithsonian Is Coming to Town - The Daily Yonder
WEBDec 8, 2023 — While the median population of host communities is 8,300, no place is too small: Folsom, New Mexico, hosted an exhibit in 2010, when the population of the town was 67. According to the Smithsonian, 52% of cultural organizations are located in small or rural communities. 82% of these organizations operated with budgets of less than $25,000.
Small-Town Philanthropies Banking on Great Wealth Transfer | The …
WEBJun 27, 2024 — Small-town foundations are aware of this trend, according to Borla, which is why they’re focused on directing those funds back into local projects. Rural Residents Create New Visions One of the first steps to creating community-wide change is envisioning a new future, according to the funders at CommunityGiving.
Walz' Small-Town Characteristics Take Center Stage at DNC
WEBAug 22, 2024 — From former presidents and current senators, speakers played up what they describe as small-town qualities in the Minnesota governor and former member of Congress. Walz’s selection to be Kamala Harris’ running mate has been lauded by Democrats who want the party to do a better job appealing to rural voters.
Spotlighting Rural Crime Fiction | The Daily Yonder
WEBAug 10, 2023 — It’s possible to argue that we’re living in a golden age of rural and small-town crime fiction, and Jaworowski’s Small Town Sins distills the genre in its tale of three lost people in a failing Rust Belt town. Universal Stories. In Small Town Sins, readers meet three central figures in a struggling Pennsylvania town: Nathan, a volunteer ...
Ozarks Notebook: A New Chapter for Small-Town Missouri …
WEBApr 25, 2024 — News broke on the front page of the Vedette in December: “The purchase returns the historic newspaper to the manager that operated and served it for 35 years. The acquisition guarantees that The Vedette subscribers will continue to receive prompt coverage of local news and features, as well as community correspondents and …
These Four Rural Towns Are Using Creative Placemaking to Thrive
WEBApr 14, 2021 — In 2020, Welcome saw much of her other scheduled work cancelled. She saw it as an opportunity to collaborate with other folks in her home of Palouse, WA, a small town on the state’s eastern border with Idaho. They set up an emergency resource line for connecting neighbors as well as a socially-distanced anti-racist multimedia group.