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Hugh Carey for The Colorado Sun and EcoFlight
Flight data offers another look at Colorado’s snowpack. The view is grim.
Research groups, news organizations and water officials have been blaring warnings about the worst snowpack in history and water supply concerns heading into the summer.
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Future of federal forest plan for NC mountains in doubt after court ruling
Federal court found Forest Service relied on flawed analysis of impact on animals when it crafted forest plan favoring timber harvesting.
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Ohio cafe will host drag story hour despite online hate campaign
Coterie Lounge and Café in West Chester is standing strong in the face of hate posts on social media and calls to boycott the space.
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Tenants unions gain ground across Missouri as renters fight for affordable housing
Renters across Missouri are forming tenants unions to fight rent increases, evictions and limited affordable housing options. In smaller towns, the lack of affordable housing can hit communities hard.
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Gordon Hodges for Door County Knock
Locked Out: Door County’s affordable housing shortage
An in-depth series on Door County’s affordable housing shortage, examining its causes, shrinking availability and the roadblocks to building more.
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Courtesy of U.S. Senate.
Caridnal News 250: Virginia’s stories. A nation’s birth.
The project spotlights Virginia’s overlooked contributions to America’s march to independence ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary, or semiquincentennial.
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Justin Hardiman for Capital B
Sowing Resilience
Rural communities across the country are grappling with food insecurity. Nine stories reveal how communities are navigating — and reimagining — the systems that have left them hungry.
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Wyoming electric utility dumps wind and solar in long-term planning
April 13, 2026
PacifiCorp’s previous upward trajectory for renewable energy will flatline beyond 2027 while its forecasted greenhouse emissions will rise.
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Elizabethtown, Tupper Lake and Ticonderoga inch toward water solutions
April 13, 2026
Adirondack communities face a long, and costly, journey to build and improve water infrastructure.
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In the wake of Centra’s Farmville maternity care closure, some families say the risk to have more kids might be too high
April 10, 2026
Multiple studies have found when rural areas lose access to obstetric care they experience higher rates of premature births, which is the leading cause of infant mortality.
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Can Kansas transform rural health care amid Medicaid changes?
April 10, 2026
KU Dole Institute of Politics hosts discussion on how federal changes to Health care effect Kansas.
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A bi candidate runs to unseat Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman in rural Ohio
April 10, 2026
Democrat and Lima Pride Alliance Co-Founder Jeff Givan faces an uphill battle in a region that voted overwhelmingly for Trump.
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Measure D to decide the future of cannabis farming in San Benito County
April 10, 2026
Aims to overhaul current tax structure for cannabis cultivation.
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Primary season enters next phase in South Dakota
April 10, 2026
Since Democrats had only one nominee qualify for each of the three statewide primary contests, those candidates are automatically that party’s nominee for the Nov. 3 general election and will not appear on the June ballot.
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U.S. farm bankruptcies increased in 2025. What does that look like in Oklahoma?
April 10, 2026
Of the 315 farms that filed for bankruptcy, three were in Oklahoma, according to a report from the American Farm Bureau Federation. Though the Oklahoma number seems small, it’s still an increase.
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Tug-of-war for NC mountain hospital beds takes a turn
April 10, 2026
DHHS award of new beds to HCA’s troubled Mission Hospital over AdventHealth’s new Weaverville facility leaves many puzzled.