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In a recent Southwest Virginia Childcare Landscape Report, almost half of surveyed businesses experience challenges hiring and retaining staff due to a lack of

Margarita Ramirez, executive director of Centro Unido Latino Americano, has been honored with the Rural Leader of the Year Award for North Carolina.

Rural advocates and leaders from 79 counties focused on the eight “essential building blocks of rural community economic development” when they gathered March 20-21 in Raleigh for the NC Rural

March CSRA Events: Steeplechase,Blues and College Baseball

ABINGDON, Va. – The United Way of Southwest Virginia is expanding, adding a separate nonprofit entity to manage some of its programs, including the new workforce and child development hub.

Aron Ralston, adventurer, survivor, and writer, will lead the opening keynote, “Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Turning Adversity to Advantage,” at the 2023 Rural Summit in Abingdon.

Madison - The Wisconsin Rural Partners (WPR) proudly announces the 2022-2023 Executive Committee and board members. Executive Board Members - The W

By Julie Johansen In support of Governor Spencer Cox’s One Utah Roadmap initiative, the Economic Summit, Energy Summit, Global Forum and Utah’s Rural Summit combined to create a bi-annual super-summit called the One Utah Summit. In this summit, Utah’s brightest and best government and business leaders gather to discuss Utah’s economic development trends and topics.

Iowans interested in issues vital to rural communities are invited to attend the 2022 Iowa Rural Summit, organized by the Iowa Rural Development Counc

As a citizen legislator, the last three weeks have been filled with frustration, disappointment and now some relief. I publicly opposed the governor’s veto of SB48, known as the “Junior