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A pharmacist administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to a worker at a processing plant in Arkansas City, Kan., on Friday, March 5, 2021. Researchers are concerned that vaccination rates in some rural communities may not keep up with urban rates. Doug Barrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Doug Barrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images A pharmacist administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to a worker at a processing plant in Arkan...

A pharmacist administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to a worker at a processing plant in Arkansas City, Kan., on Friday, March 5, 2021. Researchers are concerned that vaccination rates in some rural communities may not keep up with urban rates. Credit: Doug Barrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images Lagging Vaccination Rates Among Rural Seniors Hint At Brewing Rural-Urban Divide By at 11:50 am NPR Chris Reimer had never heard of Leopold, Mo., when he found himself ...

The Daily Yonder Can the Power of Storytelling Unify a Divided America? And what do Star Wars, Dolly Parton, and Jackbox Games have to do with it? Listen to the latest episode of our new podcast, Everywhere Radio, to find out. Share this: What do the Jedi Knights of Star Wars and real-life storytellers have in common? And how can a country as divided as ours agree on, well, anything? This week’s guests on Everywhere Radio have some answers and ideas. Kiran Singh Sirah, the presiden...

Graphic by the Daily Yonder. Kentucky journalist Al Smith helped start multiple state and national organizations, steered to safety a federal agency that Ronald Reagan targeted for elimination, and produced and hosted one of the longest-running public TV programs on government affairs in America. But, according to his memoir, , none of his many jobs was more important than being editor of a small-town weekly newspaper in rural southern Kentucky. Smith, a revered figure in Kentucky journalism a...

The Daily Yonder Q&A: How to Attract Young People to a Rural Region In the Adirondacks of New York, the loss of young people and working families has hollowed out the economy and local institutions. A report from a regional nonprofit suggests how communities can begin to reverse that process. Public-lands communities around the U.S. will recognize the questions the report seeks to address. Share this: School enrollment in most Adirondack school districts has dropped over the past dec...

The Daily Yonder 8 Rural Books to Help You Get Through the Wintry Weeks at Home – Part 2 The Daily Yonder team comes back with more book recommendations for your reading pleasure. These rural novels, memoirs and short story collections are worth a spot on your reading list. Last week we published a list of some of our favorite rural books to help get you through a tough February. But as temperatures gradually raise and the sun comes out, we believe that reading a great book, inside ...

Rural residents reluctant to get vaccines: study By Bill Knight Trips to the store might show that most folks are serious taking pandemic precautions, from wearing masks to keeping safe distances, but a new study says many rural residents nationally aren’t concerned about COVID-19, think the threat is exaggerated, or consider their responses a personal choice instead of a civic responsibility. About one-third of rural residents are reluctant to get vaccinated, according to Kaiser Family Found...

Connie Kitts-Bailey topping off gingerbread cake with her cousin Alice Bailey Nunn. Nunns dad, Jim Bailey, made the sorghum used in the recipe. Have you ever noticed how conversations about food can lead us to learn surprising things about each other? In this week’s episode of Inside Appalachia, we talk about holiday foods. We’ve got recipes for things like cranberry salad, sorghum gingerbread, and pecan pie. But more than recipes, this show is about the power of memory, and tradition. Co...

The Daily Yonder And heck, were just getting started. Share this: In early 2007 it was another election season. Then, as now, there was much jabber on television and in print about what the “rural vote” was going to do. The presidential candidates were making their trips to Iowa and New Hampshire. And although these states were constantly described as “rural” there was hardly anything rural about the campaign. Outside a required pledge of allegiance to ethanol and a few hay bales (...