Co-ops serve about 12% of the U.S. population but operate over 40% of the nation's power lines, making their infrastructure ...

One in seven Americans live in rural areas and rely on rural hospitals and health systems for the health and well-being of their communities.

Rising home affordability is spreading beyond cities, spotlighting rural areas where buyers can find lower prices and growing housing demand.

Rural areas are often in need of different kinds of expertise that is easier to find in urban areas, but they can also provide more value for homebuyers and a sense of community that is difficult to ...

Part of the problem is that people living in rural areas don't always have easy access to health care. cstar55/iStock via Getty Images Rural Americans – particularly men – are expected to live ...

The influx of dollar stores into the rural landscape can have a devastating effect on grocery stores and other small businesses in rural areas, research has found. When dollar stores move into a rural ...

The Rural Climate Partnership says rural America is a big source of climate emissions — but can play a big role in solving the crisis, too. The fight against climate change is overlooking rural ...

This web-based tool 16 integrates US Department of Agriculture RUCA codes with census tract data and electronic health record systems, meeting NIH HEAL Initiative Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, ...

Rural Americans – particularly men – are expected to live significantly shorter, less healthy lives than their urban counterparts, according to our research, recently published in the Journal of Rural ...

Access to healthcare in rural New York is becoming harder to obtain as provider shortages grow and wait times increase, ...