
Connecting the Recreation Dots With a Trail
A collaboration between a city government and a local non-profit in rural Colorado results in a plan for a walking trail. Its goal will be to highlight the town’s recreation opportunities and boost the local economy.
Ilana Newman, The Daily Yonder

Study: Rural Homelessness Exacerbated by Opioid Epidemic, Underestimated
According to new research, the “Point in Time Count” method used by the federal government to track the unhoused population numbers can be far from accurate when applied in rural areas.
Liz Carey, The Daily Yonder

Commentary: If Federal Healthcare Spending Is a Target, Then So Is Rural America
Underserved communities across rural America would experience outsized negative effects to health outcomes resulting from cuts to cornerstone federal healthcare funding programs.
Katherine Hempstead / Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Daily Yonder

Iced out? Research on the Great Lakes goes ahead amid funding chaos.
Izzy Ross, Grist
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