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Author Archives: Daily Yonder

The Daily Yonder has been published on the web since 2007 by the Center for Rural Strategies, a non-profit media organization based in Whitesburg, Kentucky, and Knoxville, Tennessee. The site was developed with the support of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and the Media Democracy Fund.

A female doctor speaks to a patient while both sit on a couch in a home.
Posted inRural Health

Study finds gap between what rural residents want for end-of-life care and what they receive

by Daily Yonder September 16, 2023September 14, 2023

By Liz Carey When it comes to end-of-life wishes, a new study has found that while most people have end-of-life wishes, only a little over a third of them actually get them fulfilled. That is even more true with rural residents, researchers said. Lula Reese said she didn’t have to ask her mother what she […]

fiber optic light image with red hue on black background. Ideal image to depict broadband, rural broadband, technology, speed and cable infrastructure.
Posted inFeatured

Experts: Smart distribution of federal broadband dollars could boost rural health, job markets, education

by Daily Yonder August 10, 2023August 9, 2023
Shows a man wearing a red apron over his uniform and a facemask to prevent COVID arranging vegetables on refrigerated produce shelves.
Posted inRural Health

Rural SNAP recipients will have harder time with return to work requirements

by Daily Yonder July 9, 2023July 9, 2023
a woman with her hair piled on her head sits at a picnic table in a cardigan sweater.
Posted inChildren's Health

‘We are not thought of’: The true impact of Western North Carolina’s maternal desert on rural women

by Carolina Public Press and Daily Yonder January 20, 2023January 20, 2023
Paper medical records are scattered across the floor and through an open door onto a balcony. Vegetation is visible beyond.
Posted inRural Health

Electronic health records have limited influence on reducing costs for rural hospitals

by Daily Yonder August 20, 2022September 19, 2022
shows a smiling little girl at a table with flowers, a little boy is in the background, just out of focus. they're both at a summer school lunches program. School lunch programs were suspended because of COVID-19, but school districts across North Carolina came up with alternatives.
Posted inChildren's Health

Congress passes a bill with provisions to save pandemic-era universal free school lunches

by Daily Yonder July 16, 2022July 15, 2022

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