On a Thursday afternoon in early April, two young women addressed the school board in East Tennessee’s rural McMinn County. Both were raised in families ...

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This story was originally published by Journalism Lab. Visitors to the woods surrounding China Hat Road may recognize Zachary “Zack” Polton’s yellow school bus through the trees that line the road to ...

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This story was originally published by Journalism Lab. Visitors to the woods surrounding China Hat Road may recognize Zachary "Zack" Polton's yellow ...

I left Mississippi believing opportunity waited elsewhere. After college, military service, and traveling the world, I never expected to return. But ...

This story was originally published by the Maine Monitor. Tractors stand at the ready along rolling wild blueberry barrens ...

When Jill Baker’s email pinged late on a Wednesday night in early April, she had no idea that her role as the director for Humanities Montana was about to ...

Reductions in staff and office closures loom at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as the agency has opened a ‘path’ ...

I spent over seven hours in the car driving one way to my most recent doctor’s appointment. For many Americans, this may be ...

“They’ll get up to forty miles an hour,” announced the Leadville skijoring emcee about the skiers pulled down the street by ...