As Walz has told the story, his childhood began as an idyllic time shaped by community values in tiny Nebraska towns and the closeness of family — but then took a destabilizing turn that would set the course of the rest of his life. “My father died [after] a long illness...
Towns across the state boomed. Irish immigrants found a home in O’Neill; Germans from Russia in Scottsbluff; Czech families in Columbus and Wilber. That boom proved short-lived. The Great Depression and the Dust Bowl drove people out in the 1930s. The me...
The article discusses the economic significance of hospitals in rural towns in the United States, focusing on the Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center in Beatrice, Nebraska. Topics addressed include the impact of employment in the healthcare industry for middle class Americans; hospitals in ...
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“The goal is to keep something in Cuba for as long as we possibly can,” Lysell said. “We’re trying to take a negative and turn it into a positive for our students. That’s the main thing.” Dying towns The future is hardly bright. According to Kansas Department of Health and En...
China has been using the Hukou (household registration) system since 1958 in order to regulate social protection, maintain social stability, and regulate internal migration between rural and urban areas. The Hukou system was loosened and deregulated until the 1980s, which gave rural laborers the ch...
This article examines the utilization of email and the Web, based on a sample of 471 residents from four rural communities in Nebraska and Wisconsin, in which the study found nearly identical levels and patterns of use across the communities. The findings are discussed in terms of the two ...
Compared to apartment complexes and suburban neighborhoods, rural areas are usually quieter and peaceful. There is less traffic and neighbors tend to have
many rural cities and towns have seen success in creating business improvement districts (BIDs), small-scale economic development organizations often funded by local stakeholders, such as businesses. BIDs deliver services in a particular area, often at the neighborhood or “Main Str...
PHOENIX (AP) — Firefighters inArizonawere fighting Tuesday to gain a foothold into a massive wildfire, one of two that has forced thousands of evacuations in rural towns and closed almost every major highway out of the area. The so-called Telegraph Fire, straddling two counties,...