A 5.7 earthquake jolts rural Nevada near Carson City, causing some damage

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck a rural part of Nevada east of the state’s capital of Carson City on Monday. The temblor hit just before 6:30 p.m., the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was centered 12.9 miles (20.7 kilometers) east of the town of Silver Springs at a depth of 3.1 miles (5 kilometers). Video … Read more

VA Dem rejects ‘power grab’ claims on Spanberger redistricting as GOP warns 10–1 map would split rural vote

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A top Virginia Democrat is defending support for the redistricting effort critics are calling a “power grab” on the part of Gov. Abigail Spanberger and Richmond leadership, dismissing claims that rural Virginians will have their voices diluted by an urban-centric map. The redistricting referendum, before voters through … Read more

A project to save rural synagogues grows from Maine to Montana

WATERVILLE, Maine — Rabbi Rachel Isaacs spent the days leading up to Passover overseeing the preparation of ceremonial foods at Beth Israel Congregation, a synagogue in central Maine where membership has quadrupled over the last 15 years. These days, growing congregations is very much on Isaacs’ mind, as she’s leading a movement to strengthen rural … Read more

In rural Virginia, excitement and dread grows over Democrats’ redistricting referendum

Michael Shull never imagined that a Democrat from the wealthy suburbs of Washington would represent his community in Congress. His corner of Virginia, with its sprawling farms and winding country roads, has been electing Republicans for more than three decades. Then came an unusual nationwide redistricting battle, with Democrats and Republicans redrawing congressional lines to … Read more

Senators unveil bipartisan bill to tackle housing affordability in rural areas

WASHINGTON — With Congress gridlocked over Department of Homeland Security funding, other priorities have fallen to the wayside. But with this fall’s midterm elections on the horizon, lawmakers are still pushing solutions for an issue top of mind for many Americans: affording a home. Sens. Peter Welch D-Vt., and Jim Justice, R-W.Va., are putting forth … Read more

5 killed after a train and a van collide in a train crossing in rural Mississippi

WIGGINS, Miss. — Five people were killed when a train and van collided in rural Mississippi, authorities said Friday. All five killed were in the van, Stone County Coroner Wayne Flurry said. The lone surviving van passenger, a 23-year-old woman, was flown to a hospital, Flurry said. No one aboard the train was reported injured. … Read more

Grand jury indicts over half the officers in a rural Colorado county

DENVER — Five of the seven law enforcement officers in a rural Colorado county, including the sheriff, have been indicted in an investigation into allegations of misconduct, prosecutors said Friday. A grand jury indicted Costilla County Sheriff Danny Sanchez and former Deputy Keith Schultz on charges of allegedly mishandling human remains discovered in October 2024, … Read more

States face pushback on their rural health transformation plans

In the final days of 2025, governors around the country trumpeted the hundreds of millions of federal dollars they won from a new, $50 billion rural health fund. But plans to spend those nine-digit awards aren’t all warmly received. At least one group of Republican state lawmakers appears to have scuttled an initiative preapproved by … Read more