Home, not alone: Helping aging seniors in rural America

In North Dakota, small farming towns like Hebron and Glen Ullin, where there are many retirees, have withstood all manner of challenges. Despite the difficulties, 98-year-old Mae Buchli, whom we met back in 2025, is determined to live out her days out here. “We decided we’re not going to move, ’cause we want to stay … Read more

Louisiana Democrats pick rural farmer to challenge GOP in uphill Senate bid

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Jamie Davis, a farmer and former parish official from rural northeast Louisiana, is the Democratic Party’s Senate nominee in reliably red Louisiana. Davis defeated Gary Crockett, a business owner in New Orleans, in Saturday’s Democratic Senate runoff election, the Associated Press reported, in the race to succeed … Read more

EXCLUSIVE: Hawley pushes new legislation to save rural emergency rooms from ‘breakneck’ closures

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., on Wednesday introduced new legislation aimed at combating America’s rural healthcare crisis, telling Fox News Digital that Congress must intervene to keep rural emergency rooms open. “Americans in rural communities across the country are confronted with a concerning shortage of … Read more

Michigan floods expose lack of information, preparation in many rural areas

ONAWAY, Mich. — Tom and Diane Peterman tried to buy flood insurance when they moved to their retirement home on the shores of Black Lake 14 years ago but were told it wasn’t available. John Solum was told he wasn’t in a flood zone when his family bought a 1940s-era cabin there. Then came this … Read more

Spain at a Tennessee boarding school, Iraq in a rural West Virginia town: Where World Cup teams live

In the shadow of Tennessee’s Signal and Lookout mountains, 8-year-old Beckham balanced on a fence for more than three hours, gripping a handwritten note and waiting for Spain’s national team to emerge. “I love you and I look up to you,” the note addressed to Pedri and Lamine Yamal read. “Thanks for coming to my … Read more

Train strikes semi-truck in rural Iowa, killing 1 person and injuring another

VICTOR, Iowa — A train struck a semi-truck in eastern Iowa on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring another, authorities said. The crash occurred at the crossing of a state highway and the Iowa Interstate Railroad in a rural area about 70 miles (113 kilometers) east of Des Moines, according to Poweshiek County Sheriff Matt … Read more

Big companies position themselves for payday from $50B federal rural health fund

Tory Starr is worried about the people who get medical care at Open Door Community Health Centers along California’s North Coast. “They’re the folks that work at restaurants. They’re the teacher’s aides,” said Starr, a registered nurse who became Open Door’s chief executive more than six years ago. Those patients, he said, are “really the … Read more

‘Queen of DEI’ running for Congress ripped her rural state as ‘backwards’ on podcast

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Christina Bohannan, a Democratic candidate in a battleground Iowa district, is facing scrutiny from Republicans over past remarks in which she said the state would be viewed as “backwards” without diversity training in schools and argued the nation’s founders were motivated by preserving slavery during the Revolutionary … Read more