/tags/rural-living rural living en-US Copyright Fri, 01 Dec 2023 23:32:22 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-12-01/usda-grows-solar-power-in-rural-oregon-despite-limited-transmission-assistance Historic funding to the Rural Energy for America program has helped fund more than three dozen rural solar projects in Oregon this year. Fri, 01 Dec 2023 23:32:22 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-12-01/usda-grows-solar-power-in-rural-oregon-despite-limited-transmission-assistance Alex Baumhardt /health-and-medicine/2023-08-14/3-california-hospitals-declared-bankruptcy-this-year-health-chains-could-keep-them-alive Two of the three troubled California hospitals are especially vital to their communities because they’re the only emergency providers in their rural counties. Health care chains could keep them afloat. Mon, 14 Aug 2023 13:48:30 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-08-14/3-california-hospitals-declared-bankruptcy-this-year-health-chains-could-keep-them-alive Ana B. Ibarra /education/2023-04-01/oregon-lawmakers-mull-tax-credit-to-address-rural-child-care-shortage High costs and lack of options felt deeply in Eastern Oregon Sat, 01 Apr 2023 12:51:31 GMT /education/2023-04-01/oregon-lawmakers-mull-tax-credit-to-address-rural-child-care-shortage Antonio Sierra /health-and-medicine/2023-03-18/in-rural-oregon-theres-a-higher-need-for-mental-health-care-but-few-options Outside of Oregon's urban areas, a mental health crisis can mean a long drive or an ambulance ride over the mountains to get the right level of care. Sat, 18 Mar 2023 13:11:09 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-03-18/in-rural-oregon-theres-a-higher-need-for-mental-health-care-but-few-options Amelia Templeton /religion-and-spirituality/2023-02-26/the-christian-case-for-fighting-climate-change-is-being-tested-in-eastern-oregon A Baker City man is planning a series of events in the region while a professor is collecting data from Pendleton. Sun, 26 Feb 2023 15:19:45 GMT /religion-and-spirituality/2023-02-26/the-christian-case-for-fighting-climate-change-is-being-tested-in-eastern-oregon Antonio Sierra /business-and-labor/2022-04-18/how-3d-printing-could-turn-an-eastern-oregon-town-into-a-high-tech-housing-hub After decades of traditional economic development efforts, authorities are now trying some unusual experiments to spur activity in rural Oregon. Mon, 18 Apr 2022 12:38:44 GMT /business-and-labor/2022-04-18/how-3d-printing-could-turn-an-eastern-oregon-town-into-a-high-tech-housing-hub Kristian Foden-Vencil /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-02-04/the-potential-isolation-of-rural-living When the 20th century began, 60 percent of the American population lived in rural areas. Today? Roughly 20 percent. That makes rural areas lacking in… Tue, 04 Feb 2020 18:42:46 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-02-04/the-potential-isolation-of-rural-living The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-10-03/art-and-economy-merge-in-illinois-valley The economic cycles of rural areas have a way of acting like roller coasters: way up and way down. A project called Beyond Boom and Bust examines the… Thu, 03 Oct 2019 17:39:06 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-10-03/art-and-economy-merge-in-illinois-valley The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-03-26/testing-the-speed-of-rural-broadband-for-yourself How slow is the mobile broadband in rural areas? Well, people who live there (or are just visiting) can now test for themselves. The Rural Community… Tue, 26 Mar 2019 16:18:38 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-03-26/testing-the-speed-of-rural-broadband-for-yourself The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-03-23/country-dwellers-learn-to-take-care-of-their-land Moving from town to the country does not automatically confer knowledge of how to take care of the land. And a few longtime city- or suburb-dwellers may… Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:52:49 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-03-23/country-dwellers-learn-to-take-care-of-their-land Geoffrey Riley, April Ehrlich