Central Appalachia reintroduced the species to restore wildlife habitat—and help devastated economies. Here’s what happened next. The camera wasn’t where it was supposed to be. Clad in chest waders and camouflage, Kyle Hill stepped into the pond, reached into the shallow water, and lifted it from the post where it […]
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Democrats defeated an incumbent Republican in the rural New York’s 19th district. Republicans returned the favor in a rural district with an open seat in Minnesota. Maine’s rural congressional districts has yet to be decided. Democrats won a majority Tuesday in the U.S. House of Representatives that includes at least three […]
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Democrat Ralph Northam built his 9-point victory with slight gains over Clinton’s 2016 presidential performance. But rural Virginia is more Republican today than it was during the last governor’s race of 2013. Political observers are interpreting Democrats’ big wins in Virginia on Tuesday as a repudiation of President Donald Trump, […]
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Pundits are watching the Virginia governor’s race for signs of what might transpire in 2018 around the country. Neither Republican Gillespie nor Democrat Northam did well with rural voters in their primaries. But if the metropolitan voting is close, the margin of the Republican’s rural victory could help determine the […]
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Stand at the corner of Market Street and Church Avenue in downtown Roanoke, Virginia, and you’ll quickly see why it has become a model for industrial New South and Appalachian cities looking to reinvent themselves. Behind you stands a parking garage, crowned by a newly built Hampton Inn. Across Church […]
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With smaller budgets and fewer personnel, several rural law-enforcement agencies have managed to protect both free speech and public safety when white supremacists come to town. While metropolitan Charlottesville erupted, these places kept the peace. On August 12, white supremacists, Southern nationalists and other groups under the “alt-right” banner fought […]
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