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WEB5 days ago — Today’s rural youth are learning about life skills and potential career paths from family and friends, TikTok, and YouTube. by Nick Fouriezos / Open Campus September 12, 2024. The Daily Yonder is the only national news organization for rural people and places. You won't find rural stories like these anywhere else.
Woodrow Derenberger and the Legend of Indrid Cold - The Daily …
WEBDec 3, 2021 — Local Lore: Woodrow Derenberger and the Legend of Indrid Cold. An unsettling encounter on a road in rural West Virginia was a beginning of a rural legend and a personal tragedy for the man involved. by Liz Carey December 3, 2021. Things always seem mysterious on chilly fall nights in the country. For …
These Four Rural Towns Are Using Creative Placemaking to Thrive
WEBApr 14, 2021 — Fergus Falls, MN, population 13,450. Springboard has developed a four-part framework for implementing creative people power in communities. It goes like this: First, support artists to make a living. Second, have artists at the table, especially in community engagement. Third, make hubs and homes for creativity.
Brushy Mountain: A Prison for a Century, Now East Tennessee …
WEBNov 7, 2022 — The first thing you notice about Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary is the bone-chilling cold of the place. The proprietors of the century-old prison, in recent years a tourist attraction in a beautiful valley in East Tennessee, warn visitors taking the tour they should expect temperatures inside the prison buildings to be …
Where is Ginger Billy From? A few things about Billy - The Daily …
WEBby Liz Carey November 13, 2020. Adam Parkins a.k.a Ginger Billy (photo submitted) At home, he may be Adam Parkins, but online, he’s the Ginger Billy. Shirtless and tattoed, the Ginger Billy gives viewers a humorous look into life in rural Upstate South Carolina. And he’s doing it all on his own. Parkins lives between Union and Lockhart ...
Mountain Talk - The Daily Yonder
WEBJul 19, 2010 — Mountain Talk. In Appalachia, we know where you’re from by the way you talk. by Betty Dotson-Lewis July 19, 2010. In the corner of Appalachia where Tennessee meets Virginia, where this photo was taken, dialect is more southern. Mountaineers like to talk and you can tell what part of Appalachia people come from by the words they use.
‘Hillbilly’ Redux: Reclaiming a Word, a Region, and a People
WEBSep 7, 2023 — The 2018 documentary film “Hillbilly” comes with a lot of implications too. The film, co-directed by Ashley York and Sally Rubin, carries the weight of the word and more: for the documentary, York returns to the small Kentucky town where she grew up to talk to people during the run-up to the 2016 election between Democratic Party nominee ...
New Round of Federal Grants Will Inject Billions into Rural …
WEBJun 11, 2024 — A new round of grants from the federal government will pay out $78 million across 12 states and 13 Tribal nations, hoping to reduce energy bills for rural people and create new renewable energy projects, the Biden administration announced.
Across the Country, Amish Populations Are on the Rise
WEBApr 10, 2024 — According to the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College, the estimated population of North American Amish in 2023 was 384,290 (6,100 in Canada), a 116% increase from 2000. Statistics show that the population nearly doubles every 20 years. Unlike some other Christian denominations, Amish communities don’t ...
Civilian Conservation Corps’ Legacy Lives on Decades Later
WEBMar 23, 2022 — Harder to discern are projects that made rural and small-town life better. The Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy page notes not only the 97,000 miles of road but 84 million acres of rural farm ground that needed improved drainage, a task taken on by the CCC. The CCC boys were paid about $30 a month, according to the Encyclopedia of …