Rural /tags/rural Rural en-US Copyright Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:15:00 GMT Midway tries to stay rural while growing as a town /politics/2025-02-06/midway-nc-rural-growing-winston-main-street Midway, about 15 minutes south of Winston-Salem, wasn’t even a town for most of its history. The Davidson County community became a municipality in 2006 in an effort to avoid getting annexed into the nearby city. Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:15:00 GMT /politics/2025-02-06/midway-nc-rural-growing-winston-main-street Colin Campbell 'Easy to just write us off': Rural students' options shrink as colleges slash majors /education/2024-12-23/unc-greensboro-rural-students-colleges-slash-majors-open-campus Many of the comparatively few universities that serve rural students are eliminating large numbers of programs and majors, blaming plummeting enrollment and resulting financial crises. Nationwide, college enrollment has declined by 2 million students, or 10 percent, in the 10 years ending in 2022, hitting rural schools particularly hard. An increasing number of rural private, nonprofit colleges are not only cutting majors, but closing altogether. Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:30:23 GMT /education/2024-12-23/unc-greensboro-rural-students-colleges-slash-majors-open-campus Brianna Atkinson Takeaways from the campaigning to win over rural voters in swing-state North Carolina /politics/2024-06-17/north-carolina-campaigning-rural-voters-swing-state-takeaways Democrats are outpacing Republicans on advertising spending in North Carolina, hoping to make up for Joe Biden's losing the state in 2020. Both parties also face the challenge of engaging with voters who may feel indifferent or even disgusted with the ballot choices they face. Mon, 17 Jun 2024 16:16:56 GMT /politics/2024-06-17/north-carolina-campaigning-rural-voters-swing-state-takeaways Associated Press More than 900,000 NC households to lose affordable internet if federal funding is not renewed /news/2024-04-25/affordable-internet-rural-north-carolina-federal-acp-congress-unc The program was created as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 and was a follow-up to the Emergency Broadband Benefit, which helped households afford internet access during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:03:08 GMT /news/2024-04-25/affordable-internet-rural-north-carolina-federal-acp-congress-unc Alexandria deRosset | UNC Media Hub Country life isn't all peace and quiet. Some rural communities teach newcomers 'what to expect.' /race-demographics/2023-03-20/country-life-isnt-all-peace-and-quiet-some-rural-communities-teach-newcomers-what-to-expect A surge of North Carolinians are moving to rural areas to retire or to escape high housing costs in the Triangle. That's prompted some rural counties to find ways of both welcoming and preparing new residents for life alongside working farms. Mon, 20 Mar 2023 22:04:57 GMT /race-demographics/2023-03-20/country-life-isnt-all-peace-and-quiet-some-rural-communities-teach-newcomers-what-to-expect Bradley George State Commission Recommends De-Chartering Small Town Of East Laurinburg /news/2021-04-15/state-commission-recommends-de-chartering-small-town-of-east-laurinburg The tiny town of East Laurinburg in Scotland County could lose its charter in the next two months. Thu, 15 Apr 2021 23:04:55 GMT /news/2021-04-15/state-commission-recommends-de-chartering-small-town-of-east-laurinburg Naomi P. Brown Small Town In Scotland County Might Soon Cease To Exist /news/2021-02-19/small-town-in-scotland-county-might-soon-cease-to-exist Marshall Stevens is a simple man.He's one of 279 people who call the Scotland County town of East Laurinburg home. Last election, he won the race for… Fri, 19 Feb 2021 12:12:07 GMT /news/2021-02-19/small-town-in-scotland-county-might-soon-cease-to-exist Naomi P. Brown 'We Kind Of Let Our Guard Down': COVID-19 Is Now Spreading Faster In Rural N.C. Than In Cities /news/2020-11-27/we-kind-of-let-our-guard-down-covid-19-is-now-spreading-faster-in-rural-n-c-than-in-cities Just as families are gathering for the holidays, many rural communities are dealing with a growing number of COVID-19 cases and deaths.James Hamilton's… Fri, 27 Nov 2020 15:37:10 GMT /news/2020-11-27/we-kind-of-let-our-guard-down-covid-19-is-now-spreading-faster-in-rural-n-c-than-in-cities Jay Price Lack Of Broadband Internet Is An Obstacle For Rural Students /education/2020-04-13/lack-of-broadband-internet-is-an-obstacle-for-rural-students College sophomore Ty Meyer has been spending lots of time in parking lots lately, mostly at McDonald's or his local library. It's often his best option… Mon, 13 Apr 2020 10:30:46 GMT /education/2020-04-13/lack-of-broadband-internet-is-an-obstacle-for-rural-students Liz Schlemmer NC Documentary Aims To Show A Different Kind of ‘Country’ /arts-culture/2019-06-18/nc-documentary-aims-to-show-a-different-kind-of-country Television shows like “The Dukes of Hazzard” and “The Beverly Hillbillies” exemplified the country stereotype in American culture. Characters were… Tue, 18 Jun 2019 16:03:02 GMT /arts-culture/2019-06-18/nc-documentary-aims-to-show-a-different-kind-of-country Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio