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Jon Trapp for MTFP
Wildfire forecast, part 2: As fire season bears down, fractured federal wildland fire service complicates efforts
With Trump administration changes to federal wildland fire service still in limbo, what does this mean for fire season?
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Plan for Largest Dairy in Minnesota History Raises Water and Pollution Concerns
Riverview’s mega-dairy expansion in Morris would store 250 million gallons of liquid manure and use water volumes equal to 75% of the local supply.
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Grassroots Efforts Bring Print Newspaper Back to Lumberton
The idea gained traction as more residents raised the same concern: It was hard to know what was happening in town and where to find reliable updates in one place.
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White Texans, students previously in private school or home-school make up bulk of voucher applicants
The demographic breakdown of applicants shows Texas’ voucher program will likely not reflect the diversity of Texas public school students.
RNN Highlights
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Gordon Hodges for Door County Knock
Locked Out: Door County’s affordable housing shortage
An in-depth series on Door County’s affordable housing shortage, examining its causes, shrinking availability and the roadblocks to building more.
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Courtesy of U.S. Senate.
Caridnal News 250: Virginia’s stories. A nation’s birth.
The project spotlights Virginia’s overlooked contributions to America’s march to independence ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary, or semiquincentennial.
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Justin Hardiman for Capital B
Sowing Resilience
Rural communities across the country are grappling with food insecurity. Nine stories reveal how communities are navigating — and reimagining — the systems that have left them hungry.
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Small group of protestors block traffic on Transgender Day of Visibility
April 01, 2026
The demonstration coincides with International Transgender Day of Visibility, which is held annually to raise awareness of discrimination and violence against transgender people.
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From microschools to basements to boats, Wyomingites embrace school choice with or without state money
March 30, 2026
A program that offers $7,000 for K-12 non-traditional schooling costs is tied up in the courts. The outcome could slow the momentum of the alternative education movement or allow Wyoming’s schooling experiment to welcome many more students.
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Lahaina Wastewater Plant Spilled 200,000 Gallons. Why Did People Still Swim?
March 30, 2026
Several people at nearby beaches said they did not know that backwash had overflowed from the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility days earlier.
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Part 1: Hands-On Telehealth Helps Reach Rural Texas Communities
March 30, 2026
Rural innovation is reshaping the delivery of telemedicine to better serve aging populations.
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With its new farm bill, Florida’s climate fight just hit a tractor-sized roadblock
March 30, 2026
The sweeping new law enshrines farmers’ use of gas-powered equipment and weakens protections for conservation lands, locking the state’s climate-battered ag sector into fossil fuel dependence.
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NRV counties’ Lyme rates are high. How to prevent tick-borne illnesses
March 29, 2026
The New River Health District is a hot spot for Lyme disease. Two experts share recommendations on how to avoid ticks and what to do if bitten.
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Rural and Small Town Americans Show Up for No Kings Rallies
March 29, 2026
“Peaceful protest is as democratic as it gets.”
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Federal rural health funding could trigger service cuts
March 27, 2026
As Montana rolls out new federal funding, rural hospitals fear “right-sizing” could mean losing care.
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Washington County’s Tristan Singh to represent Maine at the Scripps National Spelling Bee
March 27, 2026
Singh won the Maine State Spelling Bee at Bowdoin College last weekend, one of 14 young spellers competing in the annual event.