At 17 I was the Santa Claus for the Walkertown section of Hazard. Rick Rosanova, the news guy at Channel 4, was Santa at the ...

It's true in both literal and figurative ways. The metal, hand-operated relic divides a state highway near the feed store and post office, two of few ...

This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a ...

Suppose you were given a choice between walking the plank on a pirate ship in shark-infested waters or jumping out of an airplane at 10,000 feet without a parachute. You’d choose the sharks, right?

Author Ken Jaworowski had more small-town stories to tell in the fictional Rust Belt town of Locksburg, Pennsylvania.

Beckie Irvin crested the rocky hilltop in her truck. She threw it in park and joined Cobra Thomas and Beverly Garland, the ...

On a recent visit to Washington Island, I did what I've been doing for the past 30-plus years: I went to Nelsen's Hall for a shot of bitters. Despite its ...

As counties across Wisconsin sell off publicly-owned nursing homes to private companies, communities worry that privatization will bring understaffing, ...

I was recently reading an article in the Daily Yonder by Madeline de Figueiredo about what the slashing of Medicaid will likely mean for rural Idahoans, and I paused to think, “Where else would I have ...

There was no privacy when I was told I might die. In November, I complained about a sore throat during my annual physical with my primary care physician.

Each year, an estimated 80 million U.S. utility customers have trouble affording their monthly heat and electricity bills. Now, as the cost of energy climbs, experts say more people are at risk of ...

On September 2, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a press release announcing a change that has the potential to transform law ...