Community leaders, residents, and USDA Rural Development representatives gather in Loveland, Ohio, Nov. 2, 2024. RD's Community Facilities program allowed them to break ground on a new, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hoboken Coffee Roasters, of Guthrie, a coffee shop and roasting business, received a new coffee roaster through a grant agreement ...

Local government officials, economic development leaders and housing personnel gathered at Northeastern Junior College’s Applied Technology Campus on Tuesday for a discussion on affordable housing and ...

In this April 5, 2010 photo, Lisa Kartek stands near an open field and looks toward the home she purchased in Annandale, Minnesota, through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development ...

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WEAU) - U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Wisconsin State Director Andrew C. Iverson is announcing that Westby Cooperative Creamery will expand and modernize its ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Tom Campbell said something he’s enjoyed about becoming North Dakota’s director of Rural Development as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been connecting with people in ...

Rural communities across Ohio face no shortage of challenges. From aging infrastructure and limited broadband access to tight ...

As Missouri State Director for United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA Rural Development), I live and breathe all things within my agency all day, every day. For most people ...

WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine offers a road map for increasing access to science, technology, engineering, and math education ...

TALLAHASSEE --- The Senate dropped funding requests for a series of programs tied to Senate President Ben Albritton’s “rural renaissance” plan Thursday. As fiscal year 2026-2027 budget conference ...

There are numerous challenges to providing high quality STEM education and workforce development in rural areas. Recognizing these challenges, the National Academies was directed to undertake a ...

Growing businesses from the ground up in rural Oklahoma can be difficult, but at Rural Development, we have programs designed to help our brightest entrepreneurs. As program director for one of the ...