Rural News

Despite the efforts of local governments and others, the move to provide internet access to millions of Texans has been slow and faces new challenges.

Almost half of Texas counties have nowhere to get prenatal care, let alone deliver a baby. This plan offers legislative proposals to shore up what’s left.

With inventories, monitoring and planned upgrades in the future, those using tap water in the city of Lubbock don't have much to worry about in terms of potability. But our reporter Olivia O’Rand spoke to local experts who say those outside of the city, on well water, are at risk of ingesting high levels of arsenic.

While those using Lubbock city water do not have much to worry about in terms of potability, one local expert says those outside of the city — on well water — are at risk of ingesting high levels of arsenic.

Texas has lost more rural hospitals than any other state in recent years, and many counties lack adequate primary care services. In response to the challenges faced by rural communities and disaster-stricken areas, mobile health clinics are rolling out to provide vital medical services where they're needed most. These clinics could help residents of the Big Country and beyond.

This is the third year businesses in the Permian Basin — known for high school football and oil fields — have participated in the University of Texas at Austin program. Students this year say they are seeing their hometowns in a new way.

Rural communities face compounding reasons they can’t improve their water infrastructure, including inflation and a lack of human resources.

A rural hospital hasn’t closed in Texas since the COVID-19 pandemic started in March 2020. That could change as federal relief ends.

A recent tweet from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio encouraged people to move there over Austin. It got the mayor of another Texas town thinkin’. “Or…

From The Texas Tribune:Some rural Texans are facing the threat of losing phone and internet service after the state recently slashed subsidies that help…