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Park Service stops requiring permits for most river baptisms in Arkansas and Missouri 26 Aug 2013 | 11:09 pm
Ozark residents can head back to the river to baptize and celebrate without a federal permit. The Ozark National Scenic Riverways unit of the National Park Service had required residents to get a perm...
USDA loan-backing unit doesn't create as many jobs as it claims; some deals have been losers 26 Aug 2013 | 11:04 pm
A federal loan-guarantee program, created as part of the economic stimulus package of 2009 to help bring jobs to rural areas, claims to have brought many more jobs to small towns than the actual worke...
Two-day course at MIT will teach how to write about medical and scientific evidence 26 Aug 2013 | 11:03 pm
The Knight Science Journalism program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is offering an intensive course to help journalists learn how to evaluate scientific and medical evidence. Ten to 12 ...
Dallas paper finds that government is clueless about number of chemical accidents in the U.S. 26 Aug 2013 | 10:54 pm
A study by the Dallas Morning News found that the U.S. government has no idea how often serious or potentially serious industrial chemical accidents occur, Jon McClure, Daniel Lathrop and Matt Jacob r...
Vision, strategies and leadership are key to rebuilding Central Appalachia, audience is told 26 Aug 2013 | 10:53 pm
Central Appalachian residents already have the knowledge to create sustainable economic alternatives and strengthen communities, but what they need now is vision, development strategies that work, and...
Former nun who has inspired generations of Appalachian volunteers is retiring 26 Aug 2013 | 11:37 am
Marie Cirillo and Gary Garrett on a low- water ford that floods and collects debris. (Photo by Georgiana Vines) Marie Cirillo, who came to Central Appalachia 46 years ago to educate and train people....
Eliminating black-lung disease is attainable, mine safety and health boss says, but rules still up in air 24 Aug 2013 | 01:18 am
Joe Main (file photo) The U.S. Department of Labor has made great strides to ensure the health and safety of coal miners, but there is still work to do to make sure all miners make it home each night...
National pro-biofuels policy has downsides, and limits that are being reached; article lists research 23 Aug 2013 | 12:27 am
How is the U.S. doing on its 15-year plan to reduce the dependence on oil by producing 36 billion gallons of fuel based on renewable sources by 2022? Biodiesel production approached 1 billion gallons ...
Republican majorities take over county election boards in N,C.; at least one creates controversy 22 Aug 2013 | 10:12 pm
Residents of Watauga County, in the rural northwestern corner of North Carolina, are upset over arguably partisan actions of the 2-1 majority on its county board of elections, freshly Republican becau...
West Virginia senator won't back down, continues to push for wider background checks for guns 22 Aug 2013 | 08:42 pm
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia refuses to apologize for his failed attempt to expand background checks on guns, while remaining an advocate of the rights of gun owners. Speaking this wee...
