The Kansas Farmers Union and the Missouri Farmers Union have announced they have received support to launch the Homegrown ...

As a fifth-generation Kansan who has spent more than two decades building up Kansas communities, I was honored to be appointed by the White House as state director for U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

TOPEKA — Kansas turned in a 60-page application last week in hopes of receiving a share of $50 billion in federal money designed to transform rural health. Nearly one-third of Kansans live in rural ...

Benjamin Anderson, CEO and president of Hutchinson Regional Health Care System, answers questions during a Feb. 17, 2025, interview at the hospital in Hutchinson. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector) ...

Kansas Supreme Court Justice Keynen "K.J." Wall Jr. speaks at the Kansas Judicial Center on Sept. 19, 2024, as Laurel Klein Searles of the Kansas Office of Judicial Administration and a fellow ...

More than 100 rural grocery stores in Kansas closed their doors from 2008 to 2018. But an initiative that invests in rural communities is keeping small groceries afloat. AXTELL, KANSAS — When visiting ...

Republican Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall speaks at the Saturday, March 1, 2025, town hall meeting in Oakley, Kansas. OAKLEY, Kansas — Critics of actions by president Donald Trump shouted down Republican ...

Editor’s Note: This interview first appeared in Path Finders, an email newsletter from the Daily Yonder. Each week, Path Finders features a Q&A with a rural thinker, creator, or doer. Like what you ...

Cities, counties, courts and everyday Kansans are struggling to find legal help in rural Kansas. But there is a blueprint to fix it. Kansas judges in rural counties struggle to find qualified ...

A few years ago, my friend Sara and I were invited by the Kansas US Highway 36 Association to embark on a 13-day road trip across the Sunflower State. Our route? The iconic Highway 36 stretches from ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Mental health challenges continue to impact people across Kansas, but access to care and resources remains scarce for those living in rural areas. A social worker and a ...

A fifth-generation Kansan has watched the Trump administration, in a few short weeks, dismantle federal programs that feed, house and employ his rural constituents. Agriculture Secretary Brooke ...