GREENVILLE, N.C. — East Carolina University is now part of North Carolina Commerce’s Rural Community Capacity (RC2) program. The program provides professional development training for leaders of local ...

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 ...

Without a budget compromise, major portions of the Farm Bill will expire on September 30, 2023. A small but important part of the bill is Rural Development, which helps communities with broadband, ...

The Rural Energy for America Program has become a target for GOP House appropriators. The reason? The Inflation Reduction Act. When the Department of Agriculture announced more than $270,000 in rural ...

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 ...

Texas and Alaska will receive the largest amount of funding from the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program in fiscal year 2026, while New Jersey and Connecticut will see the least, the ...

Delaware has applied for up to $1 billion in federal funding to address a rural health care crisis. The proposal includes 15 new programs, such as establishing the state's first medical school and ...

Governor Matt Meyer announced that Requests for Proposals are now open for four initiatives under Delaware’s plan to overhaul health care access in the First State.

Amanda Burke will be based in the agency’s state office in Bangor. With more than 20 years of experience in real estate finance and mortgage lending, Burke leads a team of 13 Rural Development housing ...

All 50 states across the U.S. submitted applications to the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The application process ...

CHESAPEAKE — Concerned by the growth of subdivisions in rural parts of the city with limited infrastructure, Chesapeake leaders have taken a series of actions to close a “loophole” that for decades ...

The United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Development program assisted rural Missouri with a record $445 million during fiscal year 2001. This number is up 170 percent from last year, ...