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By Judy Owens

Education | Politics and Government
Rural Parents Opt for At-Home Day Care
11/10/2008
child's drawing thumbWith incentives and oversight, government programs aim to improve child care, but many rural parents still prefer the comforts of home.
Health
Rural Dental Care: The Younger, the Better
10/29/2008
dentist thumbMany rural children are federally eligible for free dental care but fail to receive it, for many reasons and with dire consequences. Judy Owens reports on innovations in rural dentistry that are serving the young.
Education | Religion and Faith
The Flight to Rural Private Schools
10/07/2008
egg hunt thumbCiting academic rigor and the teaching of moral standards, many rural parents are choosing private schools, even in states without voucher programs.
People to Know | Politics and Government
Is Presidency in Obama's Genes?
08/20/2008
obama lineage thumbBarack Obama may be too busy for a family reunion this summer, but from what genealogists have found, it would be a doozie, with a Carter, a Rodham-Clinton, and even Bush and Cheney on the guest list.
Arts and Culture | Media
Out of the Mouths of Bubbas: Red State Update
08/13/2008

red state update thumbTwo Tennesseans, transplanted in California, strike media gold with an old shtick: the bumpkin who speaks the out-rednecking-rageous truth.

Cool Places | Food | Main Street Economics
Hot Dog! Linking Down Highway 25E
07/04/2008
hot dog thumbJudy Owens takes us on a summer culinary tour in search of Southeast Kentucky's true weenie. (Please don't ask for the chili recipe.)
Education | Main Street Economics
The Class of '08: Less Pomp, More Circumstance
06/27/2008
judy and jon thumbThe ban on school prayer and out-migration have shrunk the senior class of Middlesboro High School. Judy Owens (Class of 1974) gets unsentimental at a beloved nephew's graduation.
Media | Racing For '08/Archive
Reporters Looking for Stories, Finding Wampus Cats
06/20/2008

When reporters go looking for something in Yonder, like as not, they'll find it.

Arts and Culture | Racing For '08/Archive
Obama and Clinton Both Had Their 'Cookie' Moment
04/15/2008
Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have shown the difficulty of leadership without arrogance. It's a lesson that rural America can teach.
Cool Places | People to Know | Travel/Recreation
Family History in the Present Tense
03/20/2008
john Poplin thumbKentucky was a treacherous border state during the Civil War. A genealogical research trip to Menifee County turns up Mason jars and a murder.
Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural
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