Can the unmanned aircraft industry invigorate North Dakota? Grand Forks' Air Force base gets a reprieve and neighboring towns hope to get aboard the new mission.

Keeping rural libraries vital requires keeping them free of charge and pushing for open access to materials. Libraries are people-centers, not warehouses for books.

Is there a way to be "out" without pursuing public "visibility"? A new study of gays and lesbians in the rural U.S. finds activism, pride and, in some cases, satisfaction.

Who needs La Scala (or Placido Domingo) when you can find a very good opera at a community college in rural Kansas?