A recent nationwide study and poll from BusinessElectric.com revealed the best locations for rural living in each state and ...

The Florida governor last month signed legislation that banned drilling in counties designated as "rural areas of opportunity." ...

“Shot shopping” by seniors from neighboring areas and uncertainty about COVID-19 vaccine allotments are vexing local officials in rural counties, but the state's emergency management chief ...

North Florida counties have many of the state's lowest percentages for vaccinated residents. COVID-19 vaccination rates lag in vast swaths of rural Florida compared to the rest of the state — a ...

COVID-19 has changed the way rural departments approach, evaluate and transport patients. COVID-19 Strains Emergency Personnel Nerves And Resources In Florida’s Rural Counties ...

Stacker pulled data from the 2010 Census Urban and Rural Classification to compile a list of the most rural county in each state. Alabama: Baldwin County | Total rural area: 1,484 square miles (93 ...

As the coronavirus pandemic wears on in Florida, the state’s small county leaders say the outbreak has exposed notable inequities in the lesser-populated areas of the state.

Many COVID deaths went unreported last year in Florida’s rural counties, allowing the severity of the pandemic’s impact to be understated, according to a nationwide study released this week.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A plan to shutter up to four state prisons is alarming officials in Florida’s rural regions where correctional institutions have played an outsized role in providing jobs ...

County Property Appraiser Tim Sweat said he expects to add the new FPL plant to the 2020 property tax rolls — which would likely generate an extra $200,000 for the cash-strapped county.