Loss in Population in Rural West Counties
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If Gilliam County loses much more population, its wide open spaces and collection of three tiny towns &#151; with no stoplights and 1.6 square miles for every person &#151; could soon become a veritable nowhere.
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By JUDY O'ROURKE  SANTA CLARITA -- Bird counts for many common species nationwide - - including several found in Santa Clarita -- have shrunk by more than half in the past three decades, according to findings released recently.
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West Nile virus reports saw a major decline this year in Smith County, with one health authority pointing to a cooler summer, better public awareness and an increase in treating
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It becomes more difficult for US low-wage workers to afford appropriate housing. â There are only four counties in the country - Wayne, Crawford, and Lawrence counties in Illinois and Washington County, Florida
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Aspen trees have been dying off, leaving dwindling numbers of the white-barked fixture of the Western mountain landscape. Nobody is quite sure why.
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Study finds more than 1,000 small towns have an uncertain future as larger centres and the internet take business away.
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Add patients living in small towns and rural areas to the list of people who stand a lower chance of getting an organ transplant if they need one.
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Officials have confirmed that two more birds found dead in Humboldt County perished from the West Nile virus. County Vector Control Officer Brent Whitener said two birds
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Eastern Europeans are becoming the mainstay of hard-to-fill jobs in Britain's rural areas, research suggests.
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By Nancy Gaarder, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Feb. 19--Nature would be treated with a gentler hand when some of the remaining rural areas of Douglas County are developed, under policies up for approval by the county.
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By Magney, Reid  WEST SALEM, Wis. - La Crosse County's Lakeview Health Center continues to lose nearly $2 million a year, but a new report shows that public nursing home losses are greater elsewhere.
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Enthusiasm for rural giving springs in part from concern for the future of small towns.
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Rural roads are being traveled by more and more people, leading to an increase in fatal wildlife-related crashes.
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By Julia Oliver, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Mar. 4--Union County is running out of both water and sewer capacity in fast-growing western parts of the county.
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Two more birds have tested positive for the mosquito-borne West Nile virus, bringing the number of cases in the county to 10 birds and one horse. There have been no human infections reported in the county.
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By Lawrence Latane Iii, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 10--WARSAW  -- The Richmond County Board of Supervisors late Thursday night killed a proposed subdivision slated for one of the most important bald-eagle habitats on the East Coast.
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By Erica Curless, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Sep. 14--The battle over Kootenai County's rural lands continues tonight as two developers will ask to change the growth plan to allow megaprojects in the countryside.