Birds may not need us, but we certainly need them. Experts raise red flags as common birds vanish from sight across vast US ...

As Independence Day dawns under the “Stars and Stripes forever,” rural America stands tall as the “Land of Opportunity.” In ...

Barbed wire is a critical innovation that shaped the High Plains. Field Editor Lacey Vilhauer takes a look at its origins.

This spring marks the 90th anniversary of the federal agency that was born out of that ecological disaster, what’s now known as the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Yet after nine decades, the ...

The geographies of upward mobility show U.S. regions that emphasize investments in the common good over economic libertarianism do better ...

Under the Great Plains, there's an aquifer powering the region's agriculture system. But it's running out of water, prompting farmers in middle America to consider more environmentally friendly crops.

This year’s donation from CHS Dakota Plains Ag and CHS Inc. pushes their lifetime giving to the Great Plains Food Bank through Harvest for Hunger campaign to $1.2 million.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – A bat at the Great Plains Zoo (GPZ) tested positive for rabies. In a press release, the South Dakota Department of Health reported that one bat on the zoo’s campus ...

Texas, parts of the Great Plains and Mountain West states could have above-average precipitation and most of the rest of the country has equal chances of above or below average levels.

The Great Plains Food Bank lost $300,000 in funding for its summer deliveries from the Emergency Food Assistance Program. Those funds were set to pay for seven food deliveries from May to July.

Dry conditions affect planting. A major food bank struggles with funding cuts. Changes are coming for North Dakota's largest farm group. A former Organic Valley intern now leads the cooperative.

How 2 Great Plains Farm Boys Became Holy Priests on the Road to Sainthood If there’s one character trait common between Fathers Kapaun and Rother, it is their selflessness.