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Tuesday, Aug 27, 2019Posted in: Press Release
RCAC Loan Fund lends more than $24 million to rural communities
West Sacramento, Calif. — In the quarter ending June 30, 2019, Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) closed 18 loans totaling $24.7 million to support rural communities in California, Nevada, New Mexico, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
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Monday, Aug 26, 2019Posted in: California, Elizabeth Zach, Featured News, Water
Water still contaminated nearly one year after Camp Fire in Paradise, California
After the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, last year, scientists found that burned plastics in some water lines had released high levels of cancer-causing benzenes. Those toxic agents are still in Paradise’s water, they now say.
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Thursday, Aug 22, 2019Posted in: Economic issues, Elizabeth Zach, Featured News
Despite rural poverty in US, many areas are thriving
Rural working class Americans have had a hard time making ends meet in recent decades, but some sections of the country are doing better than others, including around the American West, Montana and New Mexico among them.
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