Tina Peters is serving a nine-year prison term after being convicted of state crimes for sneaking in an outside computer expert to make a copy of her county's election computer system during a software update in 2021.

The Crockett County government has created a strong network of senior services, and ensures that they are supported — with the help of a wonky tax arrangement and some powerful new neighbors: wind companies.

As the seven Colorado River Basin states wrangle over how many acre-feet of water they’re willing to do without, rural communities across the Southwest are experiencing a water crisis in real time.

Only 70 rural hospitals in the state now provide obstetrics care to expectant mothers.