ATLANTA – In the heart of Atlanta, 61-year-old Wayne Ricketts spends his days rooting up weeds, harvesting the...
Nov 19, 2021
San Bernardino residents’ quest for fresh, healthy food as COVID-19 persists
SAN BERNADINO, Calif. – Around 11 a.m. Cyrilene begins organizing the kitchen at the Highland Senior Center, as...
Nov 19, 2021
St. Louis community gardens, food pantries head off COVID-19 food catastrophe
ST. LOUIS, Mo. —On a crisp late summer morning, 65-year-old Army veteran Nancy Vonner walked the five blocks...
Nov 19, 2021
Lavish weddings are back, but vendors are struggling with costs, labor shortages—and tracking down tents
Matt Rowland has been planning events on the North Coast of California for almost 40 years. But the...
Nov 12, 2021
No chicken nuggets, no PB&J: Supply chain issues are on the menu at schools across the country
DAYTON, Ohio — It’s 5 a.m. on a Tuesday in September and the cafeteria staff at Centerville City...
Nov 03, 2021
Vet shortages are the latest wrinkle in the pandemic puppy boom
WAUSAU, Wis.—The lobby of Kronenwetter Veterinary Care in Kronenwetter, a Wisconsin village of about 8,000 people, is empty....
Nov 02, 2021
Why the tourism boom at national parks is leaving local workers homeless
SPRINGDALE, Utah — Just outside Zion National Park, a community of local tourism industry workers is forced to...
Oct 26, 2021
Local restaurants face a new obstacle in the worker shortage: an applicant pool of mainly teenagers
ASHLAND, Ohio - Sales have surpassed pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels at Uniontown Brewing, a staple in Ashland, Ohio, known...
Oct 21, 2021
COVID-19 has shut down some of West Virginia’s biggest fall fairs and festivals. How one town is coping
ELKINS, W.Va. - Every few years, psychiatrist G.H. Dornblazer leaves Charlotte, North Carolina, in his rearview mirror, taking...
Oct 21, 2021
How we uncovered West Virginia’s foster care crisis, despite the state’s lack of transparency
CHARLESTON – If a child has to leave home and enter the foster care system, the hope is...
Oct 06, 2021