Co-op leaders bring rural Missouri to Capitol Hill Improving the quality of life for their members back home was the key focus for nearly 2,000 electric cooperative leaders who visited Washington, D.C., April 17-19 for a legislative conference organized by the...
State awards grants to deploy fiber across Missouri The digital divide in rural Missouri is shrinking. The state of Missouri recently awarded $261 million through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program. That’s good news for members...
Co-ops purpose-built to serve members, communities No matter where they’re located or what challenges they face, electric cooperatives need only look to the principles that created them in order to build a better future for their members and communities. That was the...
Grid reliability on the agenda as co-ops call on legislators An army of electric cooperative directors, employees and grassroots advocates descended on the Missouri Capitol Jan. 30-31 to discuss issues affecting their members, including the reliability of the electric...
Dams provide affordable and renewable power Electricity generated from hydropower tells an interesting story about today’s energy trends that’s deeper than just water flowing over the dam. It’s a story about a renewable resource that once generated nearly a third of...
Celebrating 75 years telling the story of rural Missouri Editor’s note: As the Rural Missouri staff looks back on 75 years covering the people and places of our great state, here’s an editorial that ran in the inaugural issue in January 1948. Written by Editor Homer...
Support your neighbors with Missouri-made gifts In the summer of 2020, when the pandemic had shut down local businesses statewide, the Rural Missouri staff got a call from Farmers’ Electric Cooperative Manager Rod Cotton. He wanted to know if there was something we...
Energy in Today’s Classroom celebrates 10 years energizing educators For 20 teachers from Missouri and Iowa, the 2022-23 school year started a few weeks early at the University of Missouri-Columbia for Electricity 101 — cooperative style. Their class marked the 10th...
Drones show promise for spotting outages, employees learn in class Drones show great potential for reducing outage times. That was the conclusion of the 24 electric cooperative employees who attended the first-ever drone school hosted by the Association of Missouri...
Co-op education, collaboration is key to leading communities In order to fulfill their mission to improve the quality of life for members, electric cooperatives must continue to adapt to a changing industry and society. And the key to co-ops being leaders in and of...