Tag: Anxiety

The Splotch: In a rural Eastern Plains community plagued by drought, stigma won’t be easy to overcome

EADS | “The Splotch,” as some here call the brown mark on the map they check weekly, is the color of scorched earth. Here in Kiowa County, farmers have always relied on whatever moisture happens to fall from the sky rather than on irrigation. In August, this 1,300-person community bordering[Read More…]