The Culture & Community category at Yanasa News celebrates the traditions, values, and stories that define rural life. From generational family farms and local festivals to faith, education, and community resilience, we shine a light on the people and places often overlooked by mainstream media. Our coverage honors the deep roots and strong bonds that hold rural America together—highlighting both the struggles and the spirit of those who live close to the land. This is where heritage meets heart, and where culture is more than history—it’s a way of life.
Yanasa TV News Hundreds cut off without warning in Costilla County as officials tighten control — is this drought planning, or something more sinister? In Colorado’s poorest county, hundreds of families awoke this month to a reality many thought belonged only to headlines from distant deserts: their water supply had been shut off; without notice,…
Yanasa TV News How a Century-Old Water Project Left Potter Valley’s Farmers High and Dry in the Name of Saving Salmon A Valley in Shock In early August 2025, farmers and ranchers in Northern California’s Potter Valley woke to the worst possible news: the water that has irrigated their hayfields, vineyards, orchards, and pastures for…
Yanasa TV News “Farmland, on Paper”: When CRP Collides with Iowa’s Tax Rules The heart of the fight Richard Fee’s 50 acres in Scott County, Iowa, were reclassified out of “agricultural,” triggering much higher taxes. The county points to recent years: no visible row crops or livestock, a rebuilt home and pond, and 21 acres…
Yanasa TV News From Racing Legend to Land Dispute: How Dale Earnhardt’s Legacy Became the Center of a $30 Billion Development Battle Dale Earnhardt Sr., known as “The Intimidator”, was one of the most legendary and feared drivers in NASCAR history—a seven-time Cup Series champion whose aggressive style, unshakable grit, and black No. 3 Chevrolet became…
Yanasa TV News Sleeping under the stars with chickens, buffalo, and the wild sounds of Ohio’s quirkiest bison getaway If you’ve ever dreamed of trading in your cubicle for a teepee, your office chair for a covered wagon, and your white noise machine for a symphony of chickens, pea fowl, and bison grunts—you’re in luck….
Yanasa TV News Colorado’s “Frankenbunnies” revive the jackalope legend as a real virus causes horn-like growths on wild rabbits—merging folklore, science, and rural curiosity. A Folklore Creature Come to Life? For generations, rural Americans have told stories of the jackalope—a mythical jackrabbit with antlers, said to roam the prairies and trick cowboys with its uncanny ability…
Yanasa TV News How One Man’s Fight to Save the Earth Begins With Rethinking Every Decision We Make Most interviews don’t start in the middle of a tropical storm. But when you’re chasing one of the world’s most compelling voices in regenerative agriculture and environmental restoration, you drive through torrential rain, dodge flood warnings, and…
A new academic proposal frames a dangerous meat allergy as a tool for moral engineering — and suggests altering your biology in secret “for your own good.” Yanasa TV News Weaponizing Ticks? Why “Beneficial Bloodsucking” Is Ethically Poisonous A new bioethics paper makes an extraordinary—and deeply disturbing—suggestion: that a dangerous tick-borne allergy could be considered…
Idaho’s canceled Lava Ridge project reveals a global collision between clean energy expansion, working farmland, and the landscapes communities fight to protect. Yanasa TV News A Project Too Big to Ignore In August 2025, U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum stood before reporters and declared the Lava Ridge Wind Project dead. The 1,000-megawatt, 241-turbine installation, planned…
Why Ranchers Can No Longer Trust Midpen Yanasa TV News The Case of Vince Fontana For over 55 years, Vince Fontana and his family stewarded a tract of coastal grassland, maintaining the land through managed grazing, wildfire prevention, and a deep, generational understanding of the ecosystem. But in early 2025, that stewardship came to an…