The federal program shut down before Biden left office, but a handful of state efforts are carrying on — with a lower profile ...

Growing up in Clinton, Wiley Gifford competed on a club ski race team based at Woods Valley. That participation helped her ...

Jeremy Storch and Whitney Hadley-Salay are flying to their Peace Corps placement in the southeast Asian country, where the ...

Norman resident Isaiah Bermudez will leave Jan. 11 for Guinea, where he will serve as a Peace Corps public health educator for the next 27 months. Bermudez, a University of Oklahoma psychology ...

Vermont ranks second in the nation for the number of Peace Corps volunteers per capita, according to the organization. Twenty-four Vermonters are currently serving worldwide, and 1,687 state residents ...

WASHINGTON — If you like to spend the holiday season giving back, you're not alone. A new ranking from the Peace Corps ranks D.C., Maryland and Virginia among the top states that produce volunteers. D ...

Nine area college students have joined the Ozarks Teachers Corps, a scholarship program managed by the Community Foundation of the Ozarks to recruit educators to work in rural districts. Launched in ...

“You’re Too Old For That” is a regular series that explores inspiring activities being pursued by those over 50 years old who feel you’re never too old to do what lights you up. Jim Damico has never ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — A state initiative is giving Louisiana families a second chance at safe and stable housing. The Blue Tarp Program, launched by the Louisiana Housing Corporation, is helping ...

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The agency is evaluating whether the projects, which raise the foundations of private homes to reduce flooding, are a good use of resources. A first-of-its-kind federal project to raise the foundation ...

Do you have a therapeutic innovation that could improve lives? This program is a focused, five-week entrepreneurial training program designed to help academic researchers and early-stage biotech ...