The Center for Rural Pennsylvania

Temple Dental School plans to open a Tamaqua campus as soon as 2026. Administrators hope students will commit to practicing in rural areas after they complete their final two years of dental school in Tamaqua.

Pennsylvania’s rural population is expected to shrink by 5.8% by 2050. The state legislature wants to reverse the drain through a new commission.

'Pharmacy deserts' affect hundreds of thousands in Pennsylvania as independent drugstores struggle amid rising costs, low reimbursements from pharmacy benefit managers

The Center of Rural Pennsylvania held its first symposium, emphasizing on rural life, jobs and immigration. The symposium focused on international residents getting jobs in areas where population density is decreasing.