Arielle Zionts
Arielle Zionts, rural health care correspondent, primarily covers South Dakota, where she is based, and its neighboring states and tribal nations. Arielle previously worked at South Dakota Public Broadcasting, reporting on business and economic development. Before that, she was the criminal justice reporter at the Rapid City Journal and a general assignment reporter at Nogales International, on the Arizona-Mexico border. She graduated from Pitzer College in Claremont, California.
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January 25, 2026
States Race To Launch Rural Health Transformation Plans
The clock is ticking for states to use federal money to fix systemic problems in rural health care
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