Eh, the article acknowledges that it's the highest rate nationally and provides the national rate (better disclosure than most articles). Their intent was to in

Eh, the article acknowledges that it's the highest rate nationally and provides the national rate (better disclosure than most articles). Their intent was to interview people affected by it. It's not a study but a news story. It makes sense they'd go to a more afflicted area to make their job easier and get some better ratings. It doesn't make the stories any less insightful to some of the issues faced by similar people. It's just like how the vast majority of gun crime doesn't involve schools, but school shootings get the bulk of the air time while the day to day problems aren't covered in detail, if they're covered at all. They're looking for the most impactful and easy story.